Preparing for installation (UNIX)
Complete the following tasks before you install to computers running UNIX operating systems:
- Disable all pop-up blocker software on your computer.
- Ensure that you have the supported web browser (Firefox or Internet Explorer).
- Log on using the account that you used to install other PATROL products.
- Mount the CD-ROM.
- Set the umask setting to 022.
- Map all drives that you will use during the installation.
- Set the DISPLAY environment variable as follows so that the GUI interface will be displayed properly on your system:
- For csh users, set your display variable to point to the DISPLAY terminal by typing the following command:
setenv DISPLAY myworkstation:0.0 - For sh users, set your display variable by typing the following command:
DISPLAY=myworkstation:0.0; export DISPLAY - For ksh users, set your display variable by typing the following command:
export DISPLAY=myhostname:0.0
- For csh users, set your display variable to point to the DISPLAY terminal by typing the following command:
- Disable any profiles that affect the login and root accounts. The installation and root accounts should have a "clean" login meaning that the login should be free of any special processing before a shell prompt is displayed.
- Make sure you have write permissions for the $HOME and $HOME/BMCINSTALL directories.
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