Installation Guide : Installing VisiBroker on Solaris

Installing VisiBroker on Solaris
This section describes how to install VisiBroker and related components on the Solaris operating system.
Installing VisiBroker
Ensure that you have the prerequisites described in “System requirements”.
Before installation
Before you install VisiBroker, select the installation method:
Mounting the VisiBroker DVD on Solaris
The VisiBroker DVD includes installation software for the Solaris operating systems. This section describes how to prepare to install VisiBroker on Solaris from DVD.
To mount a DVD on your local workstation:
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/usr/bin/ps -ef | grep mountd
To see a list of all running processes, look for a response similar to the following:
root 247 1 0 Oct 30? 0:00 /usr/lib/autofs/automountd
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If the Volume Manager is running, proceed to “Installing VisiBroker on Solaris”.
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/usr/sbin/mount -F hsfs-r /dev/dsk/device /cdrom
where device is the device name of the DVD.
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cd /cdrom
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umount /cdrom
Installing VisiBroker and related components
If you want to perform a silent installation using definitions from a properties file, see “Silent Installation on Solaris”.
You can either download the VisiBroker installer from the web or install from DVD.
If installing VisiBroker from DVD:
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install_solaris
The installation wizard launches in a separate window.
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Follow the installation wizard's onscreen instructions. For most options, defaults offered by the installation wizard are acceptable. You can use the Previous button to return to earlier screens and change any information that is incorrect.
If installing VisiBroker on Solaris from a downloaded file:
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vb8.5-<release number>-solaris-<arch>.bin
where <arch> may be x32 or x64.
Or see “Start the installer in console mode on Solaris”.
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Important
Once you select which product you are installing and click Next, if you wish to select a different product you must cancel the current installation and restart the installation process.
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Introduction: Read the Introduction and click Next.
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License agreement: Read the licensing agreement carefully and accept it in order to install and use VisiBroker.
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Choose Install Folder: This creates a new installation of VisiBroker, or adds components to an existing installation. Either accept the default /opt/MicroFocus/VisiBroker or choose another location. Ensure that the user name you are using has write access to the chosen folder.
Note that you cannot install this version of VisiBroker on top of previous releases; but you can specify an existing location in order to add components.
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Choose Product Components: Depending on the VisiBroker product you are installing, you can select from the following product components. By default, the components are all selected. You can choose to de-select any components which you do not need. For example, you could de-select the Examples option. The options are:
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VisiBroker Console: GUI and tools for managing the VisiBroker ORB and services.
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VisiBroker Core: The development tools and server components for VisiBroker for Java and C++.
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Examples: Example applications for VisiBroker.
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VisiBroker Services: Optional components that you can purchase for extended VisiBroker functionality. You can select the specific services you have purchased later in the installation procedure.
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Choose VisiBroker Services: Displays if you chose the option to install VisiBroker Services in step 4. Select the services you have purchased. By default, no services are selected:
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VisiNotify: An industrial strength, ORB-level implementation of the OMG Event/Notification Service.
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VisiSecure: A framework for establishing secure connections between clients and servers.
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VisiTransact: A complete implementation of the OMG transaction management solution for transactions with CORBA applications over the Internet or intranets.
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Typical to use default settings, including:
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Smart Agent port: Also known as the osagent. Client-side ORBs use this port to locate server objects before invoking their services. The default is 14000.
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Agent name: Every agent using the same Smart Agent (osagent) port should have a unique name. The default is the host name.
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Custom to customize your installation. If you select this, you can:
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Pre-Installation Summary: Review the displayed information before proceeding with the installation. Verify in particular the install folder location and the product features that you have specified. To confirm your choices and start installing, click Install.
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Registration: You must register and activate your license before you can start to use VisiBroker. On this platform you cannot register VisiBroker now, but must click Next to register later. The ways to do this are described in “Product Registration”. The preferred method is direct registration as described in To register and activate a license after installation.
Closing the installer
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Install Complete: This dialog appears when you have completed the installation. Click Done to finish.
The install log
The installer generates an install log that is written to the root of the installation directory if you installed VisiBroker from DVD, or to the folder where the installer file resides if you used a downloaded file to install VisiBroker.
The VisiBroker install log file is:
<install_dir>/VisiBroker_InstallLog.xml
The file is an XML formatted log with installation-specific information, such as errors.
Using the VisiBroker documentation
The VisiBroker DVD contains a complete library of online documentation. You can also access the documentation online at
https://supportline.microfocus.com/productdoc.aspx
Running the installer without a GUI
The installer is capable of running in a text only mode (console mode) for UNIX systems. You can invoke the installer with a parameter which specifies that mode. You can run the installer in text-only mode as follows.
Using an installation DVD:
install_solaris -i console
Using a downloaded installer:
<install_file>.bin -i console
where <install_file> is the name of the downloaded file.
Then see “Installing VisiBroker in console mode” for further information.
Configuring VisiBroker license variables
Before running a VisiBroker server or client, or VisiBroker services, you need to set two license environment variables (BES_LIC_DIR and BES_LIC_DEFAULT_DIR). During installation, a shell script is created for you to use for setting these environment variables.
To set these variables:
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Change directories to <install_dir>/bin.
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If you are using the Korn or Bourne shell, use the following script to set environment variables:
$ .<space><install_dir>/bin/vbroker.sh
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$ source<space><install_dir>/bin/vbroker.sh
If you are using the C shell, use the following script to set environment variables:
$ .<space><install_dir>/bin/vbroker.csh
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$ source<space><install_dir>/bin/vbroker.csh
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Uninstalling VisiBroker
To uninstall VisiBroker:
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Change directories to the VisiBroker UninstallerData directory.
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uninstall
Note
Uninstalling does not remove files and folders that were created after the installation. After you run the uninstall program, remove the installation directory.