Appendix C. Prerequisite Properties Reference; Predefined Categories For Prerequisite Properties - IBM Prerequisite Scanner User Manual

Appendix C. Prerequisite properties reference

This reference outlines the basic prerequisite properties for each predefined
category of hardware and software prerequisites.
Table 18 outlines the predefined categories of hardware and software prerequisites.
Table 18. Predefined categories for prerequisite properties
Data
category Description
Common The common data properties check
common prerequisites such as processor
speed, RAM, disk, and temporary space.
Autonomic The Autonomic Deployment Engine data
Deployment properties check Autonomic Deployment
Engine Engine prerequisites such as the installation
unit.
Installed The installed software data properties
software check installed software prerequisites such
as the programs registered in the Windows
registry and whether cygwin and gskit are
installed.
User The user-data properties check user
prerequisites such as whether the logged
on user had administrative rights or is the
root user.
Operating The operating system data properties check
system operating system prerequisites such as
version, architecture, total memory,
available memory, and total physical
memory.
Connectivity The connectivity data properties check
connectivity prerequisites such as whether
Telnet is running and to which IP
addresses and ports the scanner can
connect.
Network The network data properties check network
prerequisites that can be common across all
platforms such as whether there are ports
available.
Windows The Windows network data properties
network check network prerequisites such as
whether NetBIOS and DHCP are enabled
on the machine, and pinging properties.
UNIX The UNIX network data properties check
network network prerequisites such as whether
NetBIOS and DHCP are enabled on the
machine, and pinging properties.
Internet The Microsoft Internet Explorer data
Explorer properties check Internet Explorer
prerequisites such as the version.
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Required prefix
identifier Reference
None "Common data properties" on
page 84
"Autonomic Deployment Engine
de
data properties" on page 88
None "Installed software data
properties" on page 104
"User data properties" on page
user
104
"Operating system data
os
properties" on page 93
None "Connectivity data properties"
on page 89
"Network data properties" on
network
page 91
"Windows network data
network
properties" on page 105
"UNIX network data properties"
network
on page 105
"Internet Explorer data
internetExplorer
properties" on page 90
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