Best practices for installing application clients

The following table offers tips for installing application clients on multiple platforms.

Operating environment Tip
Linux and UNIX systems Spaces are not supported in the name of the installation directory on Linux and UNIX platforms.
UNIX systems When the application client installations are successful, the return code 1 is issued from the UNIX shell where you issued the /install command. Any other return code indicates an unsuccessful installation.
Solaris systems Double-byte character set (DBCS) characters are not supported in the name of the installation directory on Solaris systems.
All platforms Reserve at least 4 to 5MB free space in the target platform temporary directory.
All platforms When specifying a different temporary directory while installing application clients, the following message is displayed if the target platform default temporary directory does not have enough free space to install application clients

Error writing file =  There may not be enough
temporary disk space.
Try using -is:tempdir to use a temporary 
directory on a partition with more disk 
space.

Use the -is:tempdir installation option to specify a different temporary directory. For example, the following command uses /swap as a temporary directory during installation

./install -is:tempdir /swap
All platforms After the installation, when changing the installation settings for the WAS host name and the port number, edit the setupClient.bat for Windows or setupClient.sh for UNIX. Change the DEFAULTSERVERNAME and SERVERPORTNUMBER to the new WAS host name and port number, respectively. If the SERVERPORTNUMBER is not set, then the default is 2809. Review the following example

set DEFAULTSERVERNAME=NDServerName
set SERVERPORTNUMBER=9810

The setupClient.bat file or setupClient.sh file is located in the bin sub-directory under the application clients installation destination.


 

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