Before running the initial runtime configuration program, you must:
Install and configure the Administration Server. (See the Sun Java Enterprise System 2005Q4 Installation Guide. If you don’t configure the administration server, you can still configure Messaging Server, but then you can not use the console to administer the Messaging Server.
Install and configure the Directory Server. (See the Sun Java Enterprise System 2005Q4 Installation Guide.)
Run the comm_dssetup.pl program. (See To Prepare Directory Server for Messaging Server Configuration.)
Record your Administration and Directory installation and configuration parameters in the checklists supplied in Appendix E, Installation Worksheets.