Installing the Java runtime environment

The Java 6 runtime environment must be installed on the installation server before installing IBM® Intelligent Operations Center.

About this task

On the installation server, go to the directory where the IBM Intelligent Operations Center installation package was copied. In these steps, this directory is referred to as install_home.

Procedure

  1. Log on as root or switch to the root account by running the su - command.
  2. Change to the directory where the IBM Intelligent Operations Center installation files were copied.
  3. Run the yum --nogpgcheck install install_media/ibm-java-x86_64-jre-6.0-10.1.x86_64.rpm command.
  4. Run the export JAVA_HOME=/opt/ibm/java-x86_64-60/jre command.
  5. Verify the Java environment by running the echo $JAVA_HOME command and confirming that /opt/ibm/java-x86_64-60/jre is returned.