Prerequisites

The prerequisites and requirements for installing and running Snow Inventory Oracle Hardware Scanner are described below.

System requirements

Snow Inventory Oracle Hardware Scanner is dependent on Snow Inventory Agents for Windows, Linux, and Unix. It requires to be executed in a Java Runtime Environment. For information on required agent and Java versions, see System Requirements.

Permissions and environment variables

The operating system user running Snow Inventory Oracle Hardware Scanner needs the following permissions and environment variables, depending on the platform:

Platform	Permissions and environment variables
Linux	Must have write permissions to: /var/run/SnowSoftware/Inventory/Agent/ script-output Must have execute rights to the following operating system commands: General commands: /proc/cpuinfo /usr/sbin/dmidecode In case of LPAR: /proc/ppc64/lparcfg In case of Oracle VM for x86: /usr/sbin/xm /usr/sbin/xenpm /usr/sbin/ovs-agent-db /usr/local/bin/ovm-info In case of Oracle Database Appliance: /opt/oracle/oak/bin/oakcli /opt/oracle/dcs/bin/odacli In case of Oracle VM for x86, must have read permissions on the following files: /OVS/Repositories/*/VirtualMachines /OVS/running_pool/*/ /var/log/ovs-agent.log In case of Linux KVM: /usr/bin/lscpu /usr/bin/numactl /usr/bin/lstopo-no-graphics /usr/bin/virsh In case of Linux KVM, must have read permissions on the following files: /etc/oracle-release /var/log/ovirt-engine/engine.log
SunOS	Must have write permissions to: /var/tmp/SnowSoftware/Inventory/Agent/ script-output Must have execute rights to the following operating system commands: General commands: /usr/sbin/prtconf /usr/sbin/prtdiag /usr/sbin/psrinfo /usr/bin/kstat /bin/kstat /sbin/zonename /usr/sbin/zoneadm /usr/sbin/zonecfg /usr/sbin/pooladm In case of LDOM: /usr/sbin/virtinfo /usr/sbin/ldm /opt/SUNWldm/bin/ldm
HP-UX	Must have write permissions to: /var/tmp/SnowSoftware/Inventory/Agent/ script-output Must have execute rights to the following operating system commands: General commands: /usr/sbin/icapstatus /usr/sbin/icod_stat /usr/sbin/ioscan /usr/bin/getconf /usr/contrib/bin/machinfo In case of an Itanium box: /opt/hpvm/bin/hpvmstatus /usr/sbin/setboot In case of nPars: /usr/sbin/parstatus In case of vPars: /usr/sbin/vparstatus /usr/sbin/vparhwmgmt In case of Secure Resource Partitions/HP Containers: opt/hpsrp/bin/srp
AIX	Must have write permissions to: /var/tmp/SnowSoftware/Inventory/Agent/ script-output Must have execute rights to the following operating system commands: General commands: /usr/sbin/lsdev /usr/sbin/prtconf /usr/bin/lparstat /usr/bin/errpt /usr/sbin/lsattr /usr/sbin/lsdev /usr/sbin/smtctl
Windows	Should run the component with an admin user account (Local Admin on the server).

Dependencies on the Snow Inventory Agent

Snow Inventory Oracle Hardware Scanner has the following dependencies on the Snow Inventory Agent that are essential for its operation and configuration:

• Activation and configuration management: The scanner is activated and fully configured through the agent configuration file. For more information, see Configure the scanner.

• Execution and scheduling: The scanner is launched by the agent and follows the same scan schedule as defined for the agent. For more information on agent scan scheduling, see the user guide for the respective agent.