Sun WorkShop Quick Install

Chapter 1 Preparing for Installation

This chapter describes:

The software installation overview
System and disk space requirements
What's new in this release

Software Installation Overview

The following is the general process you will follow to install your Sun WorkShop software and your licenses (subsequent chapters contain specific instructions):

Your application and license servers must meet the minimum requirements for this release. See "System Requirements".

Note -
For disk space requirements and important last-minute information about this release, see the READ_ME_FIRST file located at the top level of the Sun WorkShop CD.
You need to request and receive your license information from the Sun License Center in order to install your licenses and start your software development tools. Chapter 2, Requesting Your Licenses describes how to request your license information from the Sun License Center.
You can install Sun WorkShop on your application server and license manager software on your license server by using a graphical user interface or a command-line interface. Chapter 3, Installing Software describes both installation methods.
You then install the licenses for your Sun WorkShop software on your license server. See Chapter 4, Installing Your Licenses for step-by-step instructions.
You are now ready to use your Sun WorkShop development tools.

System Requirements

This Sun WorkShop release supports versions 2.5.1, 2.6, and 7 of the Solaris(TM) SPARC Platform Edition and the Solaris Intel Platform Edition operating environments.

Note -

For disk space requirements and important last-minute information about this release, see the READ_ME_FIRST file located at the top level of the Sun WorkShop CD.

Table 1-1 lists the system requirements for each platform.

Table 1-1 System Requirements by Platform


	Solaris SPARC Platform Edition		Solaris Intel Platform Edition
	2.5.1 and 2.6	Solaris 7	2.5.1 and 2.6	Solaris 7
System	Recommended: SPARCstation^TM 5	Recommended: Ultra	Recommended: Pentium/90 MHz	Recommended: Pentium/233 MHz
System	Minimum: SPARCstation 10	Minimum: SPARCstation 10	Minimum: 486/50 MHz	Minimum: Pentium/90 MHz
Monitor	1024 x 768 resolution	1024 x 768 resolution	1024 x 768 resolution; 15" color monitor	1024 x 768 resolution; 15" color monitor
Memory	64 Mbytes, recommended; 32 Mbytes minimum; 80 Mbytes of swap space

Configuring a Stand-Alone License Server

There are several license server configuration requirements that are handled automatically if your license server is part of a network but which might be overlooked if your license server is a stand-alone machine.

TCP/IP

FLEXlm license manager software requires that TCP/IP be set up and operational before FLEXlm will allow you to access your licensed software. One way to test if TCP/IP is functional is to successfully telnet to the hostname of your license server, which is the machine running the license daemon. For more information, see the tcp man page or see your system administrator.

localhost

If your license server is a stand-alone machine, consider editing your /etc/hosts file to alias localhost to the hostname on the SERVER line in your license file.

No Network Interface Card

If your license server does not have a network interface card, you must configure the operating system on your license server appropriately. To configure a machine to not have a network interface card, follow these steps:

Become a superuser (root) by typing:

% su

Password: root-password

Type the following:

# sys-unconfig

Your machine will reboot automatically, or you will be prompted to reboot.

Answer the questions as prompted.

Type no when you are asked whether the system is to be networked.

What's New in This Release

The following are installation and licensing changes for this Sun WorkShop release:

There are new installation and licensing man pages: adjust_flexlm_owner, clustadd, clustinfo, license_errors, and lit_tty.

FLEXlm 6.1 license manager software is provided with Sun WorkShop 5.0.

Sun WorkShop products now use the sunwlicd vendor daemon. You must install the FLEXlm 6.1 license manager software provided with this release to get this new vendor daemon binary; otherwise, licensing will not function properly.

If you installed Sun WorkShop 5.0 pre-release software, you were required to obtain new licenses for the Sun WorkShop 5.0 Developer Release because that is when Sun WorkShop products changed to the sunwlicd vendor daemon. However, your licenses for the Sun WorkShop 5.0 Early Access release, which used the sunlicd vendor daemon, are still in the license file. If a Sun WorkShop product tries to use an old license before finding a current one, an error message is written to the license_log file. To prevent Sun WorkShop products from finding old licenses and issuing these error messages, do the following:
1. Create a backup copy of the /etc/opt/licenses/licenses_combined file.
2. Edit the licenses_combined file, deleting all lines that reference the sunlicd vendor daemon.
3. Restart the license server. See the Sun WorkShop Installation and Licensing Reference for information about license administration utilities and how to restart the license server.

The Solaris 1.x.x operating environment is no longer supported by Sun as a platform for FLEXlm license servers. If you have a license server for your Sun WorkShop licenses on a Solaris 1.x.x system, create a second license server in your Solaris 2.5.1, Solaris 2.6, or Solaris 7 operating environment. Install the FLEXlm software that comes with Sun WorkShop 5.0 and your Sun WorkShop 5.0 licenses on the new license server. Use your old license server to continue managing the licenses it is managing.

Sun WorkShop 5.0 licenses are not compatible with previous versions of Sun WorkShop.