Basic Prerequisite Properties Categories - IBM Prerequisite Scanner User Manual

Table 3. Basic prerequisite properties categories (continued)
Data category Description
UNIX network This category checks UNIX network prerequisites such as whether
NetBIOS and DHCP are enabled on the machine, and pinging properties.
This example is the prerequisite property for checking whether the local
host responds to the ping protocol:
network.pingLocalhost=True
Internet This category checks Microsoft Internet Explorer prerequisites such as the
Explorer version. This example is the prerequisite property for checking whether
the Internet Explorer version is 7.0:
internetExplorer.version=7.0
Database server, This category checks DB2 prerequisites such as the version. This example
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DB2 is the prerequisite property for whether the DB2 version is at least 9.5:
DB2 Version=9.5.*
Database server, This category checks Oracle prerequisites such as the version. This
Oracle example is the prerequisite property for checking whether Oracle client
version is at least 9.2.0.8:
oracle.Client=9.2.0.8+
Environment This category checks environment variable prerequisites such as whether
variables the environment variable has been set. This example is the prerequisite
property for checking whether the class path contains the Derby JAR file:
env.classpath.derbyJAR=False
Autonomic This category checks Autonomic Deployment Engine prerequisites such as
Deployment whether the Autonomic Deployment Engine is installed or the installation
Engine unit for Tivoli
property for checking whether the installation unit for Tivoli Integrated
Portal Version 2.1.1.0 or 2.1.1.1 is installed on a Windows system:
de.installationUnit=regex{.*C37109911C8A11D98E1700061BDE7AEA.*
|.*TIP 2.1.1.0.*|.*TIP 2.1.1.1.*}
Database server, This category checks MS SQL prerequisites such as the version. This
MS SQL example is the prerequisite property for checking whether MS SQL Server
version is SQL Server 2008 R2 Developer Edition:
mssql.Server=10.50.1600.1
Predefined subtypes for prerequisite properties
IBM Prerequisite Scanner provides a set of basic subtypes for some prerequisite
properties in a predefined category. Subtypes further categorize a prerequisite
property such as categorization by application, utility, or service subtype.
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Integrated Portal. This example is the prerequisite
Required prefix
identifier
network
internetExplorer
DB2
Oracle
env
de
mssql
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