Installing HP OpenView (Network Node Manager) on Solaris 1

[DFM]

I am running into what appears to be a very basic problem during the Analysis Phase of a Network Node Manager installation on a Solaris OS running on a Sun Ultra 80.

The analysis phase fails due to the software's desire to try an install to "root" "/". At the beginning of the install a dialog box appears asking for both "arguments" and "options". This seems to be generated by the Solaris, but i'm not sure.
I can bypass this phase and proceed with the install bu it always fails in the analysis phase. Please help if you can.


Thanks

 

[nfaber]

It sounds like your puting in the cd and doubleclicking on the install script and Solaris is asking you if you want to supply any arguments eit the script. This is normal and should not be a problem if that is the case.

My guess is you are not running the install as root. You have to have root access to write to the root directory on most systems.

 

[DFM]

Thanks much for responding. I am logged in a root and am unsure of exactly what "options" and "arguments" are avail?

 

[nfaber]

You should not need any options. Are you running the install script from the command line? Do you have a /opt directory on your system? That is where NNM is installed by default. If you do nnot have one, make one and change the permissions to allow root to write to it "rwx".