Chapter 1. Prerequisite Scanner overview
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Prerequisite Scanner is a scanning tool that performs identification, checking,
and verification of prerequisites for specified software before the actual
deployment takes place. It scans for hardware and software prerequisites based on
the values set for prerequisite properties. The Scanner displays the results of the
scan in the command-line interface and also saves the results to text files. It also
writes informational, trace, and debugging messages to log files.
Prerequisite Scanner initially checks the operating system of the machine and
verifies whether it is the correct version for the specified software. If it is a
supported operating system, the Scanner continues the prerequisite scan and
generates the results; otherwise, it exits. If any of the individual checks for
prerequisites fail, the overall scan fails.
You can run the Prerequisite Scanner after an installation or at any time to confirm
your current environment. The Prerequisite Scanner does not require that you run
the installation program of the software for which you want to check prerequisites.
You can extend the Prerequisite Scanner to scan for prerequisites that are not part
of the core set of prerequisite checks supplied with the Scanner.
Prerequisite Scanner invokes the following types of scripts depending upon your
platform:
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Windows: VBScript and batch
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UNIX: shell
Note:
You cannot run the UNIX scripts on Windows systems even if you have
installed a UNIX-like environment on the Windows machines, for example,
Cygwin.
Prerequisite Scanner architecture
IBM Prerequisite Scanner comprises the following main components: a script to
run in a command-line interface, a set of properties for the prerequisite checks,
prerequisite property configuration files, prerequisite collectors, and prerequisite
evaluators. The results of running the Prerequisite Scanner are available in various
output formats.
Prerequisite properties
Prerequisite properties are the expected values for different software and hardware
prerequisites, required by the products or solutions to be installed. Examples of
prerequisite properties include the total disk space available on the machine, the
set of ports that are not in use on a machine, and the current set of installed
applications.
Because the values for these prerequisite properties can change with different
products, the properties and their values are represented as name value pairs, with
optional qualifiers. They are contained in the prerequisite properties configuration
files. There is only one prerequisite property on each line.
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