Installing IBM Content Classification

You can use an installation wizard to install IBM® Content Classification.

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Before you begin

For AIX®, Linux, or Solaris: Open the /etc/hosts file on the computer on which you plan to install Content Classification and verify that there are localhost entries for the unqualified computer name. For example:

127.0.0.1  localhost ComputerName
::1  localhost ComputerName

Ensure that only the unqualified computer name is listed in the localhost entries. The domain name should not be specified. For example, the entries should not specify ComputerName.DomainName.

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About this task

Install Content Classification components behind a firewall. For more information, see Firewall configuration.

Procedure

To install IBM Content Classification by using the installation wizard:

  1. From the product DVD or electronic distribution image, run the appropriate setup file for your operating system to start the installation wizard:
    Operating system Setup file
    AIX Log in as a user with read, write, and execute permission for the installation directory and enter: ./classificationsetup88_aix.bin
    Linux Log in as a user with read, write, and execute permission for the installation directory and enter: ./classificationsetup88_linux.bin
    Solaris Log in as a user with read, write, and execute permission for the installation directory and enter: ./classificationsetup88_sunos.bin
    Windows Start of change Log in as a user with administrator authority. Double-click the classificationsetup88_win32.exe file or enter classificationsetup88_win32.exe in a command window. On Windows 7 and Windows 2008, run the IBM Content Classification installation program as an administrator. Right-click the classificationsetup88_win32.exe file and select Run as Administrator. End of change
  2. Accept the default installation path or specify a different location. If you specify a different location, be sure to specify the fully qualified path.
  3. Select which IBM Content Classification components to install. Select All to install all components, or Custom to install only specific components.
  4. Specify the location of the administration and data servers.
    • If you plan to run all IBM Content Classification components on a single computer, install the administration and data server on this computer. Specify the following information:
      1. Accept the default ports for the administration server, data server, and Process Manager server or specify different ports. If you specify different ports, ensure that the ports that you specify are not used by other processes in your environment.
        Important: Start of change On AIX, Linux, and Solaris, if you install IBM Content Classification on a computer on which another instance of IBM Content Classification is already installed, ensure that you do not accept the default port values. Instead, specify unique port values for the second installation and ensure that each port value is higher than the port value in the first installation by 1000. For example, if the administration server port number in the first installation is 18085, specify 19085 for the administration server port in the second installation. End of change
      2. Solaris: If you are running the installation wizard on Solaris, specify the fully qualified path for the location of the libstlport.so library.
        Requirement: You must install the version of the libstlport.so library that is provided with Sun Studio 8.
      3. Choose whether you want to install the listener component on this computer. The listener is the server component that handles user requests. If you install the listener, ensure that the port that you specify is not used by other processes in your environment.
    • If you plan to install the components on multiple servers to enhance performance and scalability, select the option to connect to the administration and data server on a remote computer and specify the host name and port of the remote computer on which the data server runs.
  5. Start of change Accept the default port for the text extraction server. If you specify additional ports on which to run text extraction servers, ensure that the ports that you specify are not used by other processes in your environment.
    Important: Adding too many text-extraction servers can negatively affect the overall performance of your classification system. If the computer does not have sufficient system resources, adding additional text-extraction servers might reduce the resources available for the knowledge base and decision plan instances.
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  6. If you install the Classification Center, specify the port on which it will run.
  7. After you review the summary information, click Install.