WA1226 Lab Setup Guide

Minimum Hardware Requirements

• Ultra 5 or Higher
• 366 Mhz or higher
• 512MB RAM (1 Gig strongly recommended)
• 10GB Hard Disk
• CD-ROM drive
• LAN Adapter
• Networked
• Internet Access (strongly recommended)

One Windows Machine setup for the instructor

• PIII 733Mhz or higher
• 512MB RAM (1 Gig strongly recommended)
• 10GB Hard Disk
• CD-ROM drive
• LAN Adapter
• Networked
• Internet Access (strongly recommended)

Minimum Software Requirements

• Solaris 9 with 9_Recommended patch cluster
• Windows 2000 SP4 for the one windows machine.
• WebSphere V5.1 for Solaris *
• WebSphere Network Deployment V5.1 for Solaris *
• DB2 V8.1 EE for Solaris *
• ASTK for Windows *
• 9_Recommended *

* – indicates software provided by Web Age Solutions on CD.

Installation

Note: The drive with the installation files will be referred to as drive X:, please substitute this drive letter with the appropriate CD or Network drive letter.

Receive the following CD(s) from Web Age Solutions:

• WebSphere V5.1 for Solaris
• WebSphere Network Deployment V5.1 for Solaris
• DB2 V8.1 EE for Solaris
• ASTK for Windows
• 9_Recommended

• You received the supporting zip in an email. Copy the supporting zip to /. Run the command unzip LabFiles.zip.
• Copy the contents of the 9_Recommended CD to /
• Unzip the file using the command unzip 9_Recommended.zip
• A new directory will be created 9_Recommneded. Go into the directory using the command cd 9_Recommended
• Run the command ./install_cluster.
• Wait a while as it may take up to two hours to install the cluster depending on the speed of the computer.
• Change the hostname or add a new hostname by editing the /etc/rcS.d/S30network.sh and change the line in the file hostname=”uknown” to hostname=”New host name” at the end of the file. Restart the computer. Make sure every computer has a unique hostname.
• Create a directory WebSphere under /.
• Copy the contents of the WebSphere V5.1 Solaris CD to /WebSphere.
• Create a directory ND under /.
• Copy the contents of the WebSphere Network Deployment V5.1 Solaris to /ND.
• Create a directory called DB2 under /.
• Copy the contents of the DB2 Solaris CD to /DB2.
• Click the link DB2 Setup for installation of DB2.
• Copy the contents of the ASTK for Windows CD to a new folder ASTK under C:/.
• Click the link ASTK Setup for installation of ASTK.
• Edit the hosts file of every computer to the <ip of the network computer> hostname of every network computer and then test the connectivity by typing ping hostname of the newtork computer.

A sample host file for three computers named classroom1, classroom2, classroom3 is below.

127.0.0.1 localhost classroom1

192.168.1.1 classroom1

192.168.1.2 classroom2

192.168.1.3 classroom3