RHEL 6 Installation Guide for Eclipse

  • Configure RAID arrays
  • Boot from RHEL6 image
  • Press ENTER to start the installer
  • Select Basic Storage Devices -> Next -> Re-Initialize All
  • Enter the hostname, for example: eclipse-customername
  • Select ‘Configure Network -> eth0 -> Edit -> IPv4 Settings tab -> Method: Manual -> Add
  • Enter IP address, netmask, gateway, DNS server -> Apply -> Close
  • Select the closest city to the server’s final physical location
  • Enter root password -> Use Anyway
  • Select Create Custom Layout
  • Select the OS (rootvg) disk array -> double-click or use the arrow to move it under Install Target Devices -> Next
  • Select the OS array (/dev/sda) -> Create -> Standard Partition -> Create -> Mount point: /boot -> Allowable drives: /dev/sda -> Size: 200MB -> OK
  • Select the OS array (/dev/sda) -> Create -> LVM Physical Volume -> Create -> Type: physical volume (LVM) -> Allowable drives: /dev/sda -> Size: Fill to
  • maximum -> OK
  • Select the OS LVM PV (/dev/sda2) -> Create -> LVM Volume Group -> Create -Volume Group Name: rootvg
  • Add -> Mount point: / -> Name: root -> Size: 30720 (30GB) -> OK
  • Add -> Mount point: /esupport -> Name: esupport -> Size: 4096 (4GB) -> OK
  • Add -> File System Type: swap -> Name: swap -> Size: 4096 (4GB) -> OK
    • swap sized based on the amount of system RAM:
    • 4-16 GB RAM = 4096 MB
    • 16-64 GB RAM = 8192 MB
    • 64-256 GB RAM = 16384 MB
  • Continue, accepting defaults until you reach the software selection screen
  • Select Software Development Workstation -> Next
  • After the installation process has completed, reboot