Installing the Engine

Storage Manager 24.4 uses only one Engine per tree. The Engine can be installed on a server that meets the following minimum requirements:

  • Open Enterprise Server 24.4

  • Open Enterprise Server 24.3

To install the Engine:

  1. Launch a terminal session.

  2. Mount the Storage Manager ISO or copy the Engine RPM package to the local file system.

  3. Change to the directory where the ISO was mounted or where you copied the RPM package.

  4. Enter # zypper in ./storagemanager-engine-24.4-1.x86_64.rpm to install the package.

  5. If prompted, enter y to continue.

    NOTE: If you did not add the included public signing key to the list of trusted signing keys, you may encounter a message during install indicating "Signature verification failed". Enter i to ignore the warning, or follow the steps for Adding the Trusted Signing Key.

  6. Proceed with Configuring the Engine.

Configuring the Engine

To configure the engine:

  1. Type smengine-config 1 in the same terminal, then click Enter to update the console. If your server has multiple NIC cards, multiple IP address options are listed.

  2. Specify the IP address of the server hosting the Engine and click Enter.

    If the displayed IP address is correct, click 0.

  3. Click Enter to accept the default HTTPS port number 3009.


    If there is a conflict and you need to use another port number, enter the new port number instead.

  4. Click Y to use the default server name for the common name of the certificate.

  5. Click Enter to generate the certificate and continue.

  6. Click Enter again to continue.

  7. Click Y to start the Engine service.

  8. Click Enter to update the console again and continue.

    You can now navigate through the menu to perform management tasks on the Engine when necessary.

  9. Click Q to exit the Engine console.