Installing Load Balancer on AIX systems

This topic instructs you on Load Balancer installation using system packaging tools and requirements for AIX operating systems.

Before you begin

For information on hardware and software requirements, including supported browsers, refer to the following Web page: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg27006921.

You cannot have two installations of the Dispatcher component installed on the same system. If you have a previous version of the Edge components installed, uninstall the Dispatcher component before starting the installation process for Load Balancer for IPv4 and IPv6. Refer to Uninstalling Load Balancer for more information.

About this task

The Java 2 SDK automatically installs with Load Balancer on all platforms. If you are migrating from a previous version of Load Balancer, or reinstalling the operating system, prior to installation you can save any of your previous configuration files or script files for Load Balancer.
  • After installation, place your configuration files in the install_root/configurations/dispatcher directory.
  • After installation, place your script files in the install_root/servers/bin directory in order to run them.

Procedure

  1. Log in as root, or ensure that you have root authority to install the software.
  2. Insert the product media, or if you are installing from the Web, copy the installation images to a directory.
  3. Install the installation image.
    The following is the list of packages:
    Table 1. AIX Install Images
    Package Name Install Image
    Base ibmulb-base-7.0.0-0.noarch-rte
    Dispatcher ibmulb-disp-7.0.0-0.noarch.rte
    License ibmulb-lic-7.0.0-0.noarch-rte
    Metric Server ibmulb-ms-7.0.0-0.noarch.rte
    Native ibmulb-7.0.0-0.ppc64.rte

    Substitute ppc for ppc64 when it is appropriate for your system.

    Messages ibmulb-lang_language.7.0.0-0.noarch.rte
    where language can be:
    • cs_CZ
    • en_US
    • de_DE
    • es_ES
    • fr_FR
    • hu_HU
    • it_IT
    • ja_JP
    • ko_KR
    • pl_PL
    • pt_BR
    • ru_RU
    • zh_CN
    • zh_TW
    You can choose to install some of the packages if you do not want the entire product installated. If you want to install Dispatcher, install the following packages:
    • Base
    • Dispatcher
    • License
    • Native
    If you want to install Metric Server, install the following packages:
    • Base
    • Metric Server
    • Native
    Best practice Best practice: Use SMIT to install Load Balancer for AIX because SMIT will ensure that all messages are installed automatically.bprac
    1. Using SMIT:
      1. Select Install and Update Software
      2. Select Install and update from latest Available Software
      3. Enter the device or directory containing the install images
      4. Select Software Installation and Maintenance
      5. Enter on the *SOFTWARE to Install line, the appropriate information to specify options (or select List)
      6. Press OK.
      When the command completes, press Done, and then select Exit Smit from the Exit menu or press F12. If using SMITTY, press F10 to exit the program.
    2. Using the Command Line:
      1. If installing from a CD, you must enter the following commands to mount the CD:
        mkdir /cdrom
        mount -v cdrfs -p -r /dev/cd0 /cdrom
      2. Enter the following command to install the desired Load Balancer packages for AIX systems:
        installp -acXgd device install_image
        where install_image corresponds to an install image name from the table above, and device is:
        • /cdrom if you are installing from a CD.
        • /dir (the directory containing the install images) if you are installing from a file system.

        Ensure that the result column in the summary contains SUCCESS for each part of Load Balancer that you are installing. Do not continue until all of the parts you want to install are successfully applied.

        Note: To generate a list of file sets in any install image, including all available message catalogs, enter the following command:
        installp -ld device
        where device is:
        • /cdrom if you are installing from a CD.
        • /dir (the directory containing the install images) if you are installing from a file system.
    3. Unmount the CD-ROM. Enter the following command:
      unmount /cdrom
  4. [AIX] Verify that the product is installed. Enter the following command:
    lslpp -h | grep ibmulb
    If you successfully installed the full product, this command returns a list of all the packages.

What to do next

The installation process does not add the command directories for Load Balancer into the PATH environment variable. To run Load Balancer commands from the system root, add the command directories to the PATH environment variable.
Avoid trouble Avoid trouble: If you had previous installation of the Dispatcher component installed, be aware that Load Balancer for IPv4 versions of the Dispatcher component used commands in the /usr/bin directory, which might be in the PATH variable. Load Balancer for IPv4 and IPv6 has commands in the install_root/bin directory, so be aware that the directory entries point to the appropriate directories for the dsserver and dscontrol command.gotcha
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