Cisco Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Release 4.1
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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Release Notes for Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.1(3)
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Upgrading Your Cisco MDS NX-OS Software Image
If you want to install the PostgreSQL database, you must disable any security software you are
running as PostgreSQL may not install certain folders or users. You must also log in as a Superuser
before you start the installation.
running as PostgreSQL may not install certain folders or users. You must also log in as a Superuser
before you start the installation.
Step 6
Install Fabric Manager from the CD-ROM or from files that you download from cisco.com at the
following website:
following website:
.
Installing Fabric Manager on Solaris
This section describes how to install Fabric Manager on Solaris.
To install Fabric Manager on Solaris, follow these steps:
Step 1
Set Java 1.5 or 1.6 to the path that is to be used for installing Fabric Manager.
Step 2
Install the database that is to be used with Fabric Manager.
Step 3
Copy the Fabric Manager jar file m9000-fm-4.1.3.jar from the CD-ROM to a folder on the Solaris
workstation.
workstation.
Step 4
Launch the installer using the following command:
java -Xms512m -Xmx512m -jar m9000-fm-4.1.3.jar
Step 5
Follow the onscreen instructions provided in the Fabric Manager management software setup wizard.
Installing Fabric Manager on Windows
This section describes how to install Fabric Manager on Windows.
Note
Fabric Manager Server can not be installed on an Active Directory Server when using PostgreSQL,
Fabric Manager servers are domain controllers and can not create local PostgreSQL user accounts.
Fabric Manager servers are domain controllers and can not create local PostgreSQL user accounts.
Note
If you are running Fabric Manager Server on Windows and using the PostgreSQL database, you should
examine your Windows Active Directory environment for organizational units (OUs) and make the
change recommended below to ensure that Fabric Manager Server does not periodically stop working.
examine your Windows Active Directory environment for organizational units (OUs) and make the
change recommended below to ensure that Fabric Manager Server does not periodically stop working.
On a Windows system, the Microsoft Active Directory applies a Group Policy Object (GPO) to the
Fabric Manager Server. The GPO does not recognize the local user PostgreSQL because it is not in the
GPO allow list. As a result, the GPO removes it, and the PostgreSQL database stops working.
Fabric Manager Server. The GPO does not recognize the local user PostgreSQL because it is not in the
GPO allow list. As a result, the GPO removes it, and the PostgreSQL database stops working.
To avoid this situation, you should move the Fabric Manager Server to its own OU and apply the same
feature settings as the original OU, but remove the local user account to log in as a service.
feature settings as the original OU, but remove the local user account to log in as a service.
If your server is running Terminal Services in Application mode, or if you are running Citrix Metaframe
or any variation thereof, you need to issue the following command on the DOS prompt before installing
Fabric Manager Server.
or any variation thereof, you need to issue the following command on the DOS prompt before installing
Fabric Manager Server.
Step 1
Open a command-line prompt: Start > Run, then type cmd and press Return.
Step 2
At the command prompt type: user /install.