Install application clients on Version 9 of Sun Solaris

These instructions describe how to install the client runtime support for WebSphere application clients on workstations that support Version 9 of the Sun Solaris operating environment.

Note: These instructions are applicable only if you plan to install application clients with the embedded messaging client feature on Version 9 of the Sun Solaris Operating Environment. Additionally, if you plan to install from the CD-ROM labeled Application Clients 1.4, you do not need to perform this procedure.

Follow these steps to install the client runtime support:

  1. Open a Web browser, and specify the following URL, which is part of the WAS - Support Web site::

    Install WebSphere 5.0.2 on Solaris 9 Link outside Information Center

  2. Download and unpack the mqpreinst.tar file on your workstation. When you unpack the file, a directory named /mqpreinstall is created.

  3. In the /mqpreinstall directory, use the mq_preinstall.sh script to copy and update the installation image.

    The basic syntax of the script is:

    mq_preinstall.sh -orig originalImageLocation -temp tempImageLocation

    • The -orig parameter identifies the root location of the original WAS client installation files.

    • The -temp parameter identifies the local target directory where the script copies the original installation image. The target directory should not exist. The script creates the target directory.

    For example:

    mq_preinstall.sh -orig /cdrom -temp /tmp/WebSphereTemp

    The script copies the original installation image from the CD-ROM to the /tmp/WebSphereTemp directory and updates the back-level /tmp/WebSphereTemp/sun/messaging/wsmfuncs.SunOS file.

  4. Continue with the installation, by starting the installation wizard from the target directory. See Install the client run time on a workstation to finish the installation process.

  5. View the mq_prereq log in the /tmp directory to verify that the embedded messaging feature installed successfully.

    Success is indicated by the return code from the installation program. Installation of the embedded messaging feature is successful if the return code is zero. If the installation program exited with a non-zero return code, the installation of the embedded messaging feature is not successful. If unsuccessful, uninstall the client and complete the procedure described above to reinstall.

Results

You may need to apply a fix pack after you have finished the installation. See the WAS for iSeries Web site for more information:

WAS Link outside Information Center
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/software/websphere/wsappserver/.

You can invoke the mq_preinstall.sh script with a relative or absolute file path, or from within the mqpreinst directory:

Example: Absolute addressing

/tmp/mqpreinstall/mq_preinstall.sh -orig /cdrom -temp /tmp/WebSphereTemp

Example: Relative addressing

./mqpreinstall/mq_preinstall.sh -orig /cdrom -temp /tmp/WebSphereTemp

Example from within the /mqpreinst directory 

cd mqpreinstall
     ./mq_preinstall.sh -orig /cdrom -temp /tmp/WebSphereTemp

If you do not complete these instructions but install the embedded messaging client feature on the Solaris 9 platform, the installation appears to complete without visible error but you cannot use any embedded messaging functionality.