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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
Browser clients
Configuration for browser clients involves the following steps.
If you are using V6.3 of the Tivoli Enterprise Portal browser client, see Browser plug-in support for Java applets.
- Install IBM Java 7
When the browser client connects to the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server, it downloads a Java applet. Java applets that run in a browser environment use Java plug-in technology. The applet plug-in must be registered with the browser to establish and initialize an appropriate Java runtime environment for the applet to execute in.
On Linux and UNIX, the plug-in must be manually registered with the browsers; on Windows, the Java installer automatically registers the associated Java plug-in with both Internet Explorer and Firefox. After installation, a plug-in can be de-registered from a given browser selectively using the Java control panel (see Remove the Java plug-in on Windows, Remove the Java plug-in on Linux).
- Windows: Java 5 post-installation configuration, Linux: Java 5 post-installation configuration
Depending on which Java release you are using to run the Tivoli Enterprise Portal applet, you might need to specify additional runtime parameters for the Java plug-in.
If you are using Internet Explorer under Windows, you must complete an additional step to use the Oracle JRE:
Conflicts in plug-in registration can sometimes occur if both IBM and Oracle JREs are installed on Windows. You can resolve such problems by de-registering the plug-in in the browsers:
Tip: To open a workspace in a new tab using either Firefox or Internet Explorer, press Shift+Ctrl while selecting the workspace. This always opens a new tab whether or not your browser is set to reuse existing tabs.
- Browser plug-in support for Java applets
In Tivoli Monitoring V6.3, all Java-based Tivoli Monitoring infrastructure components are being upgraded to the Java 7 runtime environment. You might have to complete additional tasks to upgrade the Tivoli Enterprise Portal component if you use the Tivoli Enterprise Portal browser or Web Start clients.
- Identifying the version of the Oracle JRE the client should use
To use the Oracle JRE, you must identify to the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server the version of the JRE you want the client to use.
- Remove the Java plug-in on Windows
When either the IBM JRE or the Oracle JRE is installed on Windows, the Java installer automatically registers the associated Java plug-in with both Internet Explorer and Firefox. Plug-in registration conflicts sometimes occur on Windows when both JREs are installed.
- Remove the Java plug-in on Linux
Take the following steps to remove the Java plug-in:
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