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  • Requirements for Aleph Installation

    Version 22

  • CopyrightExLibrisLimited,2014.Allrightsreserved.Documentreleased:May13,2014

    Webaddress:http://www.exlibrisgroup.com

    CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATIONTheinformationhereinisthepropertyofExLibrisLtd.oritsaffiliatesandanymisuseorabusewillresultineconomicloss.DONOTCOPYUNLESSYOUHAVEBEENGIVENSPECIFICWRITTENAUTHORIZATIONFROMEXLIBRISLTD.ThisdocumentisprovidedforlimitedandrestrictedpurposesinaccordancewithabindingcontractwithExLibrisLtd.oranaffiliate.Theinformationhereinincludestradesecretsandisconfidential.

    DISCLAIMER

    Theinformationinthisdocumentwillbesubjecttoperiodicchangeandupdating.Pleaseconfirmthatyouhavethemostcurrentdocumentation.Therearenowarrantiesofanykind,expressorimplied,providedinthisdocumentation,otherthanthoseexpresslyagreeduponintheapplicableExLibriscontract.ThisinformationisprovidedASIS.Unlessotherwiseagreed,ExLibrisshallnotbeliableforanydamagesforuseofthisdocument,including,withoutlimitation,consequential,punitive,indirectordirectdamages.Anyreferencesinthisdocumenttothirdpartymaterial(includingthirdpartyWebsites)areprovidedforconvenienceonlyanddonotinanymannerserveasanendorsementofthatthirdpartymaterialorthoseWebsites.ThethirdpartymaterialsarenotpartofthematerialsforthisExLibrisproductandExLibrishasnoliabilityforsuchmaterials.

    TRADEMARKS

    ExLibris,theExLibrisbridge,Primo,Aleph,Alephino,Voyager,SFX,MetaLib,Verde,DigiTool,Preservation,URM,Voyager,ENCompass,EndeavoreZConnect,WebVoyage,CitationServer,LinkFinderandLinkFinderPlus,andothermarksaretrademarksorregisteredtrademarksofExLibrisLtd.oritsaffiliates.TheabsenceofanameorlogointhislistdoesnotconstituteawaiverofanyandallintellectualpropertyrightsthatExLibrisLtd.oritsaffiliateshaveestablishedinanyofitsproducts,features,orservicenamesorlogos.Trademarksofvariousthirdpartyproducts,whichmayincludethefollowing,arereferencedinthisdocumentation.ExLibrisdoesnotclaimanyrightsinthesetrademarks.UseofthesemarksdoesnotimplyendorsementbyExLibrisofthesethirdpartyproducts,orendorsementbythesethirdpartiesofExLibrisproducts.OracleisaregisteredtrademarkofOracleCorporation.UNIXisaregisteredtrademarkintheUnitedStatesandothercountries,licensedexclusivelythroughX/OpenCompanyLtd.Microsoft,theMicrosoftlogo,MS,MSDOS,MicrosoftPowerPoint,VisualBasic,VisualC++,Win32,MicrosoftWindows,theWindowslogo,MicrosoftNotepad,MicrosoftWindowsExplorer,MicrosoftInternetExplorer,andWindowsNTareregisteredtrademarksandActiveXisatrademarkoftheMicrosoftCorporationintheUnitedStatesand/orothercountries.UnicodeandtheUnicodelogoareregisteredtrademarksofUnicode,Inc.GoogleisaregisteredtrademarkofGoogle,Inc.

  • 3May 13, 2014

    Table of ContentsChapter1 Overview .....................................................................................................5Chapter2 ServerHardwareandSoftwareRequirements ....................................7

    ServerRequirements .................................................................................. 7OperatingSystem/PlatformforAleph .....................................................8

    FileSystemandDiskSpace....................................................................... 9NativeCCompiler.................................................................................... 10MediaforDataExchange ........................................................................ 10BackupandRecoveryMediaandProcedures...................................... 11AdditionalServerSoftware..................................................................... 11OptionalServerSoftware ........................................................................ 12top(onnonLinuxplatform) ..................................................................12IBMJava(onLinuxplatform) ................................................................12

    Chapter3 ClientHardwareandSoftwareRequirements...................................13StaffPCConfiguration............................................................................. 13Display ...................................................................................................14Miscellaneous .........................................................................................14OPACClientConfiguration ..................................................................14

    UnicodeFont ............................................................................................. 14CJKSupport/IME...................................................................................... 14JavaVirtualMachine................................................................................ 15

    Chapter4 CommunicationRequirements .............................................................17NetworkConfiguration ........................................................................... 17ServerAccess............................................................................................. 18PortsandActivityType........................................................................... 19Aleph ......................................................................................................19Aleph22InstalledinParallelwithExistingAleph192021 ...............19EMailSetup ..........................................................................................20

    Chapter5 RequirementsforExLibrisInstallation ..............................................21ServerAccess............................................................................................. 21RootAccess................................................................................................ 21

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    ListofOperationsthatShouldBeAvailableforsudo ........................ 22AdditionalRequirements ........................................................................ 22

    Chapter6 ResponsibilitiesChecklist ..................................................................... 23

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    OverviewThisdocumentdescribestherequirementsfortheinstallationanduseofAleph22.Beforepurchasingandinstallingthehardwareandoperatingsystem,youmustreceiveconfirmationfromExLibrisregardingthehardwareandoperatingsystemrequirements.Inaddition,theyoumustconsultthespecificOperatingSystemRequirementsdocumentfortheselectedhardware,inordertoverifythatalltheoperatingsystemcomponentscomplywithAlephrequirements.NotethattheserequirementsmaychangeasaresultofExLibrisdevelopmentneeds.

    TorequestanAleph22installationatyoursite,completetheRequestforAlephInstallationformandsendittoyourExLibrisrepresentative.

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  • 27May 13, 2014

    Server Hardware and Software Requirements

    Server RequirementsAlephandtheOracledatabaseshouldbeinstalledonadedicatedserver.NOTE:

    OtherExLibrisproductscanbeinstalledonaserverrunninganAlephinstallation,providedduecareandattentionaretakentoensureadequateperformanceofallapplications.ConsultwithyourExLibrisrepresentative.IfotherExLibrisproductsaregoingtobeinstalledonthesameserver,youmusttakeintoaccounttherequirementsdetailedintheseproductsRequirementsforInstallationdocuments,andconfirmthatyoursystemanswerstherequirementsofallsystems.NotethatmanyofthesoftwareandhardwareresourcesaresharedbyAlephandotherExLibrisproducts.However,diskspacerequirementsareaccumulative.SeeFileSystemandDiskSpaceonpage9.

    Thissectionincludes: ServerRequirementsonpage7 FileSystemandDiskSpaceonpage9 NativeCCompileronpage10 MediaforDataExchangeonpage10 BackupandRecoveryMediaandProceduresonpage11 AdditionalServerSoftwareonpage11 OptionalServerSoftwareonpage12

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    Operating System/Platform for AlephCAUTION:

    ReferfirsttoOperatingSystemRequirementsforRedHatEnterpriseLinuxandOperatingSystemRequirementsfortheSunPlatformforbasicanddetailedrequirements,andthenrefertotheadditionalspecificAlephrequirementsbelow.

    Foreachofthefollowingoperatingsystemversions,ExLibrisrecommendsthatyouinstallthelatestOSupdatelevel: SunSolaris10(Update6orlater)orSolaris11.1(orlater),basedon

    SPARCorx86processors LinuxRedHatEnterpriseLinuxAS/ES5and6,64bit,basedonIntelor

    AMD64bitprocessorsTheminimumrequirementforAlephinstallationis4GBRAM.Fortheexactproductionserverspecifications,includingtherequirednumberofCPUsandrequiredRAMasafunctionofthedatabasesizeandthenumberofconcurrentusers,contactyourExLibrisrepresentative.NOTE:

    CustomersusingoldSPARCmodels(UltraSPARCII,III,IV)mayexperienceperformancedegradationandshouldconsiderupgradingtheirhardwaretothenewestSPARCmodel.RecommendedhardwareconfigurationscanbeobtainedbycontactingyourExLibrisofficeordistributor.

    ItisrecommendedtoinstallasecondinstanceoftheAlephsystemonaseparatetestserver.Fordetails,contactyourExLibrisrepresentative.ExLibrissupportsinstallationsinvirtualizedserverinfrastructure.RefertoGuidelinesforUsingVirtualEnvironmentsforExLivbrisProductslocatedintheCrossProductInformationsectionoftheDocumentationCenterformoreinformation.

    IMPORTANT:ExLibriscannotguaranteeresponsetimesandperformanceonSunTseriesservers.AlthoughtheSunTseriesisasupportedandcertifiedSPARCplatform,wehavetestedtheplatformandfounditnotsuitableforExLibrisproductsintermsofperformance.Theseserversshouldbeusedfortestenvironmentsonly.

  • Chapter 2: Server Hardware and Software Requirements

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    File System and Disk SpaceEachphysicaldiskthatwillbeusedbyExLibrisshouldbemountedonaseparatefilesystem.Thenamesofthefilesystemsshouldbe/exlibris,/exlibris1,/exlibris2,andsoforth.Afilesystemnamed/exlibris,withaminimumsizeof40GB,ismandatory.ItwillbeusedexclusivelyforallsoftwareandconfigurationtablesandfilesthatwillbeinstalledbyExLibris.The/exlibrisfilesystemmustbemounteddirectlytotheserver,andcannotbeasoftorsymboliclinktoanyalternativelynamedfilesystem.TheAlephdatabaseandAlephscratchfilescanbeinstalledonseparatefilesystems:/exlibris1, /exlibris2,andsoforth.Installationswithmorethan500,000bibliographicrecordsmusthaveatleast50GBonseparatefilesystems.Table1liststheminimaldiskspacerequirementsforrunningandmaintainingAlephsoftwareanddata.

    Theaboveinformationismeanttoprovidegeneralguidelinesfordeterminingtheminimaldiskspacerequirements.TheexactdiskspacerequiredwillbedeterminedinconjunctionwithyourExLibrisrepresentative.AnydeviationfromtheaboveguidelinesmustbeconfirmedbyExLibris.Theabovediskspacerequirementsincludetheabilitytosupportthefollowingactivities:

    Fullconversion Reorganizationofthedatabase(aspartoftheperiodicmaintenanceofthe

    database)withminimaldowntime

    Table 1. Disk Space Requirements

    Usage Size File SystemAlephandOraclesoftwareandconfigurationfiles

    25GBononededicateddisk /exlibris

    AlephDatabase 20GBminimum(DEMOonly) /exlibris/exlibris1, /exlibris2, etc.

    ScratchFiles 5GBminimum(DEMOonly) /exlibris/exlibris1, /exlibris2, etc.

    SwapSpace TwicetheamountofRAMoratleast8GB,whicheverisgreater

    /exlibris

    /tmp 2GB

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    Fullreindexingofthedatabasewithminimaldowntime Alephstandardbackupforsmallsites(seetheBackupandRecovery

    MediaandProceduresonpage11) UpgradetoanewAlephversionorrevisionwithminimaldowntime.NOTE:

    Inspecialcases,anupgrademayrequiretemporaryadditionaldiskspace.

    Theabovediskspacerequirementsdonotinclude: Systemdiskrequirements DiskspaceneededforrunningOracleinarchivelogmode(seeBackupand

    RecoveryMediaandProceduresonpage11) Diskspacerequirementsforbackuponlargesites(seeBackupand

    RecoveryMediaandProceduresonpage11) Anytypeofdataredundancy,suchasRAID1,RAID5orRAID0solutions

    Native C Compiler OperatingsystemsotherthanLinuxrequireaninstallednativeCcompilerwithANSIsupport.PurchaseandinstallationofthenativeCcompileristhecustomersresponsibility.ThenativeCcompilerissuppliedbythehardwareandoperatingsystemvendor.Thiscompilerisinadditiontogcc,whichisrequiredaswell,andwillbeinstalledbyExLibris(seeAdditionalServerSoftwareonpage11).

    NOTES: ThelatestsupportedversionisSunStudio12.3orlater. TheSolaris10/11installationusesthegccsuppliedbySolaris10/11and

    nottheoneinstalledbyExLibris. CustomersmustinstalltheOSusingthedevelopergrouptoincludethe

    gccrequiredpackages.

    Media for Data ExchangeFTPandanInternetconnectionareprerequisitesforAlephimplementation(seeCommunicationRequirementsonpage17).YoushouldalsohaveaCDROM

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    drivefordataandsoftwareexchangewithExLibrisincaseFTPistemporarilyunavailable,orifExLibrishasapprovedworkwithoutanInternetconnection.

    Backup and Recovery Media and ProceduresBackupandrecoveryproceduresandtheirselectedmediaarethecustomersresponsibility.

    Alephincludesabackupprocedurethatismainlyusedbysmallsites.Itisrecommendedthatlargesitesshouldusethirdpartybackupandrecoverytools.

    NOTES: Backupandrecoverymayrequireadditionaldiskspace. DiskspacerequiredforOraclearchivelogmodedependsonthebackup

    strategyandprocedure.

    Additional Server SoftwareThefollowingareaddonsoftwareproductsrequiredforAleph.ExLibriswillinstallallthisadditionalsoftwareinordertoensurefullcompatibilitywithAleph. Oracle11.2.0.4 MFCobol gcc(onnonLinuxplatform) gsort(onnonLinuxplatform) gzip Perl ApacheServer OpenSSL(ifrequiredbythecustomer) Tomcat tcsh(onnonLinuxplatform) GNUtar(onSolarisplatform) GNUMake

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    Optional Server Software

    top (on non-Linux platform)Aninstallationoftop(systemperformancemonitoringtool)bythecustomerishighlyrecommended.topmustbeinstalledbythecustomerssystemadministrator.(topispartofthestandardLinuxoperatingsystem.)

    IBMJava (on Linux platform)IftheIBMJava2rpmpackagesareinstalled,verifythatthepackagesversionis1.3.15orlater.NOTE:

    Installationofthispackageisnotmandatory.

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    Client Hardware and Software Requirements

    Staff PC Configuration

    NOTES: Administrativerightsarerequiredinordertoinstallorupdatethe

    Alephclient. Thesystemdrive(C:)musthaveatleast250MBoffreespace. Windows64bitissupported.

    Thissectionincludes: StaffPCConfigurationonpage13 UnicodeFontonpage14 CJKSupport/IMEonpage14 JavaVirtualMachineonpage15

    Table 2. Minimum System Requirements

    Operating System/Browser

    Requirement

    WindowsXP/Vista/7/8 CPU:PentiumIV,1GHrminimumMemory:512MB(recommended:1024MB)Disk:10GB

    BrowserforWindowsXP InternetExplorer6.x,7.x,8.xorFirefoxBrowserforWindowsVista InternetExplorer7.x,8.x,orFirefoxBrowserforWindows7or8 InternetExplorer8.x,9.x,orFirefox

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    DisplayTheminimumrecommendedmonitorsizeis17;19ispreferable.Thecriticalparameterisresolution: MinimumRecommendedConfigurationforversion22is1024x768

    MiscellaneousTheAleph22clientalsorequiresthefollowing: NetworkInterfaceCardwithInternet/LANconnection TCP/IPinstalledandconnectiontoservertested Telnetorterminalemulatorclient FTP Mouse

    OPAC Client ConfigurationAnOPACworkstationshouldbeabletoruntheminimumsupportedversionofanapprovedbrowser.Hardwarerequirementsareminimalandarebasedonlyontheneedtorunthestipulatedbrowsersinagivenoperatingsystem.

    Unicode FontAlephworksinUnicode.WerecommendtheinstallationofanappropriateUnicodefontonboththePCandbrowser.ThechosenUnicodefontshouldincludeallcharactersthatyouuse.NOTE:

    IfyouuseaCJKcharacterset,thefontsarequiteheavyandtheloadtimeofpagesmaybeslow.Therefore,ifyouuseonlyLatincharacters,chooseaLatinUnicodefontforbetterperformance.

    CJK Support/IMEAlephsupportsCJK(Chinese,Japanese,Korean).AnIME(InputMethodEditor)isrequiredinordertotypeCJKcharacters.IMEisanintegralpartofWindows2000andlaterWindowsversions.

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    15May 13, 2014

    To enable the IME:

    1 FromControlPanel,selectRegionalandLanguageOptions.2 SelecttheLanguagestab.Thefollowingisdisplayed:

    Figure 1:

    Figure 1: Languages Tab

    3 SelectInstallfilesforcomplexscriptandrighttoleftlanguages.4 SelectInstallfilesforEastAsianlanguages.5 ClickOK.

    Java Virtual MachineTheAlephGUIprintingworksusingtheSaxon8.jarutility(requiresSunJavaVirtualMachineversion1.4orlater).Formoreinformation,refertotheHowtoInstallaJavaVirtualMachineonaPCdocumentintheExLibrisDocumentationCenter.

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    Communication Requirements

    Network ConfigurationTheservermusthaveafullyqualifiedhostname(includeshorthostnameanddomainname)thatisregisteredintheDNS.Whenperformingadistributedinstallation,allapplicationserversmusthaveDNSentries.Theservernamemustbedefinedin/etc/hostsasfollows: Boththefullyqualifiednameandtheshorthostnamemustbelinkedtoa

    physicalIPaddress(internal).Inordertomakesurethecorrectnameisdefined,usethefollowingcommands:

    ThiscommandmustreturnavalidentrywithaphysicalIPaddress. ForSunOS,enterthefollowingcommandstofindtheinternalIPaddress:

    ForLinux,enterthefollowingcommandstofindtheinternalIPaddress:

    Thissectionincludes: NetworkConfigurationonpage17 ServerAccessonpage18 PortsandActivityTypeonpage19

    grep `eval hostname` /etc/hosts

    /usr/sbin/ifconfig -a | grep inet | grep -v 127.0.0.1 | awk '{print $2}'

    /sbin/ifconfig -a | grep addr: | grep -v 127.0.0.1 | awk '{print $2}'

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    Seethefollowingexamplefor/etc/hosts:

    Thefirstactivelineshouldbeconfiguredexactlyasshownintheexample.ThesecondlineshouldcontaintheinternalIPaddress,followedbythefullyqualifiedname(hostname+domainname),theshortname,andanypossiblealiases.

    Server AccessExLibrisaccesstothesystemviatheInternetisrequired,withaminimumbandwidthof64KBp.ExLibrisstaffwillrequireaccesstothefollowing: theAlephserverfortheinstallationoftheAlephsoftware,setup,support,

    andtroubleshootingduringtheimplementationandmaintenancephases Ifafirewallisinstalled,sshaccessmustbeenabledforExLibrisSupport

    andImplementationstaffforthefollowingIPaddresses: HQJerusalemIsrael:

    212.179.71.70 212.179.71.34

    LocalExLibrisofficeUSA: DesPlaines207.56.64.194 Boston12.21.149.130

    LocalExLibrisofficeGermany: Seefeld217.91.56.60 Hamburg195.37.97.145 Cologne194.8.220.178

    LocalExLibrisofficeFrance:195.5.253.245

    LocalExLibrisofficeUK: 88.96.11.121

    LocalExLibrisofficeAustralia:

    # Do not remove the following line, or various programs# that require network functionality will fail.

    127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost

    10.1.222.22 ml-inst.corp.metalib.com ml-inst

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    203.87.118.110Inaddition,whererelevant,accessmustbeenabledforIPaddressesofthelocalExLibrisofficeordistributor(fordetails,refertoyourlocalExLibrisrepresentativeordistributor).

    Ports and Activity TypeThefollowingportsarerequired:

    Aleph TelnetorSSHstandardport FTPorSFTPstandardport HTTPport8991forthemainAlephinstallation.Werecommendedyou

    switchtoport80forthemainAlephinstallationclosetoSTP(SwitchToProduction).

    TCP/IPport7991forrunningAlephZ39.50gate TCP/IPport9991forrunningAlephZ39.50server TCP/IPport6991forrunningAlephPCserver ForaTWOTASKinstallation,port1521isopenbetweenthedatabaseserver

    andtheAleph22applicationserver.

    Aleph 22 Installed in Parallel with Existing Aleph 19-20-21 HTTPport899x(withxistheinstancecopynumbertoinstall) TCP/IPport799xforrunningAlephZ39.50gate(withx=instancecopy

    number)

    TCP/IPport999xforrunningAlephZ39.50server(withx=instancecopynumber)

    TCP/IPports699xand6993forrunningAlephPCserver ForaTWOTASKinstallation,port1521isopenonthedatabaseserver

    allowingremoteaccessfromtheAlephapplicationserver.

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    NOTES: UseofotherportsmustbecoordinatedwithExLibris. IfSSLinstallationisrequired,thenHTTPSport443mustalsobeopen.It

    isthecustomersresponsibilitytopurchaseanSSLcertificatebeforeAlephisinstalled.

    Thesettingsforallports,excepttheHTTPandZ39.50ports,mustbedefinedsothattheycanonlybeaccessedfromoutsidethefirewallbyvalidExLibrisIPs.

    E-Mail SetupFornormalAlephfunctionality,theabilitytosendemailfromtheserverviaSMTPisrequired.Thesendmailroutineisrecommended.Alephcanbeconfiguredtousesecurecommunications(TLS/SSL)forsendingEmailstotheSMTPserver.TheconfigurationofsecuredcommunicationsbetweenAlephandtheSMTPserverisdoneintheEMailSettingssectionoftheALEPHADMGUImoduleorinAlephcom.ini inthe[Mail]section.

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    Requirements for Ex Libris Installation

    Server AccessInordertologontotheserver,aninitialexlibrisuserwithpermissiontosuorsudoisrequired.Thisusercanbedeletedaftertheinstallationiscomplete.

    Root AccessExLibrisstaffrequirearootpasswordto: createthefollowingusers:

    alephwithgroupIDexlibris oraclewithgroupIDdba.

    Enabletheuserslistedabovetocreatedirectoriesandfilesunderthefilesystems/exlibris,/exlibris1,/exlibris2,andsoforth.

    InstallAlephandtheadditionalsoftwarelistedinAdditionalServerSoftwareonpage11.

    AddtheautomaticactivationofAlephservers,Oracle,andApachetothemachinesbootprocess.

    Rebootthemachinetomakeeffectivethenewvaluesofsystemparametersthatweremodifiedduringtheinstallationprocessandtotesttheautomatic

    Thissectionincludes: ServerAccessonpage21 RootAccessonpage21 ListofOperationsthatShouldBeAvailableforsudoonpage22 AdditionalRequirementsonpage22

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    activationofAleph,Oracle,andApache.Therebootwillbecoordinatedwiththecustomer.

    List of Operations that Should Be Available for sudo

    1 Createthefollowingusersandgroups: useradd groupadd vipw

    2 Changethefollowingsystemparameters: forSunSolarisservers/etc/systemfile forLinux/etc/rc.d/rc.localand/etc/security/limits.conf

    files

    3 Createdirectoriesandchangepermissionsusingthefollowing: mkdir chown

    4 Inthe/etcdirectory,createfilesnecessaryfortheautostartupmechanism.5 EnsurethatMicroFocusCobolisinstalledinthefollowingdirectories:

    /opt/microfocusLicenseManagerSWinstallation /etc/mflmrcscriptLicensemanagerstartupscript

    Additional Requirements cshmustbeavailable.ExLibrisproductsandtheuserslistedabovework

    undercsh. Thesystemmanagermustbeavailablethroughouttheinstallation.IfOracle

    isalreadyinstalled,theDBAmustalsobepresentduringinstallation. Thesystemmanagermustdefineanaliasforthehostnamein/etc/hosts.

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    Responsibilities ChecklistThefollowingtablesummarizesthetherequirementsdescribedinthisdocument.

    Table 3. Repsonsibilities Checklist

    Details Purchase and Installation Responsibility

    Page

    ServerHardwareandSoftware page7ServerandOS Customer page7Diskspace Customer page9NativeCcompiler(onnonLinuxplatform) Customer page10Mediafordataexchange Customer page10Backupmedia Customer page11Additionalsoftware ExLibris page11Oracle11 ExLibris page11MFCobol ExLibris page11gcc(onnonLinuxplatform) ExLibris page11gsort(onnonLinuxplatform) ExLibris page11gzip ExLibris page11Perl ExLibris page11Apacheserver ExLibris page11OpenSSL(ifrequired ExLibris page11Tomcat ExLibris page11tcsh(onnonLinuxplatform) ExLibris page11GNUtar(onSolarisplatform) ExLibris page11

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    ExLibriswillinstalltheadditionalsoftwarelistedabove(seeAdditionalServerSoftwareonpage11)inordertoensurefullcompatibilitywithAleph.

    GNUMake ExLibris page11top(onnonLinuxplatform) ExLibris page12ClientHardwareandSoftwareStaffPCandOS Customer page13Browsers Customer page13OPACPC&OS Customer page14Unicodefonts Customer page14IME(forCJKinput) Customer page14JavaVirtualMachine Customer page15CommunicationRequirementsOpenports Customer page19SSLcertificate(ifrequired) Customer page19

    Table 3. Repsonsibilities Checklist

    Details Purchase and Installation Responsibility

    Page

    Table of ContentsOverviewServer Hardware and Software RequirementsServer RequirementsOperating System/Platform for Aleph

    File System and Disk SpaceNative C CompilerMedia for Data ExchangeBackup and Recovery Media and ProceduresAdditional Server SoftwareOptional Server Softwaretop (on non-Linux platform)IBMJava (on Linux platform)

    Client Hardware and Software RequirementsStaff PC ConfigurationDisplayMiscellaneousOPAC Client Configuration

    Unicode FontCJK Support/IMEJava Virtual Machine

    Communication RequirementsNetwork ConfigurationServer AccessPorts and Activity TypeAlephAleph 22 Installed in Parallel with Existing Aleph 19-20-21E-Mail Setup

    Requirements for Ex Libris InstallationServer AccessRoot AccessList of Operations that Should Be Available for sudoAdditional Requirements

    Responsibilities Checklist