Before Installing Sun Remote System Control Software

RSC software is included as part of the default installation set for this Solaris Supplement CD. You should install RSC server components on a compatible Solaris server only; you can install the client software on any computer that meets the Solaris or Windows operating environment requirement. You must install and configure the RSC software before you can use RSC.

Important: Before upgrading from a previous version of RSC server software or reinstalling the software, log in to the server as superuser and back up your configuration data using the following commands:

Use a meaningful file name that includes the name of the server that RSC controls. After installation, you can refer to this file to restore your configuration settings if necessary. Reverting to a previous version of RSC server software after installing version 2.2 is not recommended. However, if you do revert, you will need to restore your configuration information and also power cycle the server.

You can install the RSC 2.2 server software package, SUNWrsc, on:

• A Sun Fire V480 server running the Solaris 8 2/02 operating environment

• A Sun Fire V880 server running the Solaris 8 7/01 operating environment or another Solaris version that supports the RSC 2.2 product

• A Sun Fire 280R server running the Solaris 8 1/01 operating environment or another Solaris version that supports the RSC 2.2 product

• A Sun Enterprise 250 server running one of the following operating environments:

  • Solaris 2.6

  • Solaris 7

  • Solaris 8

You can install the RSC 2.2 client software packages on:

• Any other computer running the Solaris 2.6, Solaris 7, or Solaris 8 operating environment. The packages are SUNWrscj (GUI) and SUNWrscd (documentation).

• Any computer running one of the following Microsoft Windows operating environments:

  • Windows 98

  • Windows 2000

  • Windows NT 4.0

    The file used to install the RSC GUI and documentation for the Microsoft Windows operating environments is SunRsc.exe.

• Client computers require Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) Runtime Environment Version 1.3.0_02 or a subsequent 1.3.x version to run RSC 2.2 software. RSC 2.2 software does not run using J2SE Runtime Environment Version 1.2.x. You can download the appropriate version from one of these Web sites:

  • Solaris—http://www.sun.com/solaris/java

  • Windows—http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/

Installation on the Solaris operating environment places the Sun Remote System Control (RSC) 2.2 User's Guide in the location /opt/rsc/doc/locale/pdf/user_guide.pdf. Installation on the Windows operating environment places the User's Guide in the location C:\Program Files\Sun Microsystems\Remote System Control\doc\locale\pdf\user_guide.pdf.

The following sections describe Sun Remote System Control (RSC) 2.2 issues.