Q28: What postinstallation configuration is required?

Answer: When the Java ES installer finishes, most product components require additional configuration to work together. The extent of the configuration tasks varies depending on the configuration type you selected during installation (Configure Now or Configure Later), whether you installed Sun Cluster software or Monitoring Console, and how much extended configuration is needed to build your deployment.

For product components that require postinstallation configuration, refer to Chapter 6, Completing Postinstallation Configuration, in Sun Java Enterprise System 5 Installation Guide for UNIX. (If components are not included in this listing, postinstallation configuration is not required.)

• Configure Now or Configure Later configuration type

  • If you selected Configure Now, the installer prompted you for configuration values for the components being configured. Very little additional configuration is required for the components you configured, but there might be some.

  • If you selected Configure Later, the installer placed the component packages in their respective directories, parameter setting was not done, and most components are not yet operational. In most cases, you will use the component configuration tools and files to complete a Configure Later installation.

• Sun Cluster software Sun Cluster configurations are supported only on Solaris OS, using the Configure Later configuration type. If you installed Sun Cluster software, you need to perform postinstallation configuration as described in Sun Cluster Postinstallation Configuration in Sun Java Enterprise System 5 Installation Guide for UNIX. Understanding the high-level Sun Cluster installation tasks might help with configuration. See Sun Cluster Software Example in Sun Java Enterprise System 5 Installation Guide for UNIX.

• Monitoring Console To perform monitoring, you must enable and sometimes configure the monitoring service with each component you have installed. For instructions, see Chapter 3, Installing and Using Monitoring Console, in Sun Java Enterprise System 5 Monitoring Guide. You can see the basic installation sequence in Monitoring Console Only Example in Sun Java Enterprise System 5 Installation Guide for UNIX.

• Man pages If the product components you installed have man pages, some configuration might be required. See Verifying Man Pages in Sun Java Enterprise System 5 Installation Guide for UNIX. Table 6-1 lists the Java ES components that have man pages.

After any type of Java ES deployment, you can use the component configuration tools to make additional changes or enhancements to your configuration.