Learn how to prepare an HP-UX system for the installation
of WebSphere® ESB.
About this task
The installation uses an InstallShield MultiPlatform (ISMP)
wizard. You can also install the product silently. Silent mode is
invoked at a command line with a parameter that identifies a response
file, which you edit before installing.
Restriction: The
Profile Management Tool is an Eclipse-based application and there
are known issues with using Cygwin/X to run Eclipse-based applications
on remote HP-UX machines. This affects your use of the Profile Management
Tool and the Installation Factory. For details of existing Bugzilla
reports on these issues, see the information at
Bugzilla – Bug 36806. If a different X server
(such as Hummingbird Exceed) is used, these problems do not occur.
Use
the following procedure to prepare the operating system for installation
of WebSphere ESB.
Procedure
- Log on to the system. Your user ID does not
have to have root privileges.
- Select a umask that allows the owner to read and write
to the files, and allows others to access them according to the prevailing
system policy. For root users, a umask of 022 is recommended.
For non-root users, a umask of 002 or 022 can be used, depending on
whether the users share the group.
To verify the umask setting,
issue the following command:
umask
To set the umask setting to 022, issue the following
command:
umask 022
- Optional: Install the Mozilla browser if it
is not already installed. The Mozilla browser supports the launchpad
console.
Download and install the Mozilla browser from Mozilla.
- Optional: Export the location of the supported
browser.
Export the location of the supported browser
using a command that identifies the location of the browser.
For
example, if the Mozilla package is in the
/usr/bin/mozilla directory,
use the following command:
export BROWSER=/usr/bin/mozilla
- Stop all Java™ processes
related to WebSphere Application
Server, WebSphere Application
Server Network Deployment, WebSphere ESB, on the workstation on which you are installing the
product.
- Stop any Web server process such as the IBM® HTTP Server.
- Provide adequate disk space. For the space required to
install WebSphere ESB and
related products, see WebSphere ESB detailed
system requirements at http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27006912 and select the link to your
version of the product.
- Set kernel values to support WebSphere ESB.
Several HP-UX kernel values are typically too small for the
product. See Setting kernel values on HP-UX systems for instructions on how to set kernel values.
- Verify that prerequisites and corequisites are at the required
release levels.
Although the installation wizard checks
for prerequisite operating system patches, review the prerequisite
supported hardware and software for WebSphere ESB if
you have not already done so. To access this information, see WebSphere ESB detailed
system requirements at http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27006912 and select the link to your
version of WebSphere ESB.
Refer
to the documentation for non-IBM prerequisite and corequisite products
to learn how to migrate to their supported versions.
- Verify that the system cp command is used, rather
than the cp command provided by emacs or other freeware.
Note: If you install the product using a cp command
that is part of a freeware package, rather than with the system cp command,
the installation might appear to complete successfully, but the Java 2 SDK that the product installs
might have missing files in the install_root/java directory
(where install_root represents the installation
directory of WebSphere ESB).
Missing
files can destroy required symbolic links. You must remove the freeware cp command
from the PATH in order to install the WebSphere ESB product
successfully.
If you have emacs or other freeware installed
on your operating system, perform the following steps to identify
which cp command is being used by the system, and to deactivate
the freeware cp command if it is being used:
- Type which cp at the command prompt before
running the installation program for the WebSphere ESB product.
- If the resulting directory output includes freeware,
remove the freeware directory from your PATH. For
example, if the output is similar to .../freeware/bin/cp,
remove the directory from the PATH.
- Install WebSphere ESB.
- Add the freeware directory back to
the PATH.
- Verify that the Java 2
SDK on your copies of the product discs is functioning correctly.
If you created your own product DVD by
copying the product DVD, or if you created your own DVD from the electronic
download image, perform the following steps to verify that the Java 2 SDK is working correctly:
- On your created product disc, navigate
to the /JDK/jre.pak/repository/package.java.jre/java/jre/bin directory. To do this, issue the following command:
cd /JDK/jre.pak/repository/package.java.jre/java/jre/bin
- Verify the Java 2
SDK version. To do this, issue the following command:
./java -version
The command
completes successfully with no errors when the Java 2 SDK is intact.
- Repeat this procedure on all other created product discs.
Results
This procedure prepares the operating system for installation
of WebSphere ESB.
What to do next
After preparing the operating system, you can install WebSphere ESB. See Installing the software for
descriptions of the various installation alternatives available.