Installing the TA Master for Unix

You can run TA on Unix by installing the Unix versions of the Master software.

There are two methods to install the Unix version of the TA Master:

• Installation Program. See Installing a Unix Master.

• Manually – From the command line as described in Installing the Unix Master from the Command Line . After installing the Unix Master from the command line, create a database manually .

  The Master is installed with default parameters that provide most users with optimum performance, but individual circumstances may require reconfiguring the Master parameters after installation. These parameters are managed in a master.props file residing on the Master machine. Refer to Configuring the Master for information on modifying the main Master properties.

Installation Prerequisites

Meet these requirements prior to installing the Unix Master:

• As listed in TA System Requirements, one of the Unix operating systems and corresponding JVM.

• A user account created to own, control, and install the Unix Master files. This user does not have to be root, although whoever creates the user must be root.

• 300 MB of disk space for the product and its logs.

• Installation from an X Windows terminal, either local or remote.

• Master machine requires at least 2 GB of RAM (Using any TA adapters requires an additional 1 GB.) and dual 500 MHz processors dedicated to TA needs.

• The Database instance is already created and running.

• You should have your DBA available during installation to provide database configuration information.

• Apply all patches supplied in the latest hotfix.

  Note: Only one Master can be installed on a machine. TA cannot operate correctly if two Masters are installed on the same machine.