Setting Up the Environment to Monitor Hosts

Before you start monitoring and administering hosts, it is recommended that you set up credentials and install the needed software. This chapter describes:

Required Installations
For Linux Hosts - Installing YAST
Setting Up Credentials
Setup Needed for Host Monitoring
Target Setup Needed for Host Administration

Note:

The installation of YaST is only for Oracle Linux 6.0 or below. For Oracle Linux 7.0 operating system, no other installation is needed.