C H A P T E R 3

Installation

This chapter contains instructions for installing Sun Ray Server Software. If you are upgrading Sun Ray Server Software from an earlier version, please see Preparing to Upgrade Sun Ray Server Software.

To Install Sun Ray Server Software

1. If you have already mounted the Sun Ray Server Software 3.1 CD-ROM locally or from a remote server, or if you have extracted the ESD files to an image directory, begin at Step 4.

2. As superuser, open a shell window on the Sun Ray server.

Tip - To avoid installation script errors that can occur if user environment settings are carried forward, use one of the following commands for superuser login instead of using the su command without arguments.:

% su -

% su - root

3. Insert the Sun Ray Server Software 3.1 CD-ROM.

If a file manager window opens, close it. The file manager CD-ROM window is not necessary for installation.

4. Change to the image directory. For example:

# cd /cdrom/cdrom0

5. Install Sun Ray Server Software:

# ./utinstall

The installation process begins. The script:

prompts you for the location of the Java JRE 1.4.2 or later

Note - To install JRE from the Supplemental directory, use
j2re-1_4_2_07-solaris-sparc.sh
not
j2re-1_4_2_07-solaris-sparcv9.sh

verifies which required software products are already installed.

checks for the existence of Controlled Access Mode (kiosk) packages.

Note - Earlier releases of SRSS installed all locales by default. For upgrades, the SRSS 3.1 installation script automatically installs whatever locales were previously installed. For fresh installations, it asks about each locale in sequence. If you have installed en_US only, then later want to add one or more foreign locales, please refer to the Release Notes for instructions.

prompts you for a response before it installs the required software products and any necessary patches (Solaris only).

6. Answer y (yes) to the prompt.

The script installs Solaris patches (if any) and the required software applications:

Note - The utinstall script requests that you reboot the Sun Ray server. In the past, this step was optional; however, it is now required.

The utinstall script ends, indicating a log file is available at the following location:

/var/adm/log/utinstall.year_month_date_hour:minute:second.log

where the values displayed reflect a time stamp of when utinstall was started.

Note - For a listing of utinstall error messages, see utinstall Error Messages.

Tip - Check the log file. Many installation problems are reported in this file and are frequently overlooked.

7. If you have not already done so, reboot the Sun Ray server before trying to run utadm or utconfig.

# sync;sync;init 6

8. Go to Preparing for Configuration for instructions how to prepare to configure and reboot the Sun Ray server.

If other systems need software installation, return to Upgrading the Operating System and repeat the tasks appropriate for those systems.