Preinstallation Checklist

The following list describes the tasks that you need to perform before you can install Sun Management Center 4.0, or upgrade an existing Sun Management Center installation to Sun Management Center 4.0.

• Determine which components of Sun Management Center 4.0 and which product add-ons you want to install on each machine on your network.

  • Make sure the platforms on which you want to install Sun Management Center or Sun Management Center components are supported platforms. See Supported Platforms.

  • For minimum RAM and disk space requirements, see Chapter 1, Installing Sun Management Center 4.0. Also, refer to the Sun Management Center add-on product supplements at http://docs.sun.com.

    Total the amount of RAM and disk space needed for the selected components and add-on products.

  • Ensure that each machine is running the correct operating system for the components you want to install. See Table 1–3 and Table 1–4.

• Ensure that the correct JDK version is installed on machines that are designated for the Sun Management Center server and console components. See Table 1–3. You can download the JDK software from http://java.sun.com/.

• Set the PATH and the JAVA_HOME environment variables.

  • For the Solaris platform:

    Make sure that the DISPLAY and JAVA_HOME environment variables are set in any account that is used to run the Sun Management Center Web or Java console.

    The default location for JDK versions 1.5 is /usr/j2se. See To Set JAVA_HOME and PATH on the Solaris Platform.

  • For the Microsoft Windows platform:

    Ensure the path to the JDK bin directory is added to the Microsoft Windows %PATH% environment variable.

• If any machine on your network has 4 Gbytes of RAM or more, install the 64–bit compatibility patch SUNWscpux on the machine. See Solaris Systems With More Than 4 Gbytes RAM.

• Select the installation source.

  You can install from a media or from installation images. See Determining the Installation Source.