N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 Installation Guide

Preface

The N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 Installation Guide describes how to install and upgrade the N1^TM Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 on the Solaris^TM Operating System (OS), Red Hat Linux, IBM AIX, and Windows 2000.

Note –

In this document the term “x86” refers to the Intel 32–bit family of microprocessors and compatible 64–bit and 32–bit microprocessors made by AMD.

Who Should Use This Book

This book is intended for system administrators responsible for installing and configuring the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0.

How This Book Is Organized

The N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 Installation Guide describes the following topics.

Chapter 1, N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 Overview provides an overview of the tasks required to install and configure the software. This chapter also contains an overview of the software and supported network protocols.
Chapter 2, System Requirements for the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 describes the system requirements for installing and using the software.
Chapter 3, Gathering Information Before Installation contains worksheets to help you gather the information you need to install the software.
Chapter 4, Installing the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 on Solaris OS, Red Hat Linux, and IBM AIX Systems describes the steps to install the software on Solaris OS, Red Hat Linux, and IBM AIX servers.
Chapter 5, Installing the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 on Windows Systems describes the steps to install the software on Windows.
Chapter 6, Configuring the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 to Use Secure Shell describes the tasks necessary to configure the software to communicate using SSH.
Chapter 7, Configuring the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 for SSL describes the tasks necessary to configure the software to communicate using SSL.
Chapter 8, Configuring the Java Virtual Machine Security Policy describes how to configure the JVM^TM [The terms “Java Virtual Machine“ and “JVM” mean a Virtual Machine for the Java^TM platform.] security policy.
Chapter 9, Upgrading to the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 describes the steps to upgrade the software.
Chapter 10, Uninstalling the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 describes the steps to uninstall the software.
Appendix A, Installation and Configuration Reference contains reference material related to installing and configuring the software.
Appendix B, Troubleshooting describes steps to troubleshoot installation and configuration issues.

Related Books

You might need to refer to the following manuals when you install and use the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0.

Accessing Sun Documentation Online

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Ordering Sun Documentation

Sun Microsystems offers select product documentation in print. For a list of documents and how to order them, see “Buy printed documentation” at http://docs.sun.com.

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic changes that are used in this book.

Table P–1 Typographic Conventions


Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Example
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output	Edit your `.login` file. Use `ls -a` to list all files. `machine_name% you have mail.`
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output	`machine_name%` `su` `Password:`
`AaBbCc123`	Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value	The command to remove a file is `rm` `filename`.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. Perform a patch analysis. Do not save the file. [Note that some emphasized items appear bold online.]

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P–2 Shell Prompts


Shell	Prompt
C shell prompt	`machine_name%`
C shell superuser prompt	`machine_name#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt	`#`