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Prerequisites for installing Secure Perspective

This page describes the prerequisites for installing Secure Perspective. 

Hardware Requirements

Software Requirements

Other Requirements

Hardware Requirements

IBM Secure Perspective is a J2EE Web application that clients access with a web browser to create and manage enforceable security policies. The server component of the web application is installed on IBM Power Systems servers running i5/OS V5R3 or IBM i 5.4, or later, or on computer systems running Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system, or later.
Systems managed by Secure Perspective are called end points. End points include systems running i5/OS V5R3, IBM i, AIX, Windows, and DB2.

To install the server component of Secure Perspective on systems running i5/OS V5R3 or IBM i 5.4, or later, use the IBM Systems Workload Estimator to estimate hardware requirements.

To install the server component on systems running the Windows operating system, you need the following hardware:

  • Intel Pentium 4 processor, or higher, and at least 2 GB of RAM
  • 300 MB of available disk space

End points running the Windows operating system need the following hardware:

  • Intel Pentium 3 processor, or higher, and at least 1 GB of RAM
  • 300 MB of available disk space

End points running the AIX operating system need the following hardware:

  • IBM Power Systems server running the AIX operating system
  • 300 MB of available disk space

End points running i5/OS V5R3 or IBM i 5.4, or later, and IBM DB2 have no special hardware requirements.

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Software requirements

IBM Secure Perspective manages security policy from IBM Power Systems servers running i5/OS V5R3 or IBM i 5.4, or later, or from computer systems running Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system, or later.

Systems managed by Secure Perspective are called end points. End points include systems running i5/OS V5R3, IBM i, AIX, Windows, and DB2. To support this function, you can install software components called agents on systems running AIX or Windows operating systems.

To install the server component on systems running i5/OS V5R3 or IBM i 5.4, or later, you need the following software:

  • i5/OS V5R3 or IBM i 5.4, or later, with the current maintenance package
  • IBM HTTP Server
  • IBM Developer Kit for Java

To install the server component on systems running the Windows operating system, you need the following software:

  • Windows server operating system at current service pack level
  • DB2 V8, or later
  • Java 1.5, or later

The following software is required for managing end points:

  • Systems running i5/OS V5R3 or IBM i 5.4, or later, require the IBM Toolbox for Java.
  • Systems running IBM AIX V5.3, or later, require the Secure Perspective agent installation. On AIX systems, only enhanced journaled file system (JFS2) using Extended Attributes format Version 2 can be controlled by Secure Perspective.
  • Systems running Microsoft Windows operating systems require the Secure Perspective agent installation
  • Stand-alone DB2 databases installed on UNIX, Windows, and Linux operating systems require accessibility by the Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) universal driver.

The client environment requires one of the following browsers:

  • Internet Explorer V6.0, or later, with the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) plug-in installed
  • Firefox V1.5, or later
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Other requirements

This topic describes additional prerequisite conditions necessary for installing Secure Perspective.

To prepare for systems running i5/OS V5R3 or IBM i 5.4, or later:

Complete the following prerequisites:

  1. Establish a 5250 session to the system where Secure Perspective will be installed.
  2. Ensure you have a user profile with *ALLOBJ and *SECADM special authority.
  3. Verify that the Developer Kit for Java™ (5761-JV1) has been installed on your system. Do the following:
    1. On a command line, enter the command GO LICPGM.
    2. Select Option 10 (Display installed licensed programs).
    3. Scroll the list and look for Developer Kit for Java (5761-JV1). If the product is not on your system, obtain the product and install it on your system.
  4. Verify that IBM® HTTP Server for i5/OS (5761-DG1) has been installed on your system. Do the following:
    1. On a command line, enter the command GO LICPGM.
    2. Select Option 10 (Display installed licensed programs).
    3. Scroll the list and look for IBM HTTP Server (5761-DG1). If the product is not on your system, obtain the product and install it on your system.
  5. Verify that your system has an active optical device. Do the following:
    1. On a command line, enter the command WRKCFGSTS *DEV *OPT.
    2. Ensure that you have devices varied on by verifying that the Status is Active. If the device is not varied on, type 1 under the Opt column to make the device active.
    3. If no devices are listed, you have no optical devices connected to your system. After you have connected an optical device to the system, you can continue.
  6. Verify that all necessary fixes are applied to your system
    • For IBM i 5.4:
      • To verify PTFs for IBM i, use the following command:

        DSPPTF LICPGM(5761SS1) SELECT(*ALL)

        Page down the lists of PTFs and verify that all of the following PTFs have been applied to your system:

        SI26787
SI25516
SI22392
SI21743
SI21742

         

      • To verify PTFs for HTTP server (5761-DG1), use the following command:

        DSPPTF LICPGM(5761DG1) SELECT(*ALL)

        Page down the lists of PTFs and verify that all of the following PTFs have been applied to your system:

        SI26881
SI26873
SI26803
SI22447
SI22402
SI22394

         

      • To verify that the PTF group SF99114 (PTF Group Level 6 or higher) has been applied to your system, use the Work with PTF Groups (WRKPTFGRP) command:

        WRKPTFGRP SF99114

       

    • For IBM i 6.1:
      • To verify PTFs for IBM i, use the following command:

        DSPPTF LICPGM(5761SS1) SELECT(*ALL)

        Page down the lists of PTFs and verify that all of the following PTFs have been applied to your system:

        SI30490
SI30490
SI30434
SI29854
SI29853
SI29076
SI29077

         

      • To verify PTFs for HTTP server, use the following command:

        DSPPTF LICPGM(5761DG1) SELECT(*ALL)

        Page down the lists of PTFs and verify that all of the following PTFs have been applied to your system:

        SI30457
SI30215

         

      • To verify PTFs for Java, use the following command:

        DSPPTF LICPGM(5761JV1) SELECT(*ALL)

        Page down the lists of PTFs and verify that all of the following PTFs have been applied to your system:

        SI30030
SI30027
SI29138

      If any of the PTFs or the PTF group is not on your system, obtain the PTF or group by using the SNDPTFORD command or by using IBM Fix Central.

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