Prepare to install Symphony DE

Windows

  1. Download an appropriate Symphony DE Windows package from my.platform.com.
  2. Windows 2003 system policies require that you have local administrator permissions to install software. For more information, see the Symphony FAQs.
  3. Check communication ports.

    By default, Symphony DE uses ports 8000, 15050, 15051, 15052 and the Platform Management Console (PMC) uses 18080, 18005, 18009.

    From a Windows command prompt, enter:

    netstat -a

    If any of the ports are in use, install Symphony DE, then change the port numbers in conflict as explained in Change port numbers.

  4. If you are using .NET or COM API, make sure you have local administrator privileges to register .NET or COM API assembly.

Linux/UNIX

  1. If you have Linux, determine which installation file you need.
    • To find out the Linux version, enter

      uname -a

    • To find out the glibc version, enter

      rpm -q glibc

  2. Determine the installation package and download.

    For Solaris, it is a tar.gz package.

    For Linux, the installation method and file you need depends on your user account permissions. You can use either the rpm or tar.gz package to install Symphony DE. The rpm package installation sets the $SOAM_HOME environment variable automatically but for the tar.gz package, you need to set the $SOAM_HOME manually.

    Note:

    Root users can install using either the tar.gz or .rpm installation files. The rpm package can only be installed as root.

  3. Check communication ports.

    By default, Symphony DE uses ports 8000, 15050, 15051, and 15052 and the Platform Management Console (PMC) uses 18080, 18005, 18009

    For example, to find out if port 8000 is in use, enter

    netstat -a|grep 8000

    • If the port is not used, this command does not return any port information.

    • If the port is in use, this command returns with information for the port. Install Symphony DE and then change the port numbers in conflict as explained in Change port numbers.