IBM Prerequisite Scanner User Manual page 13

– Either or values represented by one of the following combinations, such as,
True|False, Available|Unavailable, or Enabled|Disabled
Table 2 outlines examples of prerequisite properties.
Table 2. Examples of prerequisite properties
Prerequisite property
Disk=1GB
user.isAdmin=True
network.availablePorts.DB=60000-
60005
network.availablePorts.WAS=8080
network.availablePorts.FTP=21
os.dir.home=[dir:/
home,type:permission]755+
You can add or edit predefined prerequisite properties for each product for which
you want to run the Prerequisite Scanner. You can also create custom prerequisite
properties and use Prerequisite Scanner collectors and evaluators as required to
scan for and compare the prerequisite properties.
Explanation
The amount of free disk space, where:
v property_name is Disk
v property_value is 1GB
Whether the logged on user belongs to an
Administrator group, where:
v prefix_identifier is user, for user prerequisite
properties
v property_name is isAdmin
v property_value is True
Checks whether ports 60000-60005 are available for
the database server, port 8080 is available for the
WebSphere Application Server, and port 21 for FTP,
where:
v prefix_identifier is network, for general prerequisite
properties
v property_name is availablePorts
v suffix_identifier are DB for available database ports,
WAS for the available WebSphere Application
Server port, and FTP for the available FTP port
v property_value is 60000-60005, 8080, or 21
Checks whether the home directory has drwxr-xr-x
permissions, where:
v prefix_identifier is os, for operating system
prerequisite properties
v property_name is dir
v suffix_identifier is home for the directory to check
v qualifier_name are dir and type that qualify the
prerequisite property and type of check
v qualifier_value are home and permission, the values
for the qualifiers
v property_value is 755+, that is, the octal digit
representation of the access permissions for the
home directory
Chapter 1. Prerequisite Scanner overview
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