Installing Sun Management Center 3.5 on Microsoft Windows

Only the Sun Management Center console and the console components of some add-ons can be installed on Microsoft Windows. The Microsoft Windows machine must be accessible by your Solaris or UNIX network, and must have access to your network for the console to work.

Before you install Sun Management Center 3.5 on any Microsoft Windows platform, make sure that you have set the Java environment variables and path as described in Java Environment Variables and Path. Installation will fail if JDK version 1.3.1, 1.4, or 1.4.1 has not been installed and configured.

Before you install Sun Management Center 3.5 on Microsoft Windows 98, make sure that you have set the minimum swap space and environment space as described in Microsoft Windows 98 Swap Space and Environment Space.

To Install Sun Management Center 3.5 on Microsoft Windows

1. Log in as administrator, or as a user with administrator privileges.

2. Run Windows Explorer.

3. Review the README file.

   If you are installing from the CD, insert Sun Management Center disk 1 of 2 in the CD-ROM drive, and then use Windows Explorer to navigate to and open /install/windows_install_readme.txt.

   If you are installing from the Sun Management Center cd-image, use Windows Explorer to navigate to and open /net/machine-name/cd-imagedir /disk1/install/windows_install_readme.txt.

4. Use the Windows Explorer to navigate to /install/install.bat and double-click the icon.

5. The Welcome window appears.

   Ensure that you have the information listed, and then click Next.

   The Specify the Installation Destination Directory window appears.

6. Specify the installation directory.

   You are prompted for the directory in which to install Sun Management Center. The default location is C:\Program Files\SunMC. The Sun Management Center 3.5 console can be installed in any location on your system where the minimum required disk space is available.

   Click Next to accept the default of C:\Program Files\SunMC, or browse to a directory name, select the directory, and then click Next.

   • If the directory exists, the Select Add-on Products window appears.

   • If the directory does not exist, you are informed that the directory does not exist, and asked “Create it now?”.

     Click Create. The window closes.

     Click Next in the Specify the Installation Destination Directory window.

     The Select Add-on Products window appears.

7. Select the add-ons that you want to install, and then click Next.

   The Disk Space Check window appears.

   • If there is enough free disk space to install Sun Management Center, the Confirmation window appears.

   • If there is not enough free disk space, you are prompted to specify a different directory, or to browse to and select a different directory.

     The disk space check is run again. If the directory does not have enough space, you are again prompted to specify a directory that contains enough free space. If the directory that you specified has sufficient space, the Confirmation window appears.

8. Confirm installation selections.

   A list of your selections is displayed.

   • Confirm the selections. If the list is correct, click Next to start installation of Sun Management Center.

   • If the list is not correct, click Back to return to the Select Add-on Products window to select the products that you want to install.

   The installation in progress screen appears.

9. Complete the installation process.

   When the progress bar is approximately 50% completed, you are informed that Installation of CD 1 is complete, and instructed to insert the next CD.

   Remove the first CD, and insert Sun Management Center disk 2 of 2. Wait for the CD-ROM drive to finish spinning, and then click Next.

   When the installation process completes, a list of installed products is displayed. Click Close.

This concludes the Microsoft Windows installation process. Setup and configuration is not required for the Sun Management Center console on Microsoft Windows systems. You can now run the Sun Management Center console as directed by To Start the Console on Microsoft Windows.