Setting up the server

You can share a DVD drive on Linux or UNIX with any other supported Linux or UNIX system, but not with Windows. You can share a Windows DVD drive only with other Windows systems.

1. If you want to share a copy of the installation image, create the copy:
   1. Create a directory on the server to store the installation images:

      Linux and UNIX

      Enter the following command:

      mkdir /instbroker

      where instbroker is the directory into which you copy the product files.

      Windows

      Enter the following command:

      md m:\instbroker

      where m is the drive on which you want to store the installation images and instbroker is the directory on that drive.

   2. Insert and mount the appropriate DVD in the drive as described in Accessing DVDs on the local system.

      If you have inserted a runtime or toolkit DVD on Windows and autorun is enabled, the Launchpad is started. When the initial window opens, click Cancel to close it.

   3. Copy the complete contents of the DVD to the new directory.

      Linux and UNIX

      Enter the following command:

      cp -rf /dvdrom/. /instbroker

      Windows

      Enter the following command:

      xcopy f:\*.* m:\instbroker /e

      where f is the DVD drive.

2. Grant users access to the drive that contains the product code. These instructions are the same for a disk drive on which you have copied the DVD contents, and for the DVD drive itself.

   AIX®

   Either type smit and click Communications Applications and Services > NFS > Network File System (NFS) > Add a Directory to Exports List, or enter the fast path command smitty mknfsexp. Complete the fields as appropriate and press Enter.

   HP-UX and Linux

   Use the exportfs command. The following example gives all users read-only access using NFS:

   exportfs -i -o ro /instbroker
   exportfs -a

   where /instbroker represents the DVD drive or the directory that contains the DVD copy.

   Solaris

   Use the share and exportfs commands. The following example gives all users read-only access using NFS:

   share -F nfs -o ro -d "Broker LAN server" /instbroker
   exportfs -a

   where "Broker LAN server" is an optional description and /instbroker represents the server DVD drive or directory containing the DVD copy.

   Windows

   Open Windows Explorer and right-click the drive that you want to share. Click Sharing and follow the instructions on the Properties dialog box.