Some operating systems such as AIX®, HP-UX, or Linux require
you to mount the drive before you can access data on the product disk.
Before you begin
Insert the product disk into the drive before mounting the
drive.
Note: You may experience errors if you install from a mounted
ISO file created using a WebSphere® Application
Server product disk. Mount the drive that contains an official product
disk or a product disk that was created from a licensed downloaded
compressed file.
About this task
Use these procedures to mount the product disks for WebSphere Application Server.
Procedure
Mounting the DVD-ROM on AIX To mount the DVD-ROM on AIX using the System Management
Interface Tool (SMIT), perform the following steps:
- Log in as a user with root authority.
- Insert the DVD-ROM in the drive.
- Create a DVD-ROM mount point by entering the mkdir
-p /cdrom command, where cdrom represents
the DVD-ROM mount point directory.
- Allocate a DVD-ROM file system using SMIT by entering
the smit storage command.
- After SMIT starts, click System Storage Management
(Physical & Logical Storage) > File Systems > Add / Change
/ Show / Delete File Systems > CDROM File Systems > Add a CDROM
File System.
- In the Add a CDROM File System window:
- Enter a device name for your DVD-ROM file system in the DEVICE
Name field. Device names for DVD-ROM file systems must
be unique. If there is a duplicate device name, you may need to delete
a previously-defined DVD-ROM file system or use another name for your
directory. The example uses /dev/cd0 as the device
name.
- Enter the DVD-ROM mount point directory in the MOUNT
POINT window. In our example, the mount point directory
is /cdrom.
- In the Mount AUTOMATICALLY at system restart field,
select yes to enable automatic mounting of the
file system.
- Click OK to close the window, then click Cancel three
times to exit SMIT.
- Next, mount the DVD-ROM file system by entering the smit
mountfs command.
- In the Mount a File System window:
- Enter the device name for this DVD-ROM file system in the FILE
SYSTEM name field. In our example, the device name is /dev/cd0.
- Enter the DVD-ROM mount point in the Directory over
which to mount field. In our example, the mount point
is /cdrom.
- Enter cdrfs in the Type of Filesystem field.
To view the other kinds of file systems you can mount, click List.
- In the Mount as READ-ONLY system field,
select yes.
- Accept the remaining default values and click OK to
close the window.
Your DVD-ROM file system is now mounted. To view the contents
of the DVD-ROM, place the disk in the drive and enter the cd
/cdrom command where cdrom is the DVD-ROM
mount point directory.
Mounting the DVD-ROM on HP-UX Because WebSphere Application Server
contains several files with long file names, the mount command can
fail. The following steps let you mount successfully your WebSphere Application Server
product DVD-ROM on the HP-UX platform:
- Log in as a user with root authority.
- In the /etc directory, add the
following line to the pfs_fstab file:
/dev/dsk/c0t2d0 mount_point pfs-rrip ro,hard
where mount_point represents
the mount point of the DVD-ROM.
- Start the pfs daemon by entering
the following commands (if they are not already running):
/usr/sbin/pfs_mountd &
/usr/sbin/pfsd 4 &
- Insert the DVD-ROM in the drive, and enter the following
commands:
mkdir /cdrom
/usr/sbin/pfs_mount /cdrom
The /cdrom variable
represents the mount point of the DVD-ROM.
- Log out.
Note: When you attempt to launch Installation Manager from a
DVD that was mounted using the CD-ROM file system (CDFS) on an HP-UX
operating system, it might fail to launch and point to a log file
that contains an exceptions similar to one of the following:
java.util.zip.ZipException: Exception in opening zip file:
org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Exception in
org.eclipse.update.internal.configurator.ConfigurationActivator.start()
or bundle org.eclipse.update.configurator.
This issue might
be caused by Installation Manager reaching the upper limit of number
of descriptors that can be opened on a CDFS-mounted device. This
upper limit is determined by the value for the tunable kernel parameter
ncdnode, which specifies the maximum number of CDFS nodes that can
be in memory at any given time. To resolve the problem, change the
ncdnode system kernel setting to 250. If the problem persists, increase
the setting.
Mounting the DVD-ROM on Linux To mount the DVD-ROM on Linux:
- Log in as a user with root authority.
- Insert the DVD-ROM in the drive and enter the following
command:
mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/cdrom /cdrom
The /cdrom variable
represents the mount point of the DVD-ROM.
Avoid trouble: If
you have enabled and enforced Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux)
on your Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 5 operating system
while you are installing the product from the CD, then you must mount
the CD with the following option. For more information see Preparing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for installation.
-o context=system_u:object_r:textrel_shlib_t
gotcha
- Log out.
Some window managers can automatically mount your DVD-ROM for
you. Consult your system documentation for more information.
Mounting the DVD-ROM on Solaris To mount the DVD-ROM on Solaris: - Log in as a user with root authority.
- Insert the DVD-ROM into the drive.
- If the Volume Manager is not running on your system,
enter the following commands to mount the DVD-ROM:
mkdir -p /cdrom/unnamed_cdrom
mount -F hsfs -o ro /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s2 /cdrom/unnamed_cdrom
The /cdrom/unnamed_cdrom variable
represents the DVD-ROM mount directory and the /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s2 represents
the DVD-ROM drive device. If you are mounting the DVD-ROM drive
from a remote system using NFS, the DVD-ROM file system on the remote
machine must be exported with root access. You must also mount that
file system with root access on the local machine.
If the
Volume Manager (vold) is running on your system, the DVD-ROM is automatically
mounted as:
/cdrom/unnamed_cdrom
- Log out.
What to do next
Return to the installation procedure to continue.