IBM Prerequisite Scanner User Manual page 14

Related concepts:
"Predefined qualifiers for prerequisite properties" on page 8
IBM Prerequisite Scanner provides a set of basic qualifiers for some prerequisite
properties in a predefined category. Qualifiers represent attributes of the
prerequisite property that Prerequisite Scanner uses to qualify the prerequisite
property or type of check to perform on that prerequisite property.
Predefined categories of prerequisite properties
IBM Prerequisite Scanner provides a set of basic prerequisite properties for
different categories of data: common, installed software, operating system, user,
connectivity, Internet Explorer, database server, environment variables, and
network including platform-specific properties for Windows and UNIX.
<prefix_identifier> is an identifier for a predefined category of prerequisite
properties.
Table 3 outlines the predefined categories of hardware and software prerequisites.
Table 3. Basic prerequisite properties categories
Data category Description
Common This category checks common prerequisites such as processor speed,
RAM, disk, and temporary space. This example is the prerequisite
property for checking the operating system:
OS Version=RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.4
Installed This category checks installed software prerequisites such as the programs
software registered in the Windows registry and whether cygwin and gskit are
installed. This example is the prerequisite property for scanning the
operating system registry for installed programs with locations:
installedSoftware=list_of_installed_programs
User This category checks user prerequisites such as whether the logged on
user had administrative rights or is the root user. This example is the
prerequisite property for checking whether the logged on user is a
member of the Administrator group:
user.isAdmin=True
Operating This category checks operating system prerequisites such as version,
system architecture, total memory, available memory, and total physical memory.
This example is the prerequisite property for checking whether the remote
registry service is running:
os.isServiceRunning.remoteRegistry=True
Connectivity This category checks connectivity prerequisites such as whether Telnet is
running and to which IP addresses and ports the Scanner can connect.
Network This category checks network prerequisites that can be common across all
platforms such as whether there are ports available. This example is the
prerequisite property for checking whether the 8080 port is available for
IBM WebSphere Application Server:
network.availablePorts.was=8080
Windows This category checks Windows network prerequisites such as whether
network NetBIOS and DHCP are enabled on the machine, and pinging properties.
This example is the prerequisite property for checking whether at least
one adapter with a valid IP address has NetBIOS enabled as a protocol:
network.netBIOSEnabled=True
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identifier
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