Getting Started

Caldera Volution Manager Version 1.1 60-day Evaluation

Caldera® Volution^(TM) Manager is a secure, web-based, systems management solution that reduces the cost of deploying and managing established versions of Linux and Caldera UNIX.

Volution Manager does so by enabling secure, remote management, monitoring and updating of multiple systems through a browser. Volution Manager does this through key components like asset management, software distribution, and health monitoring with proactive response capabilities. Volution Manager's architecture is based on open standards and technologies (i.e., XML, LDAP, SNMP, Apache, HTTPS) and interoperates with all SNMP-based management frameworks. Volution Manager saves time, scales resources, eases deployments in a cost-effective manner.

This evaluation version is a fully enabled 60-day version of the Volution Manager 1.1 product. This version expires 60 days after it is installed. At that time, essential portions of the product stop working. The Evaluation Version should NOT be used in a production environment.

If you are a Caldera Solutions Provider and want to purchase the fully-operational version of Volution Manager, contact a Caldera distributor.

If you are a customer who wants to deploy the fully-operational version of Volution Manager, contact an accredited Caldera Solutions Provider.

Server System Requirements


Platform:	Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1.1
Processor:	Minimum a Pentium(R) III 500 or equivalent.
RAM:	A minimum of 256 MB of RAM. If your VM Server is also your LDAP Server an additional 128 MB of RAM for a total of 384 is recommended.
Disk space:	In addition to the space required by OpenLinux, an additional 50 to 120 MB of diskspace may be required for Volution Manager, depending on the packages selected during the OpenLinux installation.
Networking:	TCP/IP networking with DNS name resolution configured
Installation profile:	OpenLinux: `webserver or full install`
Language support:	Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish

Installation Notes

Before beginning the installation, review the following documentation, either from the Caldera web site http://www.caldera.com/support/docs/volution/ or from the download image or tar file:

Installation Guide, which contains important information on system preparation, basic installation and graphical administration procedures.
Administration Guide, which provides administration and use information for Volution Manager. It is also available from the VM Management Console Help.
Known Issues, which contains up-to-date information on installation issues and platform support.

Downloading and Installing Volution Manager

The Volution Manager 1.1 Evaluation Version is downloaded as either an ISO image or a gzipped tar file.

To download and install from the ISO image:

Choose the ISO image file (volution_manager_1.1_eval.iso) from the Volution Manager Download page and download the file into an temporary directory. The md5sum for this file is: ef45cf1f94327d40e017c2c2207c07bf
Create a cdrom using your CD burning utility.
Review the online version of the Installation Guide. In particular, familiarize yourself with the contents of Chapter 2. "Installing the Volution Manager Server".
Mount the newly created cdrom
As root, change into the server directory of the cdrom and invoke the installer by entering:

cd /server

./install.sh

To download, extract and install from the gzipped tar file:

Choose the tar file ( volution_manager_1.1_eval.tgz ) from the Volution Manager Download page and download the file into an temporary directory. The md5sum for the file is: 16b8fc31ecb117baee36b97c66e9ec1d
Once you have the tar file on the OpenLinux system you are going to install on, go to the next step. (This example assumes the tar file is in the /tmp directory).
As root, extract the archive with the following tar command:

tar xzvf ./volution_manager_1.1_eval.tgz

Review the online version of the Installation Guide. In particular, familiarize yourself with the contents of Chapter 2. "Installing the Volution Manager Server".
Change into the server directory and invoke the installer by entering:

cd /tmp/server

./install.sh

When the server installation is complete, install the client software on systems to be managed as described in the Installation Guide.

Licensing

During installation, you are prompted to accept the end user license agreement. You must accept this license in order to install and evaluate the product.

Please remember that the evaluation license is valid for 60 (sixty) days from the date of installation of the product. The product will not work beyond 60 days. Should you want to use the product on a permanent basis, please purchase the fully operational version from an accredited Caldera Solutions Provider.