Nokia Intellisync Mobile Suite Linux Installation Guide Version 8.
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Nokia Intellisync Mobile Suite Linux Installation Guide
Contents About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 In This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conventions This Guide Uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 Initial Testing After Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Verifying Web Site Availability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troubleshooting Logon Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Verifying Successful Authentication . . . . . . .
In This Guide About This Guide In This Guide This guide is organized into the following chapters. ! ! ! Chapter 1, “Introduction and Requirements” Chapter 2, “Server Installation” Chapter 3, “Initial Testing After Installation” Additional information provided in this specific chapter. ! ! Conventions This Guide Uses Related Documentation Conventions This Guide Uses The following sections describe the conventions this guide uses, including notices, text conventions, and command-line conventions.
Command-line Conventions You may encounter one or more of the following elements on a command-line path. Table 1 Command-line Conventions Convention Description command This required element is usually the product name or other short word that invokes the product or calls the compiler or preprocessor script for a compiled Nokia product. It might appear alone or precede one or more options. You must spell a command exactly as shown and use lowercase letters.
Conventions This Guide Uses Table 1 Command-line Conventions (continued) Convention Description (.,;+*-/) Punctuation and mathematical notations are literal symbols that you must enter exactly as shown. '' Single quotation marks are literal symbols that you must enter as shown. Text Conventions Table 2 describes the text conventions in this guide.
Related Documentation Nokia offers a common framework for the Nokia Intellisync Mobile Suite products. For this reason, there are electronic manuals and online help systems that cover the entire suite, plus additional resources for specific products. Accessing Online Help In addition to the electronic versions of the manuals, context-sensitive online help assists you as you work with the application. To access online help, open the program and click Help.
Related Documentation Accessing Client Documentation The following electronic documents are available for Wireless Email clients. Each guide includes information for installing software on devices using a specific platform, configuring synchronization settings, and synchronizing for the first time. These documents are available on the Nokia Support Web site (http:// support.nokia.com) in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) or through your system administrator.
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1 Introduction and Requirements Overview Nokia Intellisync Mobile Suite is a collection of products designed to help you support your mobile workforce. This collection of products handles distribution, collection, and synchronization of your e-business data, documents, and applications. At any given time, your mobile employees have access to the same data and corporate applications as your LANconnected employees.
1 Introduction and Requirements After evaluating the product, many customers choose to purchase a license key and upgrade their evaluation environment to a production environment. For larger installations where the Nokia Intellisync server and the database are on the same computer, the system administrator is potentially limiting scalability.
System Requirements Table 5 Server Minimum Requirements for Nokia Intellisync Mobile Suite Nokia Intellisync Mobile Suite Wireless Email Device Mgmt HARDWARE Processor Pentium III 900MHz • • Hard Disk Space 5 GB free disk space • • Memory 2 GB RAM • • SOFTWARE Operating System SLES 10.0 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.0) SLES 10 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.0), Open SUSE 1.0 Browser Firefox 2.
1 Introduction and Requirements Important Notes ! ! ! 14 Ports 80 and 443 must be available and dedicated to Nokia Intellisync Mobile Suite during the installation. Make sure the server’s temp directory has a minimum 1 GB free space to successfully extract installation files. The latency between the Nokia Intellisync Mobile Suite server and a backend server, database, or file system, should be 36 milliseconds or less. Any other setting is not recommended.
2 Server Installation Overview This chapter contains the information for installing Nokia Intellisync Mobile Suite on the Linux server. In addition to basic installation instructions, there are steps you can take before and after installation to make sure Nokia Intellisync Mobile Suite functions correctly.
2 Server Installation Uninstalling an Existing Linux Version of Intellisync Mobile Suite If you have a previous release of Nokia Intellisync Mobile Suite running on a Linux server, you must first uninstall that version before installing a new release. Complete the following steps after uninstalling the previous version. 1. Run the following command. rm -rf /opt/ims 2. Open the following file and remove any references to GMS services (mobilesuite, securegateway and asadb).
Installing on a Linux Server Running a Graphical Installation Complete the following steps to run the graphical installation for Nokia Intellisync Mobile Suite. Close all applications before starting the installation. The installation screens that appear in this guide may differ slightly from the screens that appear during your installation. To install using the graphical installation 3. Run the following command as root from a shell prompt: server1:/root/download/gms# sh ims.
2 Server Installation 5. Enter the license code for your software, and then click Next. The license key must be valid and correct for the installation to be successful. The License Agreement dialog box appears. 6. Review the license agreement, select “I accept the terms of the License Agreement,” and then click Next. The Choose Install Set dialog box appears. 7. Select Mobile Suite to install the entire Nokia Intellisync Mobile Suite.
Installing on a Linux Server 8. Click Next. The Choose Uninstall Link Folder dialog box appears. 9. Select one of the options, and then click Next. If you select Other, you can choose any valid path on the system except the installation folder: /opt/ims The Web Admin Password dialog box appears. 10. In the Admin Password field, type a password for accessing the server administrative functions in WebAdmin Console. Passwords are alphanumeric only.
2 Server Installation 11. In the Confirm Password field, type the password again. Note this password for future reference create users and change system settings, and then click Next. You must remember this password to log in as an administrator. The Company Information dialog box appears 12. Type your company name using only alphanumeric characters. 13. Type your two letter country code. 14. Type your external server name to which clients can access from outside the firewall. Use the format servername.
Installing on a Linux Server 16. Click Install to begin installing the software. When the installer finishes processing the files, the Install Next Steps dialog box appears. 17. Review the information and note the server address. This is the server address for launching and accessing Nokia Intellisync Mobile Suite. 18. Click Next. When the installation completes, the Install Complete dialog box appears. 19. Click Done. 20.
2 Server Installation Running a Silent Installation If your server is operating in runlevel 3 or higher (without X running), you can configure and run a silent installation by editing the /silent/installer.properties file. To configure and run a silent installation 1. From the installation folder on the server, open the following file. /silent/installer.properties 2. Edit the following file parameters to match your environment.
Post-installation Steps 5. After the installation completes, open a Web browser and type the following URL to access WebAdmin Console. http:///admin Post-installation Steps Verifying GroupWise Mobile Server Requirements For the GroupWise Mobile Server to run properly, verify that your GroupWise server meets the following requirements. ! ! GroupWise Internet Agent must be installed on the GroupWise server, as it is needed by the SOAP interface used by the GroupWise translator.
2 Server Installation ! To allow end users to access their information from the Web PIM, go to User Settings > Email Accelerator > Email Accelerator User. Click “Setting: Default,” and then click Edit. From the Settings tab, select the “Enable PIM functionality on the Web” option. Provisioning Windows Mobile 5 Clients on Non-standard Ports Nokia Intellisync Mobile Suite is capable of running on non-standard ports, however this feature is not officially supported.
3 Initial Testing After Installation Overview After installing Nokia Intellisync Mobile Suite, test your system using the instructions in this chapter. ! ! Verifying Web Site Availability Verifying Successful Authentication After you complete these initial tests, the system is ready for user access. Verifying Web Site Availability The first test is to verify that the Web site is available. Users can use the Web site to log in, configure their account settings, and install the device.
3 Initial Testing After Installation Verifying Successful Authentication Use the information in this section to verify that authentication is working properly. Successful Access to Novell GroupWise For GroupWise users, the system queries the GroupWise server and gathers user information. Depending on the access type, the system may automatically discover the mailbox server and mailbox name. If not, manually specify a valid GroupWise user name.
Index A H Accessing Client Documentation 9 Accessing Electronic Documents 8 Accessing Server Documentation 8 Accessing Server Online Help 8, 9 Admin Console. See Intellisync Mobile Suite control hardware requirements 12, 13 help accessing 8 list of available help systems 8 B before you install 15 D databases supported 13 dedicated servers 11 Device Management.
product evaluation 11 R Recommended Server Configuration 11 Related 8 Related Documentation 8 related documentation 8 release notes 15 requirements hardware 12, 13 important notes 12 permissions 13 software 12, 13 S server configuration 11 dedicated 11 software evaluation 11 requirements 12, 13 supported databases 13 system requirements important notes 12 minimum/maximum 12 Index - 28 Intellisync Mobile Suite Installation Guide
