PRIMECLUSTER Web-Based Admin View Operation Guide

3.1.3.2 Required for the Web Browser Environment

Web-Based Admin View is available with Netscape Communicator only if a Web browser is supplied for a client. Also, it supports the following environment in accordance with the user's Web browser environment.

[Java Plug-in environment]

Use Java Plug-in in case of the following conditions:

• The operation management product requires Java Plug-in.
• Internet Explorer is used for the Web browser.
• The time for Web-Based Admin View screen to be displayed after access should be shortened.

The supported Java Plug-in versions are clarified in "Prerequisite client environment". Java Plug-in 1.2.2, which Sun Microsystems provides for free, may come with some operation management product packages.

Follow the setup method described in "Setting up Java Plug-in."

Setting up Java Plug-in

PC client

1. Check if Java Plug-in is installed.

   Start [Add or delete Application], and then check if the following Java Plug-in is installed.If either of them has been already installed, it is not necessary to install.

   • Java 2 Runtime Environment Standard Edition v1.3.1
   • Java 2 Runtime Environment Standard Edition v1.4.2
2. Install Java Plug-in.

   Execute the following Java Plug-in installer in a CD-ROM.

   • For Java 2 Runtime Environment Standard Edition v1.3.1

     <CDROM drive name>: \plugins\ win\j2re_1_3_1-08-win-i.exe

   • For Java 2 Runtime Environment Standard Edition v1.4.2

     <CDROM drive name>: \plugins \win\j2re-1_4_2_05-windows-i586-p.exe

   Install following the procedure displayed on the screen.

This completes the setup.

Solaris OS

The setup procedure varies depending on the version of Java Plug-in as follows;

Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition Version 1.3.1

1. Copy Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition Version 1.3.1 for Solaris OS to the working directory from CD-ROM.

   Set up CD-ROM on the CD-ROM device.

   # cd <CDROM-mountpoint>/plugins/solaris/sparc

   Normally, <CDROM-mountpoint> will be /cdrom/cdrom0

   When the working directory is /var/tmp:

   # cp <CDROM-mountpoint>/plugins/solaris/sparc/j2re-1_3_1_08-solsparc.sh /var/tmp

2. Make sure that the execute permissions are set on the self-extracting binary.

   chmod +x j2re-1_3_1_08-solsparc.sh

3. Move directory to the location where the files should be installed.

   # cd <Installed directory>

4. Run the self-extracting binary.

   A directory called j2re1_3_1_08 is created in the current directory. This directory can be renamed at user's discretion after installation.

5. Set up the environment variable

   Execute the following command to set the environment variable to the shell variable:

   [For C shell]

   # setenv NPX_PLUGIN_PATH <Java Plug-in path>

   [For shell and Kornshell]

   # NPX_PLUGIN_PATH=<Java Plug-in path>

   # export NPX_PLUGIN_PATH

   <Java Plug-in path> is designated the following directory containing the javaplugin.so file.

   <Installed directory>/j2re1_3_1_08/plugin/sparc/ns4

   Example: When <Installed directory> is /var/tmp

   <Java Plug-in path>=/var/tmp/j2re1_3_1_08/plugin/sparc/ns4

6. Start your Netscape browser, or restart it if it is already activated.
7. Restart your browser again. The browser needs to be restarted twice to avoid the Netscape problem.

Other version

1. Check if Netscape Communicator is installed.
2. Check if Java Plug-in is installed.

   # pkginfo -l SUNWj2pi

   Execute the above command. If the version is newer than below, it is not necessary to install.

   If it is older than below, delete the version, and install a recommended version.

   VERSION: 10.1.2.2,REV=1999.12.06.10.02

   VERSION: 20.1.2.2,REV=1999.10.14.18.04

3. Install Java Plug-in.

   Install Java Plug-in in a super-user mode.

   # su

   passwd:XXXXX

   Load CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

   # cd <CDROM mountpoint>/plugins/solaris/sparc

   Typically, <CDROM mountpoint> will be: /cdrom/cdrom0

   # pkgadd -d `pwd` SUNWj2pi

   When the package "SUNWj2pi" is installed, install in response to a confirm prompt.

   When installation is completed, exit from a super-user mode by control-d.

4. Set up the environment variable.

   Execute the following command to set the environment variable to the shell variable:

   [For C shell]

   # setenv NPX_PLUGIN_PATH <Java Plug-in path>

   [For shell and Kornshell]

   # NPX_PLUGIN_PATH=<Java Plug-in path>

   # export NPX_PLUGIN_PATH

   <Java Plug-in path> is designated as default /opt/NSCPcom/plugins unless otherwise specified.

Linux(R)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES (v.2.1),SuSE SLES-7,SuSE SLES-8

For the Java Plug-in setup, see README attached to IBM(R) Runtime Environment for Linux(R), Java(TM)2 Technology Edition, Version 1.3.1, 32-bit version.

1. Check if IBM(R) Runtime Environment for Linux(R), Java(TM)2 Technology Edition, Version 1.3.1, 32-bit version is installed.

   # rpm -q IBMJava2-JRE

   IBMJava2-JRE-1.3.1-2.0

   If not installed, go to No.2

2. Copy IBM(R) Runtime Environment for Linux(R), Java(TM)2 Technology Edition, Version 1.3.1, 32-bit version for Linux to the working directory from CD-ROM. Set CD-ROM on the CD-ROM device.

   # cd<CDROM-mountpoint>/plugins/Linux

   Typically, <CDROM mountpoint> will be: /cdrom/cdrom0

   The following is an example when copying IBM(R) Runtime Environment for Linux(R), Java(TM)2 Technology Edition, Version 1.3.1, 32-bit version to the /var/tmp directory.

   # cp<CDROM-mountpoint>/plugins/Linux/IBMJava2-JRE-1.3.1-2.0.i386.rpm /var/tmp

3. Move to the directory where the file is present.

   # cd <file_directory>

4. Install the package.

   # rpm -i IBMJava2-JRE-1.3.1-2.0.i386.rpm

5. Set up Java Plug-in
   • When a user logs in with system administrator's access privileges.

     Create symbolic link in one of the following directories from a library file /opt/IBMJava2-131/jre/bin/javaplugin.so.

     /usr/lib/netscape/plugins -Gives all users privileges to use Java Plug-in

     $HOME/.netscape/plugins - Gives users with root privileges to use Java Plug-in

   • When a user logs in without system administrator's access privileges
     1. If the Plugins directory is not present under the /$HOME/.netscape directory, create this directory.
     2. Create symbolic link to the /$HOME/.netscape/plugins directory from the library file /opt/IBMJava2-131/jre/bin/javaplugin.so.

   

   • If Netscape is activated after linking to the netscape/plugins directory from the javaplugin.so file, Netscape is exited out. When it is started from the command line, the Bus error message appears. A user can ignore the error message output when Netscape is started next time because Netscape does not detect it.
   • When using RedHat, execute the following command as the font server can detect the Java True Type font. This should be done with system administrator's access privileges.

     # /usr/sbin/chkfontpath --add /opt/IBMJava2-131/jre/lib/fonts

6. Start the Netscape browser from your terminal. If it's activated, restart the browser.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES (v.3)

1. Check if Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition Version 1.4.2 is installed.

   # rpm -q j2re

   j2re-1.4.2_05-fcs

   If not installed, go to No.2

2. Copy Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition Version 1.4.2 for Linux to the working directory from CD-ROM. Set CD-ROM on the CD-ROM device.

   # cd<CDROM-mountpoint>/plugins/Linux

   Typically, <CDROM mountpoint> will be: /cdrom/cdrom0

   The following is an example when copying Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition Version 1.4.2 to the /var/tmp directory.

   # cp<CDROM-mountpoint>/plugins/Linux/j2re-1_4_2_05-linux-i586.rpm /var/tmp

3. Move to the directory where the file is present.

   # cd <file_directory>

4. Install the package.

   # rpm -i j2re-1_4_2_05-linux-i586.rpm

5. Set up Java Plug-in

   Create symbolic link from a library file.

   # cd <netscape7 directory>/Plugins

   # ln -s <JRE1.4.2 directory>/Plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32 /libjavaplugin_oji.so

   

   • If Netscape is activated after linking to the netscape/plugins directory from the javaplugin.so file, Netscape is exited out. When it is started from the command line, the Bus error message appears. A user can ignore the error message output when Netscape is started next time because Netscape does not detect it.
   • When using RedHat, execute the following command as the font server can detect the Java True Type font. This should be done with system administrator's access privileges.

     # /usr/sbin/chkfontpath --add /opt/IBMJava2-131/jre/lib/fonts

6. Start the Netscape browser from your terminal. If it's activated, restart the browser.

• If the version of the installed Java Plug-in is older than that described above, install a recommended version.
• Java Plug-in should be installed after the Web browser. If you uninstall the Web browser after installing Java Plug-in, uninstall the Java Plug-in, and then reinstall it again.
• In some Java Plug-in versions on Windows(R), the cache files might remain in the client's system directory. In that case, delete these cache files by disk cleanup function on a regular basis.
• In some Java Plug-in versions on Solaris OE, the cache files might remain in the /var/tmp directory. In such a case, delete these cache files. The files are generated by the name of "jar_cachexxxxx.tmp", and xxxxx is optional numeric.