This chapter instructs you on Load Balancer installation using system packaging tools and requirements for all supported operating systems.
For Installation instructions using the product setup program, refer to the Concepts, Planning, and Installation for Edge Components document.
The Java 2 SDK automatically installs with Load Balancer on all platforms.
If you are migrating from a previous version of Load Balancer, or re-installing an operating system, prior to installation, you can save any of your previous configuration files or script files for Load Balancer.
Depending on the type of installation, not all the Load Balancer component packages that are listed in this section are provided.
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
Table 1 lists the installp images for Load Balancer and the recommended order of installation using the system's package installation tool.
Base | ibmlb.base.rte |
Administration (with messages) |
|
Device Driver | ibmlb.lb.driver |
License | ibmlb.lb.license |
Load Balancer components (with messages) |
|
Documentation (with messages) |
|
Metric Server | ibmlb.ms.rte |
Where component can be: disp (Dispatcher), cbr (CBR), ss (Site Selector), cco (Cisco CSS Controller), or nal (Nortel Alteon Controller). Optionally select which component(s) you want to install.
Where language can be:
The documentation package contains English only. Translations of the Load Balancer documentation set are at the following Web site: www.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/ecinfocenter.html.
If you have an earlier version installed, uninstall that copy before installing the current version. First, ensure that all the executors and all the servers are stopped. Then, to uninstall the entire product, enter installp -u ibmlb (or previous name, for example, intnd). To uninstall specific filesets, list them specifically instead of specifying the package name.
When you install the product, you are given the option of installing any or all of the following items:
Follow these steps to install Load Balancer for AIX® systems:
Using SMIT:
When the command completes, press Done, and then select Exit Smit from the Exit menu or press F12. If using SMITTY, press F10 to exit the program.
Using the Command Line:
If installing from a CD, you must enter the following commands to mount the CD:
mkdir /cdrom
mount -v cdrfs -p -r /dev/cd0 /cdrom
Refer to the following table to determine which command(s) to enter to install the desired Load Balancer packages for AIX systems:
Base | installp -acXgd device ibmlb.base.rte |
Administration (with messages) | installp -acXgd device ibmlb.admin.rte ibmlb.msg.language.admin |
Device Driver | installp -acXgd device ibmlb.lb.driver |
License | installp -acXgd device ibmlb.lb.license |
Load Balancer components (with msgs). Includes: Dispatcher, CBR, Site Selector, Cisco CSS Controller, and Nortel Alteon Controller | installp -acXgd device ibmlb.component.rte ibmlb.msg.language.lb |
Documents (with messages) | installp -acXgd device ibmlb.doc.rte ibmlb.msg.en_US.lb |
Metric Server | installp -acXgd device ibmlb.ms.rte |
where device is:
Ensure that the result column in the summary contains SUCCESS for each part of Load Balancer that you are installing (APPLYing). Do not continue until all of the parts you want to install are successfully applied.
installp -ld device
where device is:
To unmount the CD, type:
unmount /cdrom
lslpp -h | grep ibmlb
If you installed the full product, this command returns the following:
ibmlb.base.rte
ibmlb.admin.rte
ibmlb.lb.driver
ibmlb.lb.license
ibmlb.<component>.rte
ibmlb.doc.rte
ibmlb.ms.rte
ibmlb.msg.language.admin
ibmlb.msg.en_US.doc
ibmlb.msg.language.lb
Load Balancer install paths include the following:
For remote administration of Load Balancer, using Remote Method Invocation (RMI), you will need to install the administration, base, component, and license packages on the client. For information on RMI, see Remote Method Invocation (RMI).
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
This section explains how to install Load Balancer on HP-UX systems using the product CD.
Before beginning the installation procedure, ensure that you have root authority to install the software.
If you have an earlier version installed, you should uninstall that copy before installing the current version. First, ensure that you have stopped both the executor and the server. Then, to uninstall Load Balancer see Instructions for uninstalling the packages.
Table 3 lists the names of the installation packages for Load Balancer and the recommended order to install the packages using the system's package installation tool.
Package description | HP-UX package name |
Base | ibmlb.base |
Administration and messages | ibmlb.admin ibmlb.nlv-lang |
Load Balancer License | ibmlb.lic |
Load Balancer components | ibmlb.component |
Documentation | ibmlb.doc |
Metric Server | ibmlb.ms |
Notes:
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The following procedure details the steps necessary to complete this task.
su - root
Password: password
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 command installs just the base package for Load Balancer (ibmlb.base), if you are installing from the root of the CD:
swinstall -s /source ibmlb.base
To install all the packages for Load Balancer issue the following command, if you are installing from the root of the CD:
swinstall -s /source ibmlb
Issue the swlist command to list all the packages that you installed. For example,
swlist -l fileset ibmlb
Use the swremove command to uninstall the packages. Remove the packages in the reverse order that they were installed. For example, issue the following commands:
swremove ibmlb
To uninstall an individual package, for example the Dispatcher component:
swremove ibmlb.disp
For hardware and software requirements, including supported browsers, refer to the following Web page: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg27006921
This section explains how to install Load Balancer on Linux using the product CD.
Before beginning the installation procedure, ensure that you have root authority to install the software.
If you have an earlier version installed, you should uninstall that copy before installing the current version. First, ensure that all the executors and all the servers are stopped. Then to uninstall the entire product, enter rpm -e pkgname. When uninstalling, reverse the order used for package installation ensuring the administration packages are last to be uninstalled.
To install Load Balancer:
The installation image is a file in the format eLBLX-version:tar.z
.The following is a list of the RPM installable packages.
Where --
The documentation package contains English only. Translations of the Load Balancer documentation set are at the following Web site: www.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/ecinfocenter.html.
The command to install the packages should be issued from the same directory where the RPM files reside. Issue the following command to install each package: rpm -i package.rpm.
Red Hat Linux systems: Due to a known Red Hat Linux problem, you will also need to delete the _db* RPM files, or an error will occur.
rpm -qa | grep ibmlb
Installing the full product produces a listing like the following example:
For remote administration of Load Balancer, using Remote Method Invocation (RMI), you need to install the administration, base, component, and license packages on the client. For information on RMI, see Remote Method Invocation (RMI).
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
This section explains how to install Load Balancer on Solaris systems using the product CD.
Before beginning the installation procedure, ensure that you have root authority to install the software.
If you have an earlier version installed, uninstall that copy before installing the current version. First, ensure that you have stopped all the executors and the servers. Then, to uninstall Load Balancer enter pkgrm pkgname.
To install Load Balancer:
The following is a list of packages displayed and the recommended order in which they should be installed.
The documentation package (ibmlbdoc) contains English only. Translations of the Load Balancer documentation set are at the following Web site: www.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/ecinfocenter.html.
If you want to install all of the packages, simply type "all" and press return. If you want to install some of the components, enter the name(s) corresponding to the packages to be installed separated by a space or comma and press return. You may be prompted to change permissions on existing directories or files. Simply press return, or answer "yes." You need to install prerequisite packages (because it installs in alphabetical order not prerequisite order). If you say "all" then just answer "yes" to all prompting and the install will complete successfully.
If you want to install just the Dispatcher component with the documentation and Metric Server, you must install the following packages: ibmlbbase, ibmlbadm, ibmlblic, ibmdisp, ibmlbdoc, and ibmlbms.
For remote administration of Load Balancer, using Remote Method Invocation (RMI), you will need to install the administration, base, component, and license packages on the client. For information on RMI, see Remote Method Invocation (RMI).
The Load Balancer install paths are the following:
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
This section explains how to install Load Balancer on Windows systems using the product CD.
You are given a choice of packages to install:
For remote administration of Load Balancer, using Remote Method Invocation (RMI), you will need to install the administration, license, and component packages on the client. For information on RMI, see Remote Method Invocation (RMI).
Restrictions: The Windows version of Load Balancer cannot be installed on the same machine with IBM® Firewall.
Before beginning the installation procedure, ensure you have logged in as the Administrator or as a user with administrative privileges.
If you have an earlier version installed, you should uninstall that copy before installing the current version. To uninstall using the Add/Remove Program, do the following:
To install Load Balancer:
E:\setup
Load Balancer install paths include the following: