Linux: Preparing your operating system
Prepare the operating system to ensure a successful HCL Digital Experience installation.
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If you are using IBM GPFS file sharing, set the file system inodes limit to 25000 or higher.
For example, run the
mmchfs /dev/gpfs1nsd -F 250000
command. /dev/gpfs1nsd is the HCL Digital Experience installation file system. -
Set the file descriptor limit to 10240.
For example, run the following command to set the file descriptor limit:
ulimit -n 10240
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Updating operating system settings to enable full core dumps:
- Use the
ulimit -f
command to set the maximum size of files to unlimited. - Use the
ulimit -c
command to set the maximum size to cores to unlimited. For information about these commands, see your operating system documentation.
- Use the
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Install and configure X server on Linux™ (such as X Window System or GNOME) to use the graphical user interface the installation program provides. For information about adding packages, read your operating system documentation.
Note
- If you plan to install with a response file, X server is not required.
- Installing libXtst.i686 using
yum
, along with the required prerequisites is sufficient to get the IBM Installation Manager graphical user interface to run.
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Ensure that all non-root users have the appropriate permissions to the /tmp/javasharedresources directory.
For example, the non-root users must have at least 770 permissions.