IBM Systems IBM Systems Director for IBM i Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide Version 6.1.2 GI11-8710-03 IBM Systems IBM Systems Director for IBM i Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide Version 6.1.2 GI11-8710-03 Note Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page 105 © Copyright IBM Corporation 1999, 2009 US Government Users Restricted Rights – Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp Contents About this publication v Conventions and terminology v Publications and related information v Web resources viii How to send your comments ix Checklist: Installing agents on IBM i xi Chapter IBM Systems Director technical overview IBM Systems Director components Management server Common Agent Platform Agent Agentless-managed systems Manageable resource types Manageable systems User interfaces Base function and extensible plug-ins Discovery manager Status manager Configuration manager Automation manager Update manager Remote access manager Virtualization manager Network Management IBM BladeCenter and System x management IBM System z management IBM Power Systems management IBM System Storage management Additional IBM Systems Director plug-ins Upward integration 10 10 11 11 11 12 12 12 13 13 13 14 15 Chapter Planning for IBM Systems Director 17 Hardware and software requirements Hardware requirements for IBM Systems Director Supported IBM systems and products IBM BladeCenter products Supported network devices Supported storage devices Network requirements Security requirements Operating system and software requirements IBM Systems Director task support by operating system and agent levels IBM Systems Director task support not affected by operating systems IBM Systems Director task support for BladeCenter products IBM Systems Director task support for Storage products © Copyright IBM Corp 1999, 2009 17 17 17 18 19 22 24 33 34 42 Supported tasks and features for third-party x86-based systems Translations provided by IBM Systems Director Applicability of the IBM Systems Director, versions 6.1.1 or 6.1.2 (6.1.x), Platform Agents Determining IBM Systems Director task support Questions to answer about IBM hardware Questions to answer about third-party hardware Planning to install IBM Systems Director Service and support information Reviewing the environment Version compatibility of IBM Systems Director components across version 6.1.x releases License information Obtaining licenses for Common Agent Choosing the IBM Systems Director Server installation options Choosing where to install IBM Systems Director Server Choosing the IBM Systems Director database application Choosing the management level for managed systems Planning for virtual environments Planning to update IBM Systems Director Disaster recovery for IBM Systems Director 6.1 Planning for events Planning events to be monitored Planning for event automation plan implementations Planning IBM Systems Director security Planning IBM Systems Director users and groups Planning Secure Sockets Layer configuration on IBM Systems Director Planning password management in IBM Systems Director 46 47 48 49 49 50 51 51 52 55 57 58 58 58 59 61 63 63 65 66 67 68 71 71 72 80 Chapter Preparing agentless managed systems 83 Preparing to manage a IBM BladeCenter Preparing to manage a IBM BladeCenter chassis using IBM Systems Director Server on a non-blade server Preparing to manage a IBM BladeCenter chassis using IBM Systems Director Server on a blade server Preparing Hardware Management Console devices for discovery with IBM Systems Director Preparing IBM i managed systems 83 83 84 86 87 45 45 46 Chapter Discovering systems and collecting inventory data 89 Discovery protocols Discovering systems with system discovery System discovery 89 90 90 iii Performing a system discovery Viewing system discovery results Accessing a secured system with request access 91 92 92 Chapter Installing agents 95 Preparing a Platform-Agent managed system Preparing to install Platform Agent on IBM i Preparing a Common-Agent managed system Obtaining licenses for Common Agent iv 95 95 96 96 Preparing to install Common Agent on IBM i 96 Installing agents using the Agent Installation Wizard 98 Chapter Updating IBM Systems Director 103 Notices 105 Trademarks IBM Systems Director for IBM i Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide 106 About this publication This IBM Systems Director for IBM® i Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide provides information about installing and configuring IBM Systems Director In addition to presenting an overview of IBM Systems Director and its requirements, it covers the following topics: v Planning an IBM Systems Director environment v Installing IBM Systems Director v Upgrading from IBM Director 5.20 to IBM Systems Director 6.x v Configuring IBM Systems Director It also includes information about IBM Systems Director security and solving problems you might encounter during installation Note: Oftentimes, this publication describes a single procedure for accomplishing a task For documentation about alternative procedures, see the IBM Systems Director information center Web site at publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ systems/topic/director_6.1/fqm0_main.html Conventions and terminology These notices are designed to highlight key information: Note: These notices provide important tips, guidance, or advice Important: These notices provide information or advice that might help you avoid inconvenient or difficult situations Attention: These notices indicate possible damage to programs, devices, or data An attention notice appears before the instruction or situation in which damage can occur Publications and related information You can view the same content in the IBM Systems Director Information Center as PDF documents To view a PDF file, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which can be downloaded for free from the Adobe Web site at www.adobe.com/products/ acrobat/readstep.html Information centers and topic collections v IBM® Systems publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/index.jsp View the IBM® Systems information center which provides integrated information for multiple IBM® Systems products, including operating systems, hardware, storage, and software This information center also contains scenarios to help you use multiple IBM® Systems products in the same environment v IBM Systems Director publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/topic/director_6.1/fqm0_main.html Updated periodically, the IBM Systems Director topic collection contains the most up-to-date documentation available for IBM Systems Director © Copyright IBM Corp 1999, 2009 v v IBM Systems Director plug-ins publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/index.jsp View the IBM® Systems information center for information about to install and use plug-ins that extend the functionality of IBM Systems Director v IBM Systems Director Upward Integration Modules (UIMs) publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/topic/uims/fqs0_main.html Read the IBM Systems Director Upward Integration Modules (UIM) topic collection to learn about how to install and use upward integration modules and management packs that enable non-IBM® workgroup and enterprisemanagement products to interpret and display data that is provided by Common Agent and Platform Agent v IBM Systems Director API Licensing http://www.ibm.com/vrm/4api1 View the license information regarding use of IBM Systems Director APIs and their associated documentation Fill out the form to request API access After your information is reviewed, you will be contacted with additional information regarding access to and use of the APIs Publications Release Notes 6.1, Release Notes 6.1.1, and Release Notes 6.1.2 Provides information about hardware requirements for running IBM Systems Director components, supported IBM Systems Director hardware, operating systems, databases, and workgroup and enterprise systems-management software Hardware and Software Support Guide Provides information about hardware requirements for running IBM Systems Director components, supported IBM Systems Director hardware, operating systems, databases, and workgroup and enterprise systems-management software Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide for AIX® Provides detailed instructions to install and configure each component of IBM Systems Director on system running AIX using the standard installation option Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide for IBM i Provides detailed instructions to install and configure each component of IBM Systems Director on system running IBM i using the Standard installation option Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide for Linux on Power Systems™ Provides detailed instructions to install and configure each component of IBM Systems Director on system running Linux for Power Systems using the Standard installation option Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide for Linux on x86 Provides detailed instructions to install and configure each component of IBM Systems Director on system running Linux for System x® using the Standard installation option Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide for Linux on System z® Provides detailed instructions to install and configure each component of IBM Systems Director on system running Linux for System z using the Standard installation option vi IBM Systems Director for IBM i Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide for Windows Provides detailed instructions to install and configure each component of IBM Systems Director on system running Windows using the Standard installation option Systems Management Guide Provides detailed instructions for using the Web interface and managing systems and resources in your environment Troubleshooting Guide Provides information about problems and how to solve them, and strategies for troubleshooting common problems Events Reference Provides information about IBM Systems Director events, including the event type, description, severity, and extended attributes Commands Reference Provides detailed information about the systems management command-line interface (smcli) commands, and other commands that can be run directly from the command line, including configuring the database, and starting and stopping IBM Systems Director Hardware Command Line User's Guide Provides information about installing and using the Hardware Command Line (formerly known as the IBM® Management Processor Command-Line Interface) Command output in this release might vary from command output in previous releases White papers and briefs v IBM Systems Director ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/common/ssi/sa/wh/n/xbw03006usen/ XBW03006USEN.PDF This paper provides a detailed overview of the changes in IBM Systems Director V6.1, including the new Web interface, security features, operating system agents, integrated plug-ins and additional plug-ins that can be separately installed v Value Proposition for IBM Systems Director ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/common/ssi/sa/wh/n/xbw03007usen/ XBW03007USEN.PDF This paper describes the challenges of operational management for enterprise server installations and the value provided IBM Systems Director v Managing IBM Power Servers with IBM Systems Director 6.1 www.ibm.com/common/ssi/fcgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=SA&subtype=WH &appname=STGE_PO_PO_USEN&htmlfid=POW03011USEN &attachment=POW03011USEN.PDF Provides information about managing the virtualization and consolidation on Power systems using IBM Systems Director v IBM Systems Director 6.1 Migration Tips www.ibm.com/common/ssi/fcgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=SA&subtype=WH &appname=STGE_XB_XB_USEN_&htmlfid=XBW03009USEN &attachment=XBW03009USEN.PDF Provides information about migrating data when upgrading your environment from IBM Director V5.20 to IBM Systems Director V6.1 About this publication vii IBM® Redbooks® publications www.ibm.com/redbooks/ You can also search this Web page for documents that focus on IBM Systems Director and specific IBM hardware; such documents often contain systems-management material The following book is available for IBM Systems Director V6.1: Implementing IBM Systems Director 6.1 Tip: Be sure to note the date of publication and to determine the version of IBM Systems Director software to which the Redbooks publication refers Web resources Listed here are the Web sites and information center topics that relate to IBM Systems Director Web sites v IBM Systems Director www.ibm.com/systems/management/director/ View the IBM Systems Director Web site on ibm.com® which provides links to downloads and documentation for all currently supported versions of IBM Systems Director v IBM Systems Director Downloads www.ibm.com/systems/management/director/downloads/ View the IBM Systems Director Downloads Web site on ibm.com which provides links to download code IBM Systems Director, IBM Systems Director plug-ins, and IBM Systems Director upward integration modules v IBM Systems Director Documentation and Resources www.ibm.com/systems/management/director/resources/ View the IBM Systems Director Documentation and Resources Web site on ibm.com which provides links to product documentation, redbooks, redpapers, white papers, and learning modules related to IBM Systems Director, IBM Systems Director plug-ins, and IBM Systems Director upward integration modules v IBM Systems Director Upward Integration www.ibm.com/systems/management/director/upward/ View the IBM Systems Director Upward Integration Web site on ibm.com which provides more information about IBM Systems Director upward integration modules created by IBM® and other companies IBM Systems Director UIMs enable third-party workgroup and enterprise systems-management products to interpret and display data that is provided by IBM Systems Director Platform-Agent managed system v IBM® Servers www.ibm.com/servers/ View the IBM® Servers Web site to learn about IBM® Systems server and storage products v IBM® ServerProven® www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/ viii IBM Systems Director for IBM i Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide Related reference Service and productivity tools Preparing a Common-Agent managed system Before installing Common Agent on a managed system, ensure that the requirements applicable to your system have been met Complete the following steps on each system to be managed with Common Agent: On all managed systems that use the ssh protocol to communicate with IBM Systems Director Server, ensure that the PasswordAuthentication value in /etc/ssh/sshd_config is set to yes So, the corresponding line in the sshd_config file will appear as follows: PasswordAuthentication yes Note: You must restart the ssh server for any changes made to sshd_config to take effect Obtaining licenses for Common Agent IBM Systems Director includes licenses for up to 20 installations of Common Agent on non-IBM® x86 systems To install Common Agent on additional non-IBM® x86 systems, you must obtain a license from IBM® Determine which non-IBM x86 systems require Common Agent licenses Obtain licenses for each installation of Common Agent on non-IBM x86 systems from the Ready to Buy Web Page at www.ibm.com/systems/management/ director/buy.html Preparing to install Common Agent on IBM i Before installing Common Agent on IBM i (formerly i5/OS), there are several items to consider, such as the type of media on which the installation files are saved, the user profile that is used to install IBM Systems Director, and the additional software that might be required For more information about IBM i, see the IBM i Information Center at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v6r1m0/ Review the following information and complete the necessary steps to prepare your system for installation: v Ensure that your system meets the hardware and software requirements for installation, as described in “Hardware and software requirements” v Ensure that any agentless managed systems are prepared for discovery, as described in “Preparing agentless managed systems” v If you want to use IBM Systems Director Server on an IBM Power system to manage a heterogeneous environment, you must install the applicable IBM Systems Director 5.20.2 Agent, Common Agent, or Platform Agent package on each IBM® platform that you want to manage You can obtain these versions of Common Agent and Platform Agent from the IBM Systems Director support Web site at www.ibm.com/systems/ management/director/ Note: IBM i Platform Agent support is provided with IBM i Licensed Program Product 5722UME 96 IBM Systems Director for IBM i Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide v Ensure that your user profile has *ALLOBJ and *SECADM special authorities Note: Common Agent will use ports 29510 and 29511 v Ensure that the following products and options are installed on the IBM i server on which you plan to install IBM Systems Director These products and options are required to successfully install and securely run IBM Systems Director Products, options, or fix IDs IBM i V6 order number PTF that provides LWI functions: SI35996 5761SS1 ® IBM Universal Manageability Enablement IBM® Universal Manageability Enablement IBM® HTTP Server for IBM i 5761-DG1 ® OS/400 - Extended Base Support, Option 5761-SS1 Extended Base Directory Support, Option 5761-SS1 TCP/IP Connectivity Utilities for Power Systems Note: TCP must be configured correctly or IBM Systems Director might not start See “IBM Systems Director Fails to Start” on the IBM i Support Web site for a short description of common configuration problems 5761-TC1 J2SE 5.0 32-bit, Option 5761-JV1 Java Developer Kit 1.4, Option 5761-JV1 Qshell, Option 30 5761-SS1 Digital Certificate Manager, Option 34 5761-SS1 OpenSSH *BASE and Option 5733-SC1 v Ensure that you have installed the latest cumulative PTF packages or Group PTFs on the Power Systems on which you plan to install IBM Systems Director v If IBM Systems Director Server 5.20.x is installed, you can either plan to manage it with IBM Systems Director Server or uninstall it before you install Common Agent Complete the following steps to check if IBM Systems Director Server is installed: From a command prompt, type GO LICPGM and press Enter Select option 10, Display installed licensed programs, and review the list of installed programs If installed, IBM Systems Director Server is displayed in the list as one of the following entries (depending on the version): 5722DR1 *BASE IBM DIRECTOR 5733VE1 30 5050 IBM Director Multiplatform, 4.2.0 If IBM Systems Director Server 5.20.x is installed, you have the following two options: Use IBM Systems Director Server 6.1 to manage the 5.20.x server as a 5.20.x agent Note: This option is not available if the previous version of IBM Systems Director Server is 5722DR1 You can manage the 5.20.x server with the 5.20.x support that is built into IBM Systems Director Server 6.1 On IBM i, many of the capabilities offered with a 6.1 server are available when managing IBM i 5.20.2 resources Chapter Installing agents 97 Uninstall the existing IBM Systems Director Server If you choose this option, complete the following steps before uninstalling IBM Systems Director Server 5.20.x: – Run the twgsave command to save the IBM Systems Director persistent data – Ensure that IBM Systems Director Server 5.20.x is not providing the support required for IBM i iSCSI attached devices Otherwise, when IBM Systems Director Server 5.20.x is removed, the support provided by IBM Systems Director Server for iSCSI devices will go away and those devices will become unusable Remove IBM Systems Director Server 5.20.x only when you are sure that another solution is in place – Plan an alternate method for collecting performance data across partitions if you are currently using IBM® Performance Management to so IBM Systems Director Server 6.1 offers different methods for collecting information, so be aware that what and how data is collected will change when IBM Systems Director Server 5.20.x is uninstalled, and plan which method you will use in place of the function provided by IBM Systems Director Server 5.20.x Use option 12 from the LICPGM menu to uninstall IBM Systems Director Server 5.20.x on IBM i v If you plan to install IBM Systems Director 5.20.2 on IBM i V6R1, ensure that Common Agent 6.1 is not already installed IBM Systems Director 5.20.2 does not check for future versions that conflict with it, and installing it on top of Common Agent 6.1 will cause the installation to fail To recover from the failed installation, follow uninstallation procedures, including manual cleanup, for both versions v If you plan to use IBM Systems Director to monitor SNMP devices in your IBM Power environment, ensure you have completed the necessary configuration tasks for IBM Power and SNMP devices See the "Networking" topic in the IBM® Power Systems and IBM i Information Center for more information Related reference IBM Systems Director Web page IBM Director Fails to Start Installing agents using the Agent Installation Wizard You can use the Agent Installation Wizard to install agent packages on managed systems IBM Systems Director Server requires a number of agent packages that can be deployed to managed systems using the Agent Installation Wizard Note: If you install IBM Systems Director Server from the DVD media, it is installed with the agent packages If you install IBM Systems Director Server from the Web download file, however, you need to download the agent tcdriver packages separately These packages are located in the dynamic group “Agent Package Groups” and can be accessed by clicking Release Management > Agents in the navigation area You use the Agent Installation Wizard to select one of these agent packages to install and one or more systems on which to install the agent package Then, the wizard creates an agent installation job that can run immediately or at a scheduled time 98 IBM Systems Director for IBM i Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide If you install IBM Systems Director Server from the Web download file, complete the following steps to obtain the agent packages depending on how you will deploy them: Remote deployment Download the remote agent packages from the “IBM Systems Director 6.1 Agents for Remote Deployment with Agent Installation wizard” section of the IBM Systems Director Downloads Web Site at www.ibm.com/systems/management/director/downloads/ Note: If the downloaded installation package file name contains a suffix of “_a”, rename the file to remove the “_a” suffix Copy the packages to a location of your choice on the IBM Systems Director Server system Import the packages with the Agent Installation Wizard Manual deployment Download the manual agent packages from the “IBM Systems Director 6.1 Agents for Manual Deployment” section of the IBM Systems Director Downloads Web Site at www.ibm.com/systems/management/ director/downloads/ Note: If the downloaded installation package file name contains a suffix of “_a”, rename the file to remove the “_a” suffix Copy the self-extracting script and the response file from the package to a local directory The local directory into which you copy the script and response file depends on which operating system and version of IBM Systems Director you are running: v On AIX: – /packaging/agent/common//6.1.0.3 – /packaging/agent/common//6.1 v On Linux on Power Systems: – /packaging/agent/common//6.1 – /packaging/agent/platform//5.20.3 v On Linux for System x and x86-based systems: – /packaging/agent/common//6.1.1 – /packaging/agent/common//6.1 – /packaging/agent/platform//6.1.2 – /packaging/agent/platform//6.1.1 – /packaging/agent/platform//5.20.31 v On Windows: – \packaging\agent\common\\6.1.1 – \packaging\agent\common\\6.1 – \packaging\agent\platform\\6.1.2 – \packaging\agent\platform\\6.1.1 – \packaging\agent\platform\\5.20.31 Deploy the script using the Agent Installation Wizard Start the Agent Installation Wizard You can start the wizard in multiple ways: v From the Welcome page, click Start Then, click Install agents on systems Chapter Installing agents 99 v Right-click an agent package or a managed system and select Release Management > Install Agent If the Agent Installation Wizard Welcome page appears, click Next In the Agent Installation Wizard Agents page, complete the following steps: a Select the agent package that you want to install in the Available list b Click Add The selected agent package is displayed in the Selected list Notes: v Depending on how you started the Agent Installation Wizard, one or more agent packages might already be displayed in the Selected list c In a b v The Agent Installation Wizard can install only one agent package at a time If more than one agent package is displayed in the Selected list, you will not be able to advance to the Systems page Click Next the Agent Installation Wizard Systems page, complete the following steps: Select the managed systems on which you want to install the agent package in the Available list Click Add The selected systems are displayed in the Selected list Notes: v Depending on how you started the Agent Installation Wizard, one or more systems might already be displayed in the Selected list v Depending on the agent package being installed, some selected systems might not be valid targets for installation The wizard checks the selected systems for some or all of the following criteria to ensure that the systems are valid targets for installing the selected agent package before allowing you to continue: – operating system family – operating system version – operating system distribution – operating system name – server architecture c Click Next In the Agent Installation Wizard Summary page, review the Selected Agents and Selected Systems lists to ensure that they are correct v If the selections are not correct, click Back and make the necessary changes v If the selections are correct, click Finish After you click Finish, the Run - Install Agent window opens In the Run - Install Agent window, click the Schedule tab On this page, you can choose to run the job immediately or schedule the job to run at a later time a A job name is required and the Name field provides a unique default name To change the default name, type a job name in the field b To run the job immediately, click Run Now and go to step on page 101 Otherwise, click Schedule c In the Schedule list, select how frequently you want the job to run The default setting is Once Other values are Hourly, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly, or Custom Also, you can specify whether to run the job on the weekend d Select the date and time to run the job for the first time 100 IBM Systems Director for IBM i Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide e Select the time range for the job to repeat Click the Notification tab On this page you can customize a notification that is sent by e-mail a Select from the available criteria to customize when the e-mail notification is sent You can specify that the e-mail be sent when one of the following criteria is met: v When the job begins v When the job completes successfully v When the job fails You can further customize this criterion by setting either the percentage of target systems on which the job had errors or the number of systems on which the job had errors Therefore, if the job runs on five systems, the job has errors on two systems, and you set the criterion threshold to 50%, the notification is not sent v When the job receives any error b Type your e-mail address, e-mail server, and e-mail server port Tip: You can provide only one e-mail address Click the Options tab On this page you can select additional options for the job behavior a Select whether you want the job to run according to your management server's time or the target system's time Tip: Make sure that you know the time and time zone to which the respective systems' clocks are set b Select whether you want the job to fail if a system is offline or if you want the job to run when the system is online again Click OK to save the job Click Cancel to exit from the Run window without saving the job If the job is created successfully, a message is displayed on the page from which you started the Scheduler If the job creation fails, a message is displayed in the Run window so that you can correct the job The job created by the Agent Installation Wizard will transfer the agent self-extracting script and the agent response file into the /tmp directory on the target system After the files are copied, the installation file sets are extracted into the /tmp/extract_XXXXXX directory and installed The files are then removed after a successful installation You need to ensure that there is sufficient space on the target system to copy the self-extracting script and extract the file sets Refer to the space requirements as specified in “Hardware requirements for systems running Common Agent or Platform Agent” You can view the status of the agent installation job by clicking Task Management > Active and Scheduled Jobs Chapter Installing agents 101 102 IBM Systems Director for IBM i Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide Chapter Updating IBM Systems Director Update manager can be used to obtain and install updates for IBM Systems Director Consider these points when updating IBM Systems Director: v Ensure that software inventory has been recently collected for the management server before using update manager v IBM Systems Director updates require that IBM Systems Director be restarted before the updates will be active This restart is required before additional updates can be installed If you are also installing firmware or operating system updates, these updates might require that the IBM Systems Director Server be restarted as well To update IBM Systems Director, complete the following steps: Ensure that you have collected the latest inventory for the IBM Systems Director Server Click the Update IBM Systems Director link on the Welcome page in the upper-right corner Note: If you are using IBM Systems Director Server version 6.1.1 or earlier, click the View Updates link Click Check for updates to run or schedule a check for new updates When the check for updates completes, the updates needed by the IBM Systems Director Server will be displayed in the table Optional: If your management server does not have a connection to the Internet, you can download IBM Systems Director updates from this IBM Web site: www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/fixcentral a On the Fix Central page: 1) From the Product Group drop-down list, select IBM Systems Director 2) From the Product drop-down list, select IBM Systems Director 3) From the Installed Version drop-down list, select your current version 4) from the Platform drop-down list, select All b Click Continue The Identify Fixes page is displayed It will process a list of fixes to download Once the list of fixes are gathered, the Select fixes and download method page is displayed c Select the fix Group that you would like to download, such as SysDir6_1_1_1 Also, make sure that the "Include prerequisites and co-requisite fixes (you can de-select the ones you don't need later)" option and the "Download using Download Director" option at the bottom of the page are selected Click Continue The Select Fixes page is displayed and will transitions to the Agree to terms and conditions page d Select I agree if you agree to the terms and conditions The Download files using Download Director page is displayed e Select Download Now to start the download of the update f Copy the update to the management server and unzip the update to a local directory that is close to the root directory © Copyright IBM Corp 1999, 2009 103 g 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