Andrew Siwko’s Blog #2

set CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/kerberos/include before ./configure to tell the complier where to find the kerberos headers.

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Installations really need to be viewed in two ways:

1. Cells: ./WebSphere/DeploymentManagerN where N is the cell number and 1 may be optional or the undecorated directory may be left for unmanaged cells

2. Nodes: ./WebSPhere/AppServerM where M is the node number on that disk (usually also machine but not necessarily so.

There is no necessary relationship between M and N. A node may stand alone or belong to any cell we wish. Perhaps there needs to be a standard here? No deployment manager on a machine that has a node federated to another cell. It would not allow for the cross coverage of cells on hardware. I’m not sure why I want that,. Here’s a scenario:

Machines A1, A2 and A3 belong to cell C1. Machines B1, B2 and B3 belong to cell C2. The deployment managers for these celss are on nodes A1 and B1. The loss of A1 or B1 denies us management capability of cell C1 or C2.

Assuming web server redundency, I still have 2/3 application coverage for the failed cell and still have failover coverage assuming volume can be accomodated. I can’t add more nodes to the cell without fiddling with the plug-in and other configs manually. If B1, B2 and B3 have secondary nodes federated to A1 and thus members of C1, I have backup capacity to handle load, but can I leave them inactive and start them (from the node agent with wsadmin?) while A1 is unavailable?

Picked up another car load of wood in the neighborhood today. Cameron’s selling Boy Scout popcorn. It’s good stuff. The chain saw’s not cutting very well. It curves left on the down-stroke and doesn’t cut very fast. I guess it’s time for a new chain. Here’s a good read: http://www.chainsawspecialists.co.uk/chain_sharpening.htm. Wow: http://www.usa.husqvarna.com/Folder_263/node533.asp?id=29

How many cells / nodes / app servers per system? ./WebSphere1, ./WebSphere2 and ./WebSphereN/AppServer1, etc or keep the numbering in the subdirectories? z/OS will have bunches of them and it may make sense to keep the nodes in the directories with the deployment manager or at least grouped together. So, what happens if the node changes cells? It might make more sense to federate in a new cell, clone into the new cell directory and destroy the original.

Why is the backup mail server being used?
Is the backup mail server more susceptible to SPAM?

I had to compress stuff on the AIX box to free up space, but the install seems to be proceeding well…
It took 41 minutes and completed succesfully, now it’s time to federate.

Ended up disabling the mq install for now. Trying to federate to newton for kicks, will redo tomorrow. Oops, I configured the host name wrong. TIme to rerun the install.

(Oct 9, 2003 8:13:20 PM), Setup.product.install, com.ibm.ws.install.conditions.PCWebSphereCheckCondition, msg1, higherVersionFoundPasses: false
(Oct 9, 2003 8:13:20 PM), Setup.product.install, com.ibm.ws.install.conditions.PCWebSphereCheckCondition, msg1, defaultEvalResult: false
(Oct 9, 2003 8:13:21 PM), Setup.product.install, com.ibm.ws.install.conditions.PCWebSphereCheckCondition, msg1, checkOnlyCurrentVersion: true
(Oct 9, 2003 8:13:36 PM), Setup.product.install, com.ibm.ws.install.conditions.PCWebSphereCheckCondition, msg1, higherVersionFoundPasses: false
(Oct 9, 2003 8:13:36 PM), Setup.product.install, com.ibm.ws.install.conditions.PCWebSphereCheckCondition, msg1, defaultEvalResult: false
(Oct 9, 2003 8:13:36 PM), Setup.product.install, com.ibm.ws.install.conditions.PCWebSphereCheckCondition, msg1, checkOnlyCurrentVersion: false
(Oct 9, 2003 8:13:58 PM), Setup.product.install, com.ibm.ws.install.actions.LogMessageAction, msg1, INST0051E: Unable to create user.
(Oct 9, 2003 8:13:58 PM), Setup.product.install, com.ibm.ws.install.actions.LogMessageAction, msg1, INST0058E: The install failed or did not complete due to one or more errors.

FileZilla won’t let me store my password any more. I may have to go back to an older version!

I’ve just started the AIX install of WebSphere 5.0 base using a response file generated by a Java class. This will be an interesting test… no X, trying again from an xterm. Interesting that silent install requires X connection. I guess it’s using JRE 1.3 without the AWT factored out.