Installing or Upgrading Novell JVM for NetWare

If you are doing an upgrade, you do not need to complete the first tasks. Instead, begin with Installing Novell JVM for NetWare.

Setting Up TCP/IP Support for Java

The following must be configured to set up TCP/IP support for Java:

• IP address of the NetWare server
• Net mask
• Gateway address
• DNS domain
• Address of one or more DNS servers

NOTE:  Some or all of these items might be set up during the NetWare installation. You learn which items are set up after the installation is complete.

Using INETCFG to Change or Add TCP/IP

To change or add TCP/IP information after installation, you need to load the INETCFG utility on the server. INETCFG might prompt you for permission to transfer text from AUTOEXEC.NCF to other text files in the SYS:\ETC directory. Enter Yes if this occurs, and then use the standard setup method instead of the quick method.

To configure the gateway address from INETCFG, complete the following:

1. From the Configuration menu, click Protocols > TCP/IP.

2. Press the Down-arrow until Lan Static Routing appears.

3. Select Lan Static Routing and press Enter.

4. Select Enabled and press Enter.

5. Select Lan Static Routing Table and press Enter.

6. Press Insert.

7. Select a route type and press Enter.

8. Select Default Route and press Enter.

9. On the Next Hop Router on Route line, enter the IP address for your router.

10. On the Metric for this Route line, enter the number of hops to the router you selected.

11. Press Esc until Update Database appears.

Configuring DNS Domain Name and the Addresses of DNS Servers

If your version of INETCFG lets you configure the DNS domain name and the addresses of DNS servers, the options will be under Protocols > TCP/IP > DNS Resolver Configuration.

If your INETCFG does not have this configuration option, from a client workstation, create a file called SYS:\ETC\RESOLV.CFG on the NetWare server with the following contents:

domain <your.domain.com>

nameserver 001.01.01.01

Where <your.domain.com> is the fully qualified domain name of your NetWare server, and where the entries for the name server are the IP addresses for the name servers on your network. You must enter the domain and name server parameters. You can have more than one name server line to search more than one domain name server.

Installing Novell JVM for NetWare

1. Shut down the NetWare GUI if it is running. For instructions on shutting down the NetWare GUI, see Shutting Down NetWare GUI.

2. Shut down Novell JVM for NetWare if it is running. For instructions on shutting down NetWare, see Unloading Novell JVM for NetWare.

3. Obtain the Supervisor right for the SYS: volume of the server by mapping a volume or logging in.

4. Run the Novell JVM for NetWare self-extracting executable file on the client.

   This expands the archive and launches the InstallShield installation script.

5. At the welcome screen, click Next.

6. At the contents screen, click Next.

7. To accept the license agreement, click Yes; otherwise, click No.

   Rejecting the license agreement stops the installation process.

8. Select the server you want to install Novell JVM for NetWare on, and then click Next.

   The InstallShield script checks for the required support pack. If it is not found, InstallShield exits.

9. Click Back to change the description of the server. If you are satisfied with the profile, click Next.

   The installation continues. InstallShield removes any older versions of Novell JVM for NetWare. It also deletes all previous NDK components from the server. You need to install these again from the current NDK.

   InstallShield displays an installation progress bar. When the installation Readme file included with the Novell JVM for NetWare archive. This contains last-minute information about JVM for NetWare that is not in the HTML documentation.

10. If you are satisfied with the profile, click Next. Otherwise, Install Shield displays an installation progress bar. The installation Readme file is included with the Novell JVM for NetWare install. The Readme file provides current information that is not in this manual.

11. Bring down and then bring up the server.

Related Topics

• JVM Setup and Operating Requirements
• GUI Fails to Configure

Loading Novell JVM for NetWare

When you install JVM for NetWare, the NetWare GUI is automatically configured during the install. After the installation, you can load and start the NetWare GUI.

• To load Novell JVM for NetWare without NetWare GUI, at the server console enter

  load java

  This loads Novell JVM for NetWare into memory and allows the command interpreter to recognize when a Java application or applet is launched.

• To load Novell JVM for NetWare and run the NetWare GUI, at the server console enter

  startx

  This first loads Novell JVM for NetWare-if it is not already loaded. It then loads NetWare GUI into memory. When the Novell button appears on the taskbar in the bottom left corner, the process is complete.

If you can move the mouse around on your workspace, your GUI applications can respond to mouse commands.

You can now launch Java applications and applets.

If you experience difficulties loading Novell JVM for NetWare, see Java Applications Fail to Load.