Install DCF using Graphical Mode

This installation procedure describes the steps of DCF installation in the Graphical Interface.
  1. Ensure that you have a login with root privileges to run the installer.
  2. Download the installer file from http://support.broadcom.com and place it in a temporary location on the server.
  1. Login to the server as root.
  2. Type
    ./Smarts_dcf-<Version>.bin –i gui
    to run the installer in the graphical installer mode, press
    Enter
    .
    Installer introduction appears.
  3. Click
    Next
    to continue.
    License agreement appears.
  4. Select the checkbox
    I agree to the terms of the License agreement
    and click
    Next
    .
    Installer prompts to choose an install folder.
  5. Specify the directory to install DCF when installer prompts, or else press
    Enter
    to accept the default folder.
    Default Install folder:
    /opt/DCF.
    If the target directory already contains an existing DCF installation, then it upgrades (patch or full), else fresh installation takes place.
  6. Click
    Next
    to continue when pre-install summary displays.
    Installer triggers rollback action on any kind of failure. Except DCF_Logs, all files and folders gets uninstalled. Errors can be seen inside
    DCF_Logs/INSTALL_ERR.log
  7. Click
    Done
    to exit the installer when
    Install Completed
    message displays.
    DCF installation is completed.
After successful DCF installation, install
VMware Smarts Notification Collector
to pull all the events from Smarts Presentation SAM and publish the same to KAFKA for consumption.
If you shutdown or stop IP/ESM server which has Cisco ACI / VCD / Cloudify discovered and restart the server with the same repos / topology using --ignore-restore-errors or --clean-topology then no issues. However if you shutdown ESM server and restart with --norestore option then old monitoring collectors for Cisco ACI / VCD / / Cloudify will be running and those need to be stopped manually.