6.5 Prerequisites and Requirements for Installing iManager

Before installing the iManager, review the following considerations:

  • If you previously installed the Identity Vault as a root user, you must install iManager as a root user.

  • If you plan to have more than 10 administrators regularly working in iManager at the same time, do not install iManager on the same server as other Identity Manager components.

  • If you plan to have only one administrator, you can install iManager on the same server as the Identity Manager engine.

  • To install iManager on a server running a supported Open Enterprise Server platform, you must use the OES version’s patch channel to upgrade to the latest iManager version.

  • If the iManager 2.7.7 Server setup program detects a previously installed version of iManager 2.7.x, you can stop the installation process or remove the existing iManager, JRE, and Tomcat installations.

  • Because iManager Workstation is a self-contained environment, you can install multiple versions on the same workstation, including older versions of Mobile iManager. However, you should not attempt to run them simultaneously. If you need to use different versions, run one version, close it, and then run the other version.

  • You cannot run iManager Workstation from a path that includes spaces. For example, C:\NetIQ\iManager Workstation\working.

  • You must have root access rights for Linux servers or Administrator access for Windows servers.

  • To create a Role-Based Services (RBS) collection in the eDirectory tree, you must have admin-equivalent rights.

  • To run the iManager RBS Configuration Wizard, you must have admin-equivalent rights.

  • To manage the same eDirectory tree with multiple versions of iManager, you must update your RBS Collection(s) to the latest iManager version.

6.5.1 Understanding the Server and Client Versions of iManager

You must install iManager on a server that can access an eDirectory tree. To install iManager on a workstation instead of a server, you need the client-based version of iManager, the iManager Workstation. Use the following guidelines to decide which version fits best in your environment, or whether your eDirectory management policies would benefit from installing both versions:

  • If you have a single administrator who always manages eDirectory from the same client workstation, you can take advantage of iManager Workstation. iManager Workstation is fully self-contained and requires little setup. It automatically starts and stops the resources it needs when it loads or unloads. iManager Workstation installs and runs on various Linux or Windows client workstations, has no dependencies on server-based iManager, and it can coexist with any other versions of iManager installed on your network.

    iManager plug-ins do not automatically synchronize between iManager instances. If you have multiple administrators and use customized plug-ins, iManager Workstation and these plug-ins must be installed on each administrator’s client workstation.

  • If you manage eDirectory from multiple client workstations, or have multiple administrators, install iManager Server so that it is available from any connected workstation. Additionally, customized plug-ins only need to be installed once per iManager Server.

6.5.2 Considerations for Installing iManager on a Linux Platform

Your Linux server must have specific packages already installed before you install iManager:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

You must install the following packages. When you install iManager on 64-bit version of RHEL, ensure that the 32-bit versions of the RHEL libraries are also installed.

  • compat‐libstdc++‐33 (RHEL 5)

  • compat-libstdc++-33-*.el6.i686.rpm (RHEL 6 32-bit)

  • compat-libstdc++-33-*.el6.i686.rpm (RHEL 6 64-bit)

  • compat-libstdc++-33-*.el6.x86_64.rpm (RHEL 6 64-bit)

  • libstdc++-4.4.*.el6.i686.rpm (RHEL 6 64-bit)

  • libstdc++-4.4.*.el6.x86_64.rpm (RHEL 6 64-bit for GUI installation mode)

  • glibc-2.12-*.el6.i686 (RHEL 6 64-bit)

  • libXau-*.el6.i686.rpm (RHEL 6 64-bit)

  • libxcb-*.el6.i686.rpm (RHEL 6 64-bit))

  • libX11-*.el6.i686.rpm (RHEL 6 64-bit)

  • libXext-*.el6.i686.rpm (RHEL 6 64-bit)

  • libXi-*.el6.i686.rpm (RHEL 6 64-bit)

  • libXtst-*.el6.i686.rpm (RHEL 6 64-bit)

  • libstdc++-*.el6.i686.rpm (RHEL 6 64-bit)

  • libgcc-*.el6.i686.rpm (RHEL 6 64-bit)

  • libXrender-0.9.5-1.el6.i686.rpm (RHEL 6 64-bit)

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (64-bit)

You must install the following packages.

  • libstdc++33‐32bit (SLES 11, SLES 10 SP3, SLES 10 SP4)

  • libstdc++43‐32bit (for SLES 11 SP1)

  • libstdc++46‐32bit (for SLES 11 SP2)

  • compat‐lsb (SLES 10)

To use PKI plug-in, you must also install the following RPMs on the iManager server:

  • SLES 11 64-bit: compat-32bit (compat-32bit-2009.1.19-2.1)

  • SLES 11 32-bit: compat (compat-2009.1.19-2.1)

  • SLES 10 64-bit: compat-32bit (compat-32-bit-2006.1.25-11.2)

  • SLES 10 32-bit: compat (compat-2006.1.25-11.2)

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (32-bit)

You must install the following packages.

  • libstdc++33 (SLES 11)

  • libstdc++43 (SLES 11)

To use PKI plug-in, you must also install the following RPMs on the iManager server:

  • SLES 11 64-bit: compat-32bit (compat-32bit-2009.1.19-2.1)

  • SLES 11 32-bit: compat (compat-2009.1.19-2.1)

  • SLES 10 64-bit: compat-32bit (compat-32-bit-2006.1.25-11.2)

  • SLES 10 32-bit: compat (compat-2006.1.25-11.2)

6.5.3 Considerations for Installing iManager on a Windows Platform

If you are using Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) or Apache HTTP Server for Windows, you must manually integrate iManager with these Web server infrastructures. By default, iManager uses Tomcat on Windows servers.

6.5.4 Considerations for Installing iManager Workstation on Linux Clients

Your Linux clients must have the following packages already installed before you install iManager Workstation:

  • GTK2

  • GLIBC 2.3

  • libstdc++33

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 11 32-bit

    • SLED 11 SP1 32-bit

    • openSUSE 11.0 32-bit

    • openSUSE 11.1 32-bit

    • openSUSE 11.2 32-bit

    • openSUSE 11.3 32-bit

    • openSUSE 12.1

  • libstdc++33-32 bit

    • SLED 11 64-bit

    • SLED 11 SP1 64-bit

    • openSUSE 11.0 64-bit

    • openSUSE 11.1 64-bit

    • openSUSE 11.2 64-bit

    • openSUSE 11.3 64-bit

  • libgtk-2_0-0-32bit

    • openSUSE 12.2 (64-bit)

    • openSUSE 12.3 (64-bit)

  • libXt6-32bit

    • openSUSE 12.2 (64-bit)

    • openSUSE 12.3 (64-bit)

  • libgthread-2_0-0-32bit

    • openSUSE 12.2 (64-bit)

    • openSUSE 12.3 (64-bit)

  • libXtst6-32bit

    • openSUSE 12.2 (64-bit)

    • openSUSE 12.3 (64-bit)

6.5.5 Considerations for Installing iManager Workstation on Windows Clients

Before installing iManager Workstation on your Windows clients, NetIQ recommends that you review the following considerations:

  • To enable Internet Explorer to use a proxy server for your LAN, you must specify Bypass Proxy Server for Local Addresses under Tools > Internet Options > Connections > LAN Settings.

  • To run a Novell Client earlier than version 4.91, the Novell Modular Authentication Service (NMAS) client must be installed on the workstation before you launch iManager Workstation.

  • If you run iManager Workstation from a path where any directory contains temp or tmp in the name, such as c:\programs\temp\imanager, iManager plug-ins do not install. Instead, run iManager Workstation from C:\imanager or a non-temporary directory.

  • The first time that you run iManager Workstation on a Windows workstation, use an account that is a member of the workstation's Administrators group.

6.5.6 System Requirements for iManager (Server Version)

This section provides requirements to help you set up the server that hosts iManager. For more information about the server version of iManager, see Section 6.5.1, Understanding the Server and Client Versions of iManager.

Category

Requirement

Processor

Pentium* III 600MHz, at a minimum

Disk Space

Linux: 200 MB, at a minimum

Windows: 500 MB, at a minimum

Memory

512 MB (1024 MB recommended)

80 MB for iManager Plug-ins

Operating System

One of the following operating systems, at a minimum:

  • Open Enterprise Server 2015 (64-bit)

  • Open Enterprise Server 11

  • Open Enterprise Server 2

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 (64-bit)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5.7 (64-bit)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (64-bit)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 (64-bit)

  • Windows Server 2012 (64-bit)

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)

  • Windows Server 2008 SP2 (64-bit)

NOTE:You cannot install iManager on a Solaris platform. However, iManager can still manage and work with applications and resources, such as eDirectory, that run on Solaris.

Web browsers

Any of the following Web browsers:

  • Firefox 23, 22, and 21

  • Firefox 19, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, and 10

  • Firefox 9.0.1

  • Firefox 4.0.1

  • Google Chrome 28, 27, 26, 25, 23, and 22

  • Internet Explorer 10, 9, or 8 (Normal and Compatibility modes)

  • Safari 6.0

  • Safari 5.1.4

NOTE:You cannot access iManager through an iChain server with a path-based multihoming accelerator and with Remove Sub Path from URL enabled.

Application Server

Tomcat 7.0.42, or the version supplied with iManager

NOTE:You can manually integrate an existing IIS or Apache Web server infrastructure with iManager on a Windows server.

Directory Services

eDirectory 8.8

Default Ports

8080, 8443, and 9009

6.5.7 System Requirements for iManager Workstation (Client Version)

This section provides requirements to help you set up the server hosting iManager Workstation. For more information about the client version of iManager, see Section 6.5.1, Understanding the Server and Client Versions of iManager

Category

Requirement

Processor

Pentium* III 600MHz, at a minimum

Disk Space

200 MB, at a minimum

Memory

256 MB (521 MB recommended)

Operating System

One of the following operating systems, at a minimum:

  • OpenSUSE 10.3 (32-bit and 64-bit)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 (31-bit and 64-bit)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5.7 (64-bit)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (32-bit)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (32-bit or 64-bit)

  • Windows 8 (32-bit or 64-bit)

  • Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit)

  • Windows Server 2008 (32-bit)

NOTE:The following platforms must be running a 32-bit version of the supported operating system:

  • RHEL 5.9

  • RHEL 6.3.4

Web browsers

Any of the following Web browsers:

  • Firefox 23, 22, and 21

  • Firefox 19, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, and 10

  • Firefox 9.0.1

  • Firefox 4.0.1

  • Google Chrome 28, 27, 26, 25, 23, and 22

  • Internet Explorer 10, 9, or 8 (Normal and Compatibility modes)

  • Safari 6.0

  • Safari 5.1.4

NOTE:

  • You cannot access iManager through an iChain server with a path-based multihoming accelerator and with Remove Sub Path from URL enabled.

  • You cannot use the user interface view in Internet Explorer 10 Metro on a computer running Windows 7 and 8.

Application Server

Tomcat 7.0.42, bundled with iManager Workstation

Software

Java 1.7.0_25, bundled with iManager Workstation

Default Ports

8080, 8443, and 9009