Requirements for

Rosetta Installation
Version 3.x

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Table of Contents
Table of Contents 3
Chapter1

Overview .....................................................................................................5

Chapter2

ServerHardwareandSoftwareRequirements ....................................7
ServerRequirements ..................................................................................7
FileSystemandDiskSpace.......................................................................9
BackupandRecoveryMediaandProcedures......................................11

Chapter3

WorkstationHardwareandSoftwareRequirements........................13
StaffPCConfiguration.............................................................................13
Display ...................................................................................................14
Miscellaneous .........................................................................................14
UnicodeFont .............................................................................................15

Chapter4

CommunicationRequirements .............................................................17
NetworkConfiguration ...........................................................................17
ServerAccess.............................................................................................18
LDAPConfiguration ................................................................................18
PortsandActivityTypes .........................................................................19

Chapter5

RequirementsforExLibrisInstallation ..............................................21
ServerAccess.............................................................................................21
RootAccess................................................................................................21
ListofOperationsthatShouldBeAvailableforsudo.........................22
AdditionalRequirements ........................................................................22

Chapter6

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ResponsibilitiesChecklist .....................................................................23

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1
Overview
Thisdocumentdescribestherequirementsfortheinstallationanduseof
Rosetta.Beforepurchasingandinstallingthehardwareandoperatingsystem,
youmustreceiveconfirmationfromExLibrisregardingthehardwareand
operatingsystemrequirements.Notethattheserequirementsmaychangeasa
resultofExLibrisdevelopmentneeds.
TorequestaRosettainstallationatyoursite,completetheRequestforRosetta
InstallationformandsendittoyourExLibrisrepresentative.

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Server Hardware and Software
Requirements
Thissectionincludes:

ServerRequirementsonpage 7

FileSystemandDiskSpaceonpage 9

BackupandRecoveryMediaandProceduresonpage 11

Server Requirements
InstallRosettaandtheOracledatabaseondedicatedserverswiththe
specificationslistedinthetablebelow.
IMPORTANT:
AlltheRosettaapplicationserversthatyouareusingmustbededicatedto
Rosettaonly.IfyouareusingaseparateOracledatabaseserver,thisserver
maybeshared.
Table 1. Specification Per Server

Specification

Description

Operatingsystem/platform

Linux:RedHatAS/ES5.xand6.064bit
Sun:Solaris10ona64bitx86processor

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CPUs*

Minimumof8

RAM*

Minimumof16GB

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Table 1. Specification Per Server

Specification

Description

Mediafordataexchange

FTPandanInternetconnection(see
CommunicationRequirementsonpage 17)
CDROMdrivefordataandsoftware
exchange(incaseFTPistemporarily
unavailable,orifExLibrishasapproved
workwithoutanInternetconnection)

Database**

Oracle64bit

NOTE:
TheinstallationofthedatabaseinOracle
RealClusterconfigurationissupported.
Additionalserversoftware

Cshellpackage(cshortcsh),aspartofthe
operatingsystem
LinuxplatformGCC,aspartofthe
operatingsystem
OracleRDBMSaddonsoftware**

*ConsultwiththeExLibrisSizingManager
**InstalledbyExLibristoensurefullcompatibilitywithRosetta

NOTE:
Ifyouareconfiguringtwoormoreservers,contactyourExLibris
representativetodiscusstheexactproductionserverspecifications
required,includingtherequirednumberofCPUsandRAM.The
productionserverspecificationsaredependentonthedatabasesizeand
thenumberofconcurrentusers.
Fordetailedoperatingsystemrequirements,refertothefollowingdocuments:

OperatingSystemRequirementsforRedHatEnterpriseLinux

OperatingSystemRequirementsfortheSunPlatform

NOTE:
Foreachoftheoperatingsystemversions,ExLibrisrecommendsthatyou
installthelatestoperatingsystemupdatelevel.

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Chapter 2: Server Hardware and Software Requirements

File System and Disk Space

EachphysicaldiskthatwillbeusedbyExLibrisshouldbemountedona
separatefilesystem.Thenamesofthefilesystemsshouldbe/exlibris,
/exlibris1,/exlibris2,andsoforth.
Afilesystemnamed/exlibris,withaminimumsizeof50GB,ismandatory.
Itwillbeusedexclusivelyforallsoftwareandconfigurationtablesandfilesthat
willbeinstalledbyExLibris.Mountthe/exlibris filesystemdirectlyonthe
server.
NOTE:
The/exlibrisfilesystemcannotbeasoftorsymboliclinktoany
alternativelynamedfilesystem.
TheRosettadatabasefilescanbeplacedinanyofthefilesystems
(/exlibris, /exlibris1,andsoforth).TheOraclesoftwareinstallationand
databasecreationisperformedbyExLibrisstaffasapartoftheRosetta
installationprocess.
Table 2liststheminimaldiskspacerequirementsforrunningandmaintaining
Rosettasoftwareanddata.
Table 2. Disk Space Requirements

Software and
Data

Minimum Size *

File System

Server

RosettaandOracle
software

50GB

/exlibris

Allservers

OracleDBsize*

Atleast200GB

/exlibris

Oracleserver

or
/exlibris1,
/exlibris2,
/exlibris3

RAM*

Atleast16GB

Allservers

Swapspace*

Atleast16GB

Allservers

/tmp*

Atleast2GB

Allservers

*ConsultwiththeExLibrisSizingManager

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WhenRosettaisinstalledonmorethanoneserver,NFSshareddisksare
required.Table 3liststhepartitionsthatmustbemountedoneachserver,as
wellasthemountpointnamesthatmustbeused.
Table 3. Partitions

Use

Minimum Size *

Accessed By

Mount Point

Depositstorage*

Atleast50GB

Depositand
Stagingservers

/deposit_storage

Stagingstorage*

Atleast50GB

Stagingand
Permanent
servers

/operational_storage

Permanentstorage*

Atleast50GB

Permanentand
Stagingservers

/permanent_storage

OperationalShared*

Atleast50GB

AllStaging
servers

/operational_shared

*ConsultwiththeExLibrisSizingManager

NOTE:
Theaboveinformationismeanttoprovidegeneralguidelinesfor
determiningtheminimaldiskspacerequirements.Theexactdiskspace
requiredshouldbedeterminedinconjunctionwithyourExLibris
representative.
Theabovediskspacerequirementsenablesupportofthefollowing:

Reorganizationofthedatabase(aspartoftheperiodicmaintenanceofthe
database)withminimaldowntime

Theabovediskspacerequirementsdonotinclude:

Systemdiskrequirementsforoperatingsystemoverhead

DiskspaceneededforrunningOracleinarchivelogmode(seeBackupand
RecoveryMediaandProceduresonpage 11)

Diskspacerequirementsforbackupatlargesites(seeBackupandRecovery
MediaandProceduresonpage 11)

Anytypeofdataredundancy,suchasRAID1,RAID5orRAID0/1solutions

Rosettaupgraderequirements

NOTE:
ToupgradeduringthepostSTPstage,allocatetwicetheamountofdisk
spacefortheupgradeasyouhaveavailableforthecurrentversionand
database.

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Chapter 2: Server Hardware and Software Requirements

Backup and Recovery Media and Procedures

Backupandrecoveryproceduresandtheirselectedmediaarethecustomers
responsibility.

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Workstation Hardware and Software
Requirements
Thissectionincludes:

StaffPCConfigurationonpage 13

UnicodeFontonpage 15

Staff PC Configuration
AllstaffWebbasedworkstationsshouldbeabletoruntheminimumsupported
versionofanapprovedbrowseronaWindowsoperatingsystem.Hardware

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requirementsareminimalandarebasedonlyontheneedtorunthebrowsers
belowinagivenoperatingsystem.
Table 4. Minimum System Requirements

Operating System/
Browser

Requirement

WindowsXP/7/Vista

CPU:PentiumIII,1GHz
Memory:256MB(recommended:512MB)
Disk:10GB

Browserforenduserinterface

InternetExplorer7,8,and9forWindows
Firefox12andlaterforWindows
Safari5forMac
Chrome19

NOTE:
SinceRosettaisbuiltinaccordancewith
industrystandards,itislikelyRosetta
willfunctionwellinbrowsersthatare
absentfromthislist.Qualityassurance
andbugfixesareperformedonlyonthe
listedbrowsers.
Browserforadministrator
interface

InternetExplorer6.xforWindows XP,
IE7andlaterforWindowsVista
Firefox12andlater

NOTE:
SinceRosettaisbuiltinaccordancewithindustrystandards,itislikely
thatitwillfunctionwellinbrowsersthatareabsentfromthislist.
However,qualityassuranceanddefectfixesareperformedonlyonthe
browserslistedabove.

Display
Thephysicaldimensionofthemonitorisnotrelevantfortheactualoperationof
thestaffworkstations.Thecriticalparameterisresolution.
MinimumRecommendedConfiguration:1024x768

Miscellaneous

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NetworkInterfaceCardwithInternet/LANconnection

TCP/IPinstalledandconnectiontoservertested

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Telnetorterminalemulatorclient(administratorsmachineonly)

FTP(administratorsmachineonly)

Mouseorrollerball,oranotherpointingdevice

Unicode Font
RosettaworksinUnicode.Werecommendtheinstallationofanappropriate
UnicodefontonboththePCandbrowser.ThechosenUnicodefontshould
includeallcharactersthatyouuse.
NOTE:
IfyouuseaCJKcharacterset,thefontsarequiteheavyandtheloadtime
ofpagesmaybeslow.Therefore,ifyouuseonlyLatincharacters,choosea
LatinUnicodefontforbetterperformance.

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Communication Requirements
Thissectionincludes:

NetworkConfigurationonpage 17

ServerAccessonpage 18

LDAPConfigurationonpage 18

PortsandActivityTypesonpage 19

Network Configuration
Theservermusthaveafullyqualifiedhostname(includeshorthostnameand
domainname)thatisregisteredintheDNS.
Whenperformingadistributedinstallation,allapplicationserversmusthave
DNSentries.
Theservernamemustbedefinedin/etc/hostsasfollows:

Boththefullyqualifiednameandtheshorthostnamemustbelinkedtoa
physicalIPaddress(internal).Inordertomakesurethecorrectnameis
defined,usethefollowingcommands:
grep `eval hostname` /etc/hosts

ThiscommandmustreturnavalidentrywithaphysicalIPaddress.

ForSunOS,enterthefollowingcommandstofindtheinternalIPaddress:
/usr/sbin/ifconfig -a | grep inet | grep -v 127.0.0.1 | awk
'{print $2}'

ForLinux,enterthefollowingcommandstofindtheinternalIPaddress:
/sbin/ifconfig -a | grep addr: | grep -v 127.0.0.1 | awk
'{print $2}'

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Seethefollowingexampleof/etc/hosts configuration:
# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
127.0.0.1

localhost.localdomain

localhost

10.1.222.22

ml-inst.corp.metalib.com

ml-inst

Thefirstactivelineshouldbeconfiguredexactlyasshownintheabove
example.
ThesecondlineshouldcontaintheinternalIPaddress,followedbythefully
qualifiedname(hostname+domainname),theshortname,andanypossible
aliases.

Server Access
ExLibrisaccesstothesystemviatheInternetisrequired,withaminimum
bandwidthof64KBp.
ExLibrisstaffwillrequireaccesstothefollowing:

theRosettaserverfortheinstallationoftheRosettasoftware,setup,
support,andtroubleshootingduringtheimplementationandmaintenance
phases

Ifafirewallisinstalled,accessmustbeenabledforExLibrisSupportand
ImplementationstaffviatheExLibrisgatewayIPaddress,212.179.71.70.
Inaddition,whererelevant,accessmustbeenabledforIPaddressesofthe
localExLibrisofficeordistributor(fordetails,refertoyourlocalExLibris
representativeordistributor).

Atthepostinstallationstage,itisrecommendedthatyoupermitaccessto
http://exlibrispublic.exlibrisgroup.com/inordertobeabletoaccessthe
servicepackreleaseviatheHelpmenuintheRosettaapplication.

LDAP Configuration
ForinformationonLDAPconfiguration,refertotheRosettaLoadBalancer
Requirementsdocument.

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Ports and Activity Types

VerifythatthefollowingportsareopenandcanbeusedbyRosetta:
Table 5. Port Requirements

Port

Server

Access

1521(TCP/IP)

Oracle

Deposit,Staging,andPermanentservers;
ExLibrisSupport(jdbc)

1801(HTTP)

Deposit

Internet

1801(HTTP)

Staging

Internet(fordeliveryofobjectstothe
enduser);ExLibrisSupport

8991(HTTP)

Deposit(PDS
Port)

Internet;DepositandStagingservers

x801withxin[2..9]

Deposit

Stagingserver;ExLibrisSupport,for
JavaRMIcommunications

x801withxin[2..9]

Staging

DepositandPermanentservers;Ex
LibrisSupport,forJavaRMI
communications

x801withxin[2..9]

Permanent

Stagingserver;ExLibrisSupport,for
JavaRMIcommunications

5001(HTTP)

Deposit,Staging,
Permanent

ExLibrisSupport,forremoteJava
debugging

80(outgoingHTTP)

Staging

Tohttp://www.exlibris
public.exlibrisgroup.com,foraccessto
releasenotesandupdates

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Deposit,Staging,
Permanent,
Oracle

FTPconnectionfromExLibrisSupport
OutgoingaccesstoFTPserver:
ftp.exlibris.co.il

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Deposit,Staging,
Permanent,
Oracle

SSHconnectionfromExLibrisSupport

25(outgoing)

Deposit,Staging

SMTPoutgoingmail(themaildaemon
mustbeinstalledandtested)

NOTE:
UseofotherportsmustbecoordinatedwithExLibris.

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IfyouhaveanadditionalversionofRosetta(fortestingortrainingpurposes)on
yourserver,openadditionalHTTPportsusingthe<copynumber>inplaceof
thelastdigit(number1).Forexample,ifyouhaveoneadditionalversion(copy
2),useportnumbers1802,8992,5002,and2802,3802,4802,5802,6802,7802,
8802,9802.

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Requirements for Ex Libris Installation
Thissectionincludes:

ServerAccessonpage 21

RootAccessonpage 21

ListofOperationsthatShouldBeAvailableforsudoonpage 22

AdditionalRequirementsonpage 22

Server Access
Inordertologontotheserver,aninitialexlibrisuserwithpermissiontosu
orsudoisrequired.Thisusercanbedeletedaftertheinstallationiscomplete.

Root Access
ExLibrisstaffrequirearootpasswordto:

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createthefollowingusers:

dpswithagroupIDofexlibris

oraclewithagroupIDofdba.

enabletheuserslistedabovetocreatedirectoriesandfilesunderthefile
systems/exlibris, /exlibris1, /exlibris2,andsoforth

installRosettaandtheadditionalsoftwaredetailedinServerRequirements
onpage 7

addtheautomaticactivationofRosettaserversandOracletothemachines
bootprocess

reboottheservertoactivatenewvaluesofsystemparametersthatwere
modifiedduringtheinstallationprocess,andtotesttheautomaticactivation
ofRosettaandOracle.Therebootwillbecoordinatedwithyou.

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List of Operations that Should Be Available for

sudo
1

Createthefollowingusersandgroups:

useradd

groupadd

vipw

Changethefollowingsystemparameters:

forSunSolarisservers/etc/systemfile

forLinux/etc/rc.d/rc.localand/etc/security/limits.conf
files

Createdirectoriesandchangepermissionsusingthefollowing:

mkdir

chown

Inthe/etcdirectory,createfilesnecessaryfortheautostartupmechanism.

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cshmustbeavailable.ExLibrisproductsandtheuserslistedinthe
previoussectionsworkundercsh.

Thesystemmanagermustbeavailablethroughouttheinstallation.IfOracle
isalreadyinstalled,theDBAmustalsobepresentduringinstallation.

Thesystemmanagermustdefineanaliasforthehostnamein/etc/hosts.

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Responsibilities Checklist
Thefollowingtablesummarizestherequirementsdescribedinthisdocument.
Table 6. Responsibilities Checklist

Details

Purchase and
Installation
Responsibility

ServerHardwareandSoftware

page 7

ServerandOS

Customer

page 7

Diskspace

Customer

page 9

Mediafordataexchange

Customer

page 8

Additionalsoftware

Customer
ExLibris

page 8

Backupandrecoverymedia

Customer

page 11

Oracle

ExLibris

WorkstationHardwareandSoftware

page 13

StaffPCandOS

Customer

page 13

Browsers

Customer

page 14

Unicodefonts

Customer

page 15

CommunicationRequirements
Openports

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page 17
Customer

page 19

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