ViPR SRM - How to install the ViPR SRM collector component on a physical Linux host in a remote datacenter

The steps to install the collector component on a physical host can be found in the   EMC ViPR SRM Version <X.X.X> Installation and Configuration Guide,  starting in the chapter specific to  Installing Using the Binary Installer. 
 
There are slightly different steps depending on if the physical host is a Windows or Linux host so it is important to review the installation and configuration guide depending on the OS type.
 

Installing EMC M&R platform on UNIX:

You can install the EMC M&R platform on supported UNIX hosts. This procedure specifically uses the Linux installation procedure as an example.

Before you begin

• When you install EMC M&R platform on a UNIX server, assign executable permissions to the installation script.
• Ensure that you have a login with root privileges to run the installer.
• Download the installation file from support.emc.com, and place it in a temporary location on the server.

Procedure:
1. Log in to the server as root.
2. Change the permissions of the installer.

For example:
chmod +x <file_name>.sh

3. Run the installer from the directory.

For example:
./<file_name>.sh

4. Read and accept the End User License Agreement.
5. Accept the default installation directory of /opt/APG or type another location.
6. Accept the default user account name of apg or type another name.
7. Accept the default location of service scripts of /etc/init.d or type another location.
8. Accept the default base directory of/etc for runlevel scripts or type another base
directory.
9. Depending on the host purpose, select one of the following options:

Default:  Installs recommended modules available in the binary installation package.  You can use this option on a single host, which enables it to serve as a Frontend, Backend and Collector host.  To customize this host further, manually add or remove specific modules.
Frontend:  Installs web services and front end applications.
Backend:  Installs the database and backend services.
Collector:  Installs base modules to perform data collection and enrichment.  <---  This is the option being installed in this scenario.   
Minimal:  Installs the minimal modules required for any host type. To customize this host further, manually add specific modules.

After the collector component has completed its installation in step 9, you will need to go to the section labeled "Starting the collector" found within the chapter for "Installing Using the Binary Installer."  

Starting the collector:

Learn how to start the collector.

Procedure:
1. Install the collector as described in Installing Using the Binary Installer on page 19.  <--- This has already been performed at this point.
2. Start the collector services.  Run the following command from /opt/APG/bin:

./manage-modules.sh service start all

After starting the collector services on the physical host, the relationship between the newly installed collector instance and the ViPR SRM front-end host must be established.  The host will need to be registered via the ViPR SRM GUI.  To do this, login to the ViPR SRM GUI & go to Administration > Centralized Management.  In the top right corner of the GUI choose the  Configuration  drop down and choose  Servers  (see screen shot below):

From the  Servers Configuration  window you ll need to add the new server information manually after choosing  Register a Server.  

At this point the procedure to install the collector component on a physical Linux host in a remote datacenter is complete.