Installing Load Balancer on Solaris operating systems

This topic instructs you on Load Balancer installation using system packaging tools and requirements for Solaris operating systems.

Before you begin

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.

You cannot have two installations of the Dispatcher component installed on the same system. If you have a previous version of the Edge components installed, uninstall the Dispatcher component before starting the installation process for Load Balancer for IPv4 and IPv6. Refer to Uninstalling Load Balancer for more information.

About this task

The Java 2 SDK automatically installs with Load Balancer on all platforms. If you are migrating from a previous version of Load Balancer, or reinstalling the operating system, prior to installation you can save any of your previous configuration files or script files for Load Balancer.
  • After installation, place your configuration files in the install_root/configurations/dispatcher directory.
  • After installation, place your script files in the install_root/servers/bin directory in order to run them.

Procedure

  1. Prepare to install.
    1. Log in as root user.
    2. Insert the CD-ROM that contains the Load Balancer software into the appropriate drive.
  2. Display the list of packages to install and choose which ones you would like to install.
    1. At the command prompt, enter the command to display the list of packages. Enter the following:
      pkgadd -d   /path_name/xxx.pkg
      where path_name is the device name of the CD-ROM drive or the directory on the hard drive where the package is located. To use the CD-ROM, for example, enter the following: pkgadd -d /cdrom/cdrom0/xxx.pkg. The following is a list of packages:
      Table 1. Solaris Install Images
      Package Name Install Image
      Base ibmulb-base-7.0.0-0.noarch.pkg
      Dispatcher ibmulb-disp-7.0.0-0.noarch.pkg
      License ibmulb-lic-7.0.0-0.noarch.pkg
      Metric Server ibmulb-ms-7.0.0-0.noarch.pkg
      Native ibmulb-native-7.0.0-0.sparc.pkg

      Substitute sparcv9 for sparc when it is appropriate for your system.

      Messages ibmulb-lang_language.7.0.0-0.noarch.pkg
      where language can be:
      • cs_CZ
      • en_US
      • de_DE
      • es_ES
      • fr_FR
      • hu_HU
      • it_IT
      • ja_JP
      • ko_KR
      • pl_PL
      • pt_BR
      • ru_RU
      • zh_CN
      • zh_TW
    2. Optional: If you want to install some of the components, enter the names corresponding to the packages to be installed separated by a space or comma and press return.
      You can choose to install some of the packages if you do not want the entire product installated. If you want to install Dispatcher, install the following packages:
      • Base
      • Dispatcher
      • License
      • Native
      If you want to install Metric Server, install the following packages:
      • Base
      • Metric Server
      • Native
  3. Verify that the product is installed. Issue the following command:
    pkginfo | grep ibm

What to do next

The installation process does not add the command directories for Load Balancer into the PATH environment variable. To run Load Balancer commands from the system root, add the command directories to the PATH environment variable.
Avoid trouble Avoid trouble: If you had previous installation of the Dispatcher component installed, be aware that Load Balancer for IPv4 versions of the Dispatcher component used commands in the /usr/bin directory, which might be in the PATH variable. Load Balancer for IPv4 and IPv6 has commands in the install_root/bin directory, so be aware that the directory entries point to the appropriate directories for the dsserver and dscontrol command.gotcha
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