Operating System Requirements; Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Operating System; Dsktune Utility - Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 7.1 Installation Manual

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2.3. Operating System Requirements

This section contains information on operating-system versions and patches required for installing
Directory Server:
Section 2.3.1
• dsktune
Section 2.3.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Operating System
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Section 2.3.3 HP-UX 11i Operating System
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Section 2.3.4 Sun Solaris 9 Operating System
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Section 2.3.5 DNS and NIS Requirements
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Section 2.3.6 Installing the JRE
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2.3.1.
dsktune
Directory Server provides a utility named
appropriate patches installed on your system. The utility also provides useful information and advice
on how to tune your kernel parameters for best performance.
To enable you to run
the setup program, in the directory where you unpack product binaries. The setup program allows
specifying of a pre-pre-installation program to be run before the Directory Server installation begins;
in the slapd.inf file, a new field named
executable, which must be relative to the setup program. By default, the PrePreInstall field is set to
the utility path, enabling you to run the utility as a part of the Directory Server installation.
dsktune
After you have installed the Directory Server, you can find the utility in this directory:
serverRoot/bin/slapd/server
For information on running
Tip
Tip: It is strongly recommended that you run the
performance difference; for example, in some cases on HP-UX systems, Directory Server may not
run on stock kernel parameters.

2.3.2. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Operating System

If you plan to install Directory Server on a machine running the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating
system, follow the recommendations outlined in these sections:
Disk Space and Memory Required
Free disk space: 4 GB Free memory: 512 MB
Free disk space: 8 GB Free memory: 1 GB
Utility
Utility
before installing the Directory Server, the utility is placed, along with
dsktune
, see Chapter 7 Troubleshooting.
dsktune
Chapter 2. Computer System Requirements
that can help you verify whether you have the
dsktune
is defined for specifying the path to the
PrePreInstall
utility. Kernel parameters make a significant
dsktune