Welcome to the IBM Tivoli Security Compliance Manager, Version 5.1, Installation Utility

You are about to install a component of IBM Tivoli Security Compliance Manager, Version 5.1. You can choose to install the client, the administration utilities, the server, or the database utilities component.

Required Information

Descriptions of the components and the information you will need to supply during their installation are listed below. For more information, please see the IBM Tivoli Security Compliance Manager Installation Guide.

IBM Tivoli Security Compliance Manager Client

Select this component to install the client function on the target system. To successfully install the client, you must provide the following information:

• The port number over which the client/server communication will be performed.
• The communication method: push or pull.

  Push Mode - The connection originates from the client.

  Pull Mode - The connection originates from the server.

  If you select push mode, you will be required to supply the hostname and server port for communication.

• Indicate if the client uses DHCP, and enter a DHCP client alias if desired
• For HP-UX installations, provide the location of the Java runtime environment.

IBM Tivoli Security Compliance Manager Administration Utilities

Select this component to install the system administration GUI, as well as the command line interface on the target system. For HP-UX installations, provide the location of the Java runtime environment. No additional configuration information is needed.

IBM Tivoli Security Compliance Manager Server

Installing the server provides you with the server function, and local database configuration, on the target system. To successfully install the server, you must provide the following information:

• For HP-UX installations, provide the location of the Java runtime environment.
• E-mail - provide the e-mail server name and the address to send server notification e-mail to
• Server and client connection ports
• Passwords to be used for the master and server keystores
• The user ID and password to be used for the system administration GUI
• The user ID and password for the database
• For remote databases or Microsoft Windows installations, the location of the jar or zip file that contains the JDBC driver and the URL to use for database connectivity

IBM Tivoli Security Compliance Manager Database Utilities

Installing the database utilities will perform the necessary database configuration on a remote database. To successfully use the database utilities, you must provide the following information:

• For HP-UX installations, provide the location of the Java runtime environment.
• The user ID and password to be used for the system administration GUI
• The user ID and password for the database
• The location of the jar or zip file that contains the JDBC driver and the URL to use for database connectivity