Installing Load Balancer on HP-UX systems

This topic instructs you on Load Balancer installation using system packaging tools and requirements for HP-UX 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. Ensure that you have root level access, and login as the local superuser root. Enter the following command:
    su - root
    Password: password
  2. Issue the install command:
    swinstall -s /source package_name
    where source is the absolute directory path for the location of the package, and package_name is the name of the package.
    The following is the list of packages:
    Table 1. HP-UX Install Images
    Package Name Install Image
    Base ibmulb-base-7.0.0-0.noarch.depot
    Dispatcher ibmulb-disp-7.0.0-0.noarch.depot
    License ibmulb-lic-7.0.0-0.noarch.depot
    Metric Server ibmulb-ms-7.0.0-0.noarch.depot
    Native ibmulb-native-7.0.0-0.parisc.depot

    Substitute ia64 for parisc when it is appropriate for your system.

    Messages ibmulb-lang_language.7.0.0-0.noarch.depot
    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
    The following command installs just the base package for Load Balance, ibmulb.base, if you are installing the packages from the root of the CD:
    swinstall -s /source ibmulb.base
    To install all the packages for Load Balancer issue the following command, if you are installing the packages from the root of the CD:
    swinstall -s /source ibmulb
  3. Verify the installation of the Load Balancer packages. Issue the swlist command to list all the packages that you installed. For example:
    swlist -l fileset ibmulb

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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