HP WebQoS for the Solaris Operating Environment Release Note Edition 3 Manufacturing Part Number: B9099-90005 E0801 U.S.A. © Copyright 2001 Hewlett-Packard Company. All rights reserved.
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HP WebQoS for Solaris Announcements 1 HP WebQoS for Solaris Announcements HP Web Quality of Service (WebQoS) is a web-based solution that provides the quality of service needed to maintain your web applications. Using HP WebQoS, you can configure, administer, operate, and monitor your system and control the sessions admitted to your web server so that it does not become overloaded. What’s in This Version? WebQoS 3.0 is available for the Solaris1 operating environment.
HP WebQoS for Solaris Known Problems and Workarounds Where’s the Manual? When you install WebQoS, the manual HP WebQoS Administration Guide is installed in the /opt/webqos/docs/install_config_guide.pdf file. Installation instructions are included in this release note only. Known Problems and Workarounds • Virtual Server Request Classification Rule The Requests to virtual server NAME are CLASS request classification rule is only supported if the HTTPVersion web server parameter in the /etc/opt/webqos/qos.
HP WebQoS for Solaris Installing HP WebQoS Installing HP WebQoS This section describes how to install WebQoS and how to upgrade from an earlier version of WebQoS. It also includes information on system prerequisites. You need root permission to perform most of the tasks in this section. Step 1. Check system prerequisites. Step 2. Upgrade to WebQoS 3.0 (if you have an older version of WebQoS installed). Step 3.
HP WebQoS for Solaris Installing HP WebQoS Checking System Prerequisites Before installing HP WebQoS, check that your system meets all of the necessary prerequisites. Solaris System Prerequisites Computer: SPARC1 Server Operating System: Solaris 8 Memory: At least 128 MB Disk Space: 90 MB Web Server: iPlanet Web Server 4.1 SP7 PC Management Console Prerequisites Operating System: Windows 95, 98, 2000, or NT 4.
HP WebQoS for Solaris Installing HP WebQoS Console on a PC” on page 11). 6. Install the required patches (refer to “Patches and Fixes in This Version” on page 14). 7. Run the WebQoS setup script. Refer to the setup script instructions in the HP WebQoS Administration Guide (/opt/webqos/docs/install_config_guide.pdf). 8. Update the customized files. Since the qos.conf file has been updated for WebQoS 3.0, you must edit the qos.conf file to make any changes. Do NOT copy the old qos.conf file over the new qos.
HP WebQoS for Solaris Installing HP WebQoS Installing the WebQoS Software The HP WebQoS product consists of the following components that can be installed on a single server or installed on multiple servers.
HP WebQoS for Solaris Installing HP WebQoS Figure 1-1 Chapter 1 Single Server Installation 9
HP WebQoS for Solaris Installing HP WebQoS Figure 1-2 10 Multiple Servers Installation Chapter 1
HP WebQoS for Solaris Installing HP WebQoS Installing the WebQoS Software To install one or more of the WebQoS software components, do the following: 1. Whether you are installing the software from the CD or have downloaded the software from the web, make sure you are in the directory in which the component files are located. 2. Install the desired WebQoS software component(s). Type: /usr/sbin/pkgadd -d webqos3.
HP WebQoS for Solaris Installing HP WebQoS To install the management console software on a PC, do the following (you can click the Cancel button at any time to quit the installation): 1. On the PC, from the Taskbar, choose Start > Programs > Command Prompt to open an MS-DOS window. 2. Using ftp, in binary mode, copy the file /opt/webqos/bin/HPWebQoS.exe from the system where you installed WebQoS to your PC. Make sure that you transfer the file in binary mode.
HP WebQoS for Solaris Installing HP WebQoS Database Backups Backups of the database are performed daily at 1 AM on the system running the database. The time can be modified by editing the appropriate parameter in the /var/opt/webqos/db/solid.ini file. If you modify the solid.
HP WebQoS for Solaris Patches and Fixes in This Version Uninstalling WebQoS To remove one or more of the WebQoS packages, do the following: 1. Determine which WebQoS software packages are installed by typing: pkginfo | grep HP 2. Remove the desired WebQoS package (HPWQSrvs, HPWQUtil, HPWQSCI, HPWQSCO, HPWQGUI, and/or HPWQDB) using the pkgrm command. Patches and Fixes in This Version If you are running the management console from your Solaris system, install the following patch: 10890-24 (Motif 1.2.
