The Event Monitor can be installed on any of the following servers:
Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 SP2a or later with an x86 or x64 processor
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 or later with an x86 or x64 processor
Novell Open Enterprise Server 11 SP1 with Jan. 2013 Maintenance release or later
Other notable information about the Event Monitor:
You can have multiple Event Monitors per directory tree.
As a best practice, Novell recommends two Event Monitors per replica ring
The Event Monitor must be permitted to make outbound connections through the firewall
At the root of the NSM-EDIR_4_0_0.iso image, open the folder pertaining to the platform on which you will be installing the Event Monitor.
For example, if you will be installing the Event Monitor on a Novell Open Enterprise Server 11, open the SLES 11 folder.
Locate and click
Save the RPM.
Launch a terminal session.
Do one of the following:
Install the Event Monitor RPM package by typing:
# rpm -i novell-storage-manager-event-4.0.0-xx.xxx.rpm.
Upgrade the Event Monitor by typing:
# rpm -Uvh novell-storage-manager-event-4.0.0-xx.xxx.rpm.
Continue with Section 4.4, Configuring the Event Monitor.