Chapter 1   Planning to Install iPlanet
Market Maker


This chapter describes planning and tasks you must perform before you can install the iPlanet Market Maker Version 4.5 software.

The following sections are contained in this chapter:

• Assumptions About the Site Installer

• Installation Checklist

• Software Installation Flowchart

• Software Requirements

• Patches

Assumptions About the Site Installer

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This guide is written with the following assumptions:

• You, as the installer, are familiar with the Solaris operating system and the applications and web server applications being installed.

• You are aware that iPlanet Market Maker Version 4.5 Release only runs on versions 2.6 and 8 of the Solaris operating system.

• You have a working knowledge of the Oracle database being used with the iPlanet Market Maker software.

• You will read Release Notes prior to starting your installation. The Release Notes file, contained within the delivered product, provides the very latest updates and information that are vital to your installation effort.

• You have obtained access to all required application and server software, either through the network or from CD-ROMs.

• Oracle 8i, Version 8.1.7 or Oracle 9i has already been installed on your database server.

• All patches for the Solaris operating system will be installed prior to installing JDK 1.2.2_07.

• iPlanet Messaging Queue 2.0 (on the CD, bundled with iPlanet Market Maker) will be installed prior to installing the iPlanet Market Maker software.

• iPlanet Application Server 6.5 will be installed prior to installing the iPlanet Market Maker software.

• iPlanet Directory Server 4.13 or 5.0 SP1 will be installed prior to installing the iPlanet Market Maker software.

• iPlanet Web Server 4.1 SP or 6.0.1 will be installed prior to installing the iPlanet Market Maker software.

This installation guide does not include any description of hardware, nor does it provide hardware requirements.

Installation Checklist

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The following checklist displays the tasks you should plan in advance to ensure a successful installation. You can refer back to this checklist as you complete each stage of the installation.

Be sure to perform each task in the order presented on the checklist in Table 1-1.

Table 1-1    Installation Checklist

Make sure your system meets the following requirements:
	See the section Required Applications
	See the section System Requirements
	See the section Software Requirements
Verify the following:
	Have root access
	Have distribution media
Install the software in the following sequence:
	Oracle Database Server Enterprise Edition
	iPlanet Web Server (iWS)
	iPlanet Application Server (iAS)
	iPlanet Directory Server (iDS)
	iPlanet Messaging Queue software
Install the additional software:
	iPlanet Integration Server B2B software
	iPlanet Portal
	ReutersTM Multi-Currency Live Feed
Install the optional software:
	iPlanet BuyerXpert Software (if the Cohabitation option is selected)
	Actuate Software

Software Installation Flowchart

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Software Requirements

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The following software supports the iPlanet Market Maker 4.5 product:

Table 1-2    Software Requirements for iPlanet Market Maker 4.5

Component	Supporting Software	Comments
Platforms	Sun Solaris (SPARC) 2.6	Kernel patch 29 or higher, plus required iAS 6.5 patches
	Sun Solaris (SPARC) 8	Kernel patch 5 or higher, plus required iAS 6.5 patches
Browsers	Netscape Communicator, Version 4.7x, 6.2	Platforms: Solaris 2.6, 8, Windows 98, 2000, NT
	Microsoft Internet Explorer, Version 5.0, 6.0	Platforms: Windows 98, 2000, NT
iPlanet Infrastructure Products	iPlanet WebServer (iWS), Version 4.1 SP9, 6.0.1	See the iPlanet Web Server (iWS) section in the Installation Guide.
	iPlanet Application Server (iAS), Version 6.5	See the Installing the iPlanet Application Server in the Installation Guide.
	iPlanet Directory Server, Version 4.13, 5.0 SP1	See the Installing the iPlanet Directory Server in the Installation Guide.
	iPlanet Messaging Queue, Version 2.0	See the Installing iPlanet Messaging Queue in the Installation guide.
Third Party Products	Oracle Server Database 8.1.7 / 9i Standard or Enterprise Edition, with InterMedia search engine	Customer must get Oracle license.
	Oracle Client 8.1.7 / 9i (if Market Maker is not installed on the same machine)	Customer must get Oracle license.
	*Actuate Report Server, Version 5.0	Bundled. NT workbench for customizing reports
Other	Java Developer's Kit (JDK), Production 1.2.2_07	Sun product
*Instructions for deploying reports are contained in Chapter 2 of this iPlanet Market Maker Installation Guide under "Actuate Report Writer Deployment".

• To ensure that the iPlanet Market Maker software works properly, make certain that your Solaris Versions 2.6 and 8 have the latest patches.

  For Solaris 2.6, type uname -a on the command line.

  Make certain that the line returned contains the text Generic_105181-23.

  For Solaris 8, type uname -a on the command line.

  Make certain that the line returned contains the text Generic_108528-03 or higher.

  For more information about patches, go to:

  http://sunsolve.Sun.COM/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=patches/patch-access

• Install JDK patches for Solaris before installing JDK 1.2.2_07.

  See "Installing the JDK Patches" in this Installation Guide.

• Oracle 8.1.7 or 9i Edition (requires installation of interMedia and JServer options).

Patches

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Patches may be required for some of the supporting software products. Before installation, it is important to check the release notes for the supporting software to see if patches are required and how to get them.

iPlanet Patch Information

• iPlanet patches can be downloaded from the following web site:

  http://www.iplanet.com/downloads/patches/

• Release notes for iPlanet products can be found at the following web site:

  http://docs.iplanet.com/docs/manuals/

Solaris Patch Information

For iPlanet Market Maker 4.5, see the iPlanet Application Server (iAS) Installation Guide for Solaris 2.6 and Solaris 8 recommended patches.

The Solaris 2.6 patches listed in Table 1-3 are required or recommended for iPlanet Market Maker 4.5.

The number in the Version column is the output from running the uname -r command on that version of Solaris. The number following the dash in each Patch ID is the revision of that patch. The table lists the minimum patch revisions required by this release of the JDK and JRE; later revisions are acceptable.

Table 1-3    Solaris 2.6  Patches 

Patch ID and level		Patch ID and level		Patch ID and level		Patch ID and level		Patch ID and level
105181	23	105580	15	105837	3	106448	1	107766	1
105210	32	105591	9	105924	3	106468	2	107774	1
105216	4	105600	19	106027	8	106495	1	107991	1
105284	36	105615	8	106040	13	106522	4	108091	3
105338	25	105621	23	106112	5	106569	1	108199	1
105356	15	105633	41	106123	4	106592	3	108201	1
105357	4	105642	8	106125	10	106625	5	108307	2
105375	22	105654	3	106172	4	106639	4	108346	3
105379	5	105665	3	106193	5	106648	1	108468	2
105401	28	105667	2	106222	1	106649	1	108492	1
105403	3	105669	10	106226	1	106650	4	108499	1
105464	2	105703	22	106235	5	106828	1	108660	1
105472	7	105720	12	106242	2	106834	1	108804	1
105529	9	105722	5	106257	5	106894	1	108890	1
105552	3	105741	7	106271	6	107336	1	108893	1
105558	4	105755	8	106301	1	107434	1	108895	1
105562	3	105780	5	106409	1	107565	2	109266	1
105566	8	105786	12	106415	3	107618	1	109339	1
105568	18	105800	6	106437	3	107733	8	109388	1
105570	1	105802	12	106439	6	107758	1

JDK Patch Information

JDK 1.2.2_07 + JDK patches for Solaris are available at:

http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2

In addition to the patches listed in the table, you may also want to install the latest patch cluster for your version of Solaris that includes additional recommended appropriate links starting at:

http://sunsolve.sun.com

Patches can be obtained from your service provider or can be downloaded from the web. To download the patches, start at the following location and follow the links to download the JDK (the patches are available on the same page as the JDK):

http://www.sun.com/solaris/java

For more information, refer to:

http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/jre/download.html

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Note	For more information, see the section "JDK" contained in Chapter 2 of this Installation Guide, that includes section son "How to Identify the JDK Version", "Installing the JDK Patches", and "Installing JDK".

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