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IBM WebSphere on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Requirements

When you install the product on IBM WebSphere on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.2, consider the following prerequisites.

• IBM WebSphere 7.0 Network Deployment Application Server—Install the IBM WebSphere 7.0 Network Deployment Application Server.

  Important! When running the setup script, select the Cell (deployment manager and a managed node) option.

• Java Development Kit (JDK)—CA GovernanceMinder 12.6.1 requires Oracle Java SE Development Kit 6u45 (1.6_45) as a prerequisite for the JBoss 5.1 application server that is installed with the product. For a list of supported JDKs, see the Platform Support Matrix available at CA Technologies Support Online.

  Add the pathname of this JDK instance to the JAVA_HOME and PATH variables in the System variables area in the Environment Variables window. If necessary, create the JAVA_HOME variable there.

  Note: When using a 64-bit JDK, and available memory is greater than 1400M (default), set the JVM maximum setting at 4 GB.

• RHEL 6.2—Install RHEL 6.2 with these packages in this order:
  • glibc-2.12-1.25.el6.i686.rpm
  • libX11-1.3-2.el6.i686.rpm
  • libxcb-1.5-1.el6.i686.rpm
  • libXtst-1.0.99.2-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • libXau-1.0.5-1.el6.i686.rpm
  • libXi-1.3-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • libXext-1.1-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • nss-softokn-freebl-3.12.9-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • dos2unix-3.1-37.el6.x86_64.rpm
• Run Commands—Run the following command to improve performance (Entropy):

  rm /dev/random && mknod -m 644 /dev/random c 1 9
  

• Java Virtual Machine (JVM) 1.6.0—Install JVM 1.6.0, and set the following java environment variables:
  • JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.6.0_20/
  • PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/jdk1.6.0_20/bin