This topic describes how to prepare an HP-UX system for the installation of IBM WebSphere Application Server, Version 6 products.
The installation uses an InstallShield MultiPlatform (ISMP) wizard. You can use the graphical interface of the wizard. You can also use the wizard in silent mode.
Silent mode is a command line invocation with a parameter that identifies an options response file. Edit the options response file before installing.
If you encounter a problem such as needing more temporary space or missing prerequisite packages on your operating system, cancel the installation, make the required changes, and restart the installation.
Preparing the operating system involves such changes as allocating disk space and installing patches to the operating system. IBM tests WebSphere Application Server products on each operating system platform. Such tests verify whether an operating system change is required for WebSphere Application Server products to run correctly. Without the required changes, WebSphere Application Server products do not run correctly.
Log on as root. You cannot install the product correctly as a non-root user.
If you create a copy of the product CD-ROM or DVD, do so as root. Copies made from non-root users do not preserve the correct file attributes and do not work.
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If you do not have the Mozilla Web browser, download and install the browser from http://www.mozilla.org.
Export the location of the supported browser using a command that identifies the actual location of the browser.
export BROWSER=/opt/bin/mozilla
Attention:
The Network Deployment product requires the following disc space:
The installation root directory includes the core product files. This size does not include space for profiles or applications. Profiles require 40 MB of temp space in addition to the sizes shown. Profiles have the following space requirements:
This size does not include space for Sample applications that you might install. The size also does not include space for applications that you might deploy.
This size does not include space for applications that you might develop and install.
This size does not include space for applications that you might develop and install. The requirement does include space for the node agent. However, you must federate a custom profile to create an operational managed node.
After federating a custom profile, the resulting managed node contains a functional node agent only. Use the deployment manager to create server processes on the managed node.
The temporary directory is the working directory for the installation program.
This amount is the total space requirement when installing the product from the disc and when not installing service. Installing profiles requires more space.
The following space is required for the IBM HTTP Server product:
The IBM HTTP Server product requires this space.
The IBM Global Security Kit (GSKit) requires this space.
The runtime module is gsk7bas for HP-UX platforms.
The following space is the maximum amount that is required for the Web server plug-ins for WebSphere Application Server:
The Web server plug-ins require this space.
The IBM Global Security Kit (GSKit) requires this space.
The amount of space required to install the application clients is actually less than 150 MB. The amount of space depends on the clients that you install as features.
The installation wizard for each component displays required space on the confirmation panel before you install the product files and selected features. The installation wizard also warns you if you do not have enough space to install the product.
# /usr/sam/lbin/getkinfo -b
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
STRMSGSZ | 65535 |
dbc_max_pct | 25 |
maxdsiz | 805306358 (0x30000000) |
maxdsiz | 2048000000 (when running multiple profiles on the same system) |
maxfiles_lim | 8196 (Change this one before maxfiles.) |
maxfiles | 8000 |
maxssiz | 8388608 |
maxswapchunks | 8192 |
maxusers | 512 |
nkthread | 7219 |
max_thread_proc | 3000 |
nproc | 4116 (Change this one before maxuprc) |
maxuprc | 512 |
msgtql | 2046 |
msgmap | 2048 |
msgssz | 32 (Change this one before msgmax) |
msgseg | 32767 (Change this one before msgmax) |
msgmnb | 65535 (0x10000) (Change this one before msgmax) |
msgmnb | 131070 (when running multiple profiles on the same system) |
msgmax | 65535 (0x10000) |
msgmax | 131070 (when running multiple profiles on the same system) |
msgmni | 50 |
nfile | 58145 |
nflocks | 3000 |
ninode | 60000 |
npty | 2024 |
nstrpty | 1024 |
nstrtel | 60 |
sema | 1 |
semaem | 16384 (0x4000) |
semmns | 16384 (0x4000) (Change this one before semmap) |
semmni | 2048 (Change this one before semmap) |
semmap | 514 |
semmnu | 1024 |
semume | 200 |
semvmx | 32767 |
shmem | 1 |
shmmax | 2147483647 (0x7FFFFFFF) |
shmmni | 1024 |
shmseg | 1024 |
When WebSphere Application Server and IBM DB2 are on the same machine, some kernel values are higher than those shown in the preceding table.
See the Recommended HP-UX kernel configuration parameters for DB2 V8 Web page for more information.
Follow the on-screen instructions to restart your machine and to enable the new settings.
# locale -a
# export LANG=en_US.iso8859
Although the installation wizard checks for prerequisite operating system patches with the prereqChecker application, review the prerequisites on the Supported hardware and software Web site if you have not done so already.
Refer to the documentation for non-IBM prerequisite and corequisite products to learn how to migrate to their supported versions.
If you install with a cp command that is part of a freeware package, the installation might appear to complete successfully, but the Java 2 SDK that the product installs might have missing files in the app_server_root/java directory.
Missing files can destroy required symbolic links. If you remove the freeware cp command from the PATH, you can install the Application Server product successfully.
For example, you might have downloaded an installation image from Passport Advantage, or you might have copied an installation image onto a backup disc. In either case, perform the following steps to verify that the disc contains a valid Java 2 software development kit (SDK).
cd /mnt/JDK/repository/prereq.jdk/java/bin
./java -version
The command completes successfully with no errors when the Java 2 SDK is intact.
This procedure results in preparing the operating system for installing the product.
After preparing the operating system for installation, you can install the WebSphere Application Server product.
See Preparing to install Network Deployment on an HP-UX system for the next step in the overall procedure, which is selecting the type of installation to perform.