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