Prerequisite planning for installing HCL Compass
Information about installing HCL Compass.
Before installing HCL Compass clients
and servers, make sure you are prepared:
- Complete HCL Compass installation planning including prerequisite tasks.
- Understand how to install and use IBM® technologies for product installation.
- Review installation scenario walkthroughs to learn about effective strategies for planning and using IBM processes and tools to download and install IBM software in different environments.
- Consider printing installation checklist and planning topics so you can consult them during the installation process.
- Planning the deployment and installation
- About IBM Installation Manager information centers
- Creating a PDF or printing topics from the information center
Task | Component | Information | Comment |
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Identify an installation strategy | Client Server |
Installation scenario walkthroughs | Identify the scenario that works best in your environment. After selecting a scenario, determine which installation tasks are required for your deployment. |
Shut down the servers and databases. | Client Server |
Shut down the HCL Compass servers, including the HCL Compass Web servers. Shut down the HCL Compass databases, using the processes specific to each vendor database. Then shut down all other HCL products. | This action prevents HCL Compass clients from accessing or updating the databases. |
Install WebSphere® Application Server and IBM HTTP Server. | Server | Prepare the WebSphere Application Server environment for HCL VersionVault web servers | Complete this task for environments that will
use any of these HCL Compass web-based
components:
|
On Windows™ systems, disable Terminal Services | Server | Disable Terminal Services before installing, upgrading, or modifying HCL Compass | |
Confirm that your user ID meets the required access privileges for installing the product. | Client Server |
User privilege requirements for installing the product | Requirements for Linux™ and Windows users. Windows users must have Administrator access if installing into the C:\Program Files. |
In Linux or UNIX™ environments, increase the number of file handles available before you install the product. | Client Server |
Increasing the number of file handles on Linux workstations | How to set ulimit to a number larger than 1024. |
Check the downloaded electronic images. | Client Server |
Verifying and extracting electronic images | |
Windows Only: Install HCL License |
Client Server |
Configuring HCL Licensing | |
Install HCL Compass silently. Note: This
step is optional unless you are installing on an operating system
that does not use the GUI. |
Client Server |
Installing silently | Information about silent installations. |
How to manually run the commands install, start, and uninstall for Installation Manager. | Client Server |
Installation Manager tasks | |
Install HCL Compass using Installation Manager | Client Server |
Installing the product package using the Installation Manager GUI | Description of the screens you see in Installation Manager when installing HCL Compass. |