Red Hat Directory Server B.08.00.02 for HP-UX Release Notes and Supplemental Instructions
Table of Contents
1 Release Notes for Red Hat Directory Server 8.0........................................................7
1.1 Product overview..............................................................................................................................7
1.2 What is new in the Red Hat Directory Server...................................................................................7
1.3 New Features provided with Red Hat Directory Server 8.0.............................................................8
1.4 Differences Between Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 and Red Hat Directory Server 8.0....................9
1.5 Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 for HP-UX Directory Path Differences.............................................10
1.6 Limitations.......................................................................................................................................10
2 Known problems that have been fixed or that have workarounds.........................11
2.1 Known problems fixed in Red Hat Directory Server B.08.00.02.....................................................11
2.2 Known problems fixed in Red Hat Directory Server B.08.00.01.....................................................11
2.3 Known Problems Fixed in Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 ...............................................................12
2.4 Known Problems and Workarounds in Red Hat Directory Server 8.0...........................................12
3 Installing Red Hat Directory Server 8.0.....................................................................17
3.1 Preparing for Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 Installation.................................................................17
3.1.1 Hardware Requirements.........................................................................................................17
3.1.2 Disk Space Requirements........................................................................................................17
3.1.3 Operating System Requirement..............................................................................................18
3.1.4 Patches and OS Packages........................................................................................................18
3.1.5 Additional Software Requirements.........................................................................................18
3.1.5.1 HP-UX Apache-based Web Server..................................................................................18
3.1.5.1.1 NSPR Compatibility Problem on HP-UX 11i v1 Systems.......................................19
3.1.5.2 Java Runtime Environment.............................................................................................19
3.1.5.3 Perl...................................................................................................................................19
3.1.5.4 Requirements for Specific Features.................................................................................20
3.1.5.4.1 Kerberos Authentication Requirement...................................................................20
3.1.5.4.2 SNMP Subagent Requirement................................................................................20
3.1.5.4.3 Console Online Help Requirement.........................................................................20
3.1.6 HP-UX System Parameters......................................................................................................20
3.1.6.1 Kernel Parameters...........................................................................................................20
3.1.6.1.1 Maximum Data Segment Size (maxdsiz_64bit, maxdsiz_64bit)
Recommendations.................................................................................................................21
3.1.6.2 TCP TIME_WAIT Interval...............................................................................................21
3.1.6.3 Large File Support...........................................................................................................21
3.2 Using swinstall to Install Red Hat Directory Server 8.0............................................................22
3.2.1 Installation Directories............................................................................................................22
3.3 Verifying Installation.......................................................................................................................23
4 Setting Up Red Hat Directory Server 8.0..................................................................25
4.1 Overview.........................................................................................................................................25
4.1.1 IP Address and DNS Requirements........................................................................................25
4.1.2 Keeping a Response File (-k Option).....................................................................................25
4.2 Running the setup-ds-admin.pl or setup-ds.pl Script.......................................................25
4.3 Postconfiguration Tasks...................................................................................................................28
4.3.1 Configuring the Autostart Option..........................................................................................28
4.3.1.1 Disabling the Autostart Option.......................................................................................28
4.3.2 Tuning Database Performance ...............................................................................................29
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