Prerequisite Steps - Juniper NETWORK AND SECURITY MANAGER 2010.4 - INSTALLATION GUIDE REV1 Installation Manual

Prerequisite Steps

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You can upgrade the management system from any previous running version of NSM.
Before you install the management system, you need to perform the following prerequisite
steps:
Using your current version of NSM, upgrade any devices running ScreenOS 4.0.x or
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earlier version or remove them from your managed network. ScreenOS devices must
run ScreenOS 5.0 or later version to be managed by NSM 2008.1 or later release. The
installer stops with errors if ScreenOS 4.0.x devices are present in the NSM database.
Ensure that the computer you install the management system on is connected to a
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serial console or monitor and keyboard.
Log into the computer as root.
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If you are already logged in as a user other than root, then run the following command
to become root:
su
At the password prompt, enter the root password for the computer.
NOTE: Although the management system runs with nsm user permissions,
you must have root permissions to run the installer.
Partition drives for sufficient disk space to accommodate your planned data
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requirements. Ensure that you have allocated a maximum amount of disk space for
the data partition (
/var/netscreen
See "Hardware Recommendations" on page 201 for more information about the disk
space requirements appropriate for your specific network.
Perform a backup of all files on the Device Server and GUI Server. See "Archiving and
5.
Restoring Logs and Configuration Data" on page 178 for more information archiving
your data files.
Run the system update utility for your appropriate platform to ensure that you have
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all the up to date utilities and packages required to run the installer properly. See
"Running the System Update Utility" on page 138 for more information on running the
system update utility.
Configure shared memory size on your appropriate platform. See "Configuring Shared
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Memory Size" on page 138 for more information.
Increase the rsync backup timeout and rsync replication timeout values to 3600. See
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"Setting the rsysnc Timeout Values" on page 139.
If you are upgrading NSM on a Solaris server, ensure that all required locales have
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been installed and that the necessary edits to the
made. See "Preparing a Solaris Server for NSM" on page 140 for details.
Chapter 6: Upgrading to NSM 2010.4 from an Earlier Version
directory).
/etc/default/init
files have been
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