Installing the operating system for the metadata server

This topic provides an overview of the steps that are required to install the operating system for the metadata server. You need to complete these steps on each metadata server.

Steps

  1. Install SUSE Linux™ Enterprise Server 8. See Installing the operating system
  2. Disable the automatic starting of the X Window System (if you choose to have graphical mode as the default desktop setting during the installation of the operating system). See Disabling the automatic starting of the X Window System
  3. Set the time and date on the metadata server engine. See Setting the time and date on the Metadata servers
  4. Apply the United Linux Service Pack 3. SeeApply United Linux Service Pack 3 (SP3) updates.

Parent topic: Metadata server engine setup

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