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Precise installer displays a series of screens. Most of the screens require you to input details regarding your information systems. Before defining server installation options, compile a list of all required user inputs based on the information below.
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- Create a software owner account with the following characteristics:
- Password, other than NULL
- Authorization to use the cron facility (only required if you intend to install an Oracle Tier Collector on the respective server)
- On Linux, read and write permissions to the /dev/null special file
- On Linux, install ksh. Unless you have purchased the AT&T version of ksh, you must download pdkskh, a korn shell clone in the public domain. If you have Red Hat, you can download the Intel version of pdkskh from the Red Hat Web site. For other Linux distributions and platforms, search for “pdksh” at: http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=pdksh
- The Precise user must have a . (dot) in his Path variable
- Check and perform, if applicable, the following:
- If you use an HP-UX server, verify that the operating system updates that are required for Java Runtime Environment 1.6 are installed on it. For information on available updates, go to: http://docs.hp.com/en/HPUXJAVAPATCHES/index.html.
- Verify that the user limits are as specified in the list or higher (the user limit can be changed and configured using the ulimit command):
- time (seconds) unlimited
- file (blocks) unlimited
- data (kbytes) unlimited
- If you use Linux 64 bits OS, install the Linux OS update to add support for running 32-bits applications. This update is referred to as the x86-compat-libs patch. You can install this update or any superseding update.
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To install a Precise Listener on a Windows server, you must access it using a local administrator account. |
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This screen displays the installation progress.
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Perform any action items that are indicated on the action items screen. If you are using a UNIX server, you have the option to add Precise startup to your machine startup.
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