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Installing Robot/LPAR 2.0

Product: 
Robot/LPAR

Before You Begin

Read these instructions completely before you begin.

The Robot/LPAR installation process calls a Help/Systems program to create or change the two Help/Systems user profiles, RBTUSER and RBTADMIN. The RBTUSER and RBTADMIN profiles were created for the following reasons:

  • They satisfy requests from corporate auditors that our objects be owned differently from IBM objects.
  • They allow us to build a secure product for your environment.
  • They isolate Help/Systems products from IBM changes to the QPGMR or QSECOFR profile defaults.

Note: If you have made any manual changes to the RBTUSER or RBTADMIN user profiles and their authorities, these changes will be lost with any product installation or conversion.

Software Requirements

Operating System V5R3M0 or higher (see below)
Licensed Programs

Portable App Solutions Environment (PASE):

  • For V5R3-V5R4: 5722SS1; option 33
  • For V6R1: 5761SS1; option 33
  • For V7R1: 5770SS1; option 33

Other:

  • For all:
    • 5733SC1; option *BASE; IBM Portable Utilities for i5/OS
    • 5733SC1; option 1; OpenSSH, OpenSSL, zlib
  • For V5R3:
    • 5733SC1 PTF SI18056
    • 5733SC1 PTF SI20983
  • For V5R4: 5733SC1 PTF SI21018

Other Requirements

You must install Robot/LPAR on at least one partition that communicates with the Hardware Management Console (HMC) in a partitioned environment. If you are planning to use Robot/LPAR to move devices between partitions, we recommend that you install it on each partition that will be involved in the movements.

Robot/LPAR 2.0 communicates directly with the HMC in a partitioned environment. To install Robot/LPAR 2.0, you must know the HMC root user ID, HMC root password, managed system name, and the HMC host name.

Installing Robot/LPAR

  1. Sign on under a user profile that is a member of the user class *SECOFR and has at least the following special authorities: *ALLOBJ, *SECADM, *JOBCTL, and *IOSYSCFG. The user profile should have Limit capabilities set to *NO.
  2. End all Help/Systems products. The install process may stop the RBTSLEEPER subsystem, which is used by other Help/Systems products. Stopping RBTSLEEPER interrupts processing by these products.
  3. Make sure that the library QTEMP is in your library list before you start installing.
  4. Enter the following command to display the Maintain Help/Systems Products menu:

    5. RBTCDRLIB/HLPCDMENU

  5. Select option 1 from the Maintain Help/Systems Products menu to display the Install Products panel, which lists the Help/Systems products not currently installed on your system.

    6. If you would like more information about a product and its features, enter a 3 next to the product name.

  6. Option 1 on the Install Products panel displays the Install Instructions panel for the product; this is the same information included in the Before You Begin and After You Are Done sections of these instructions. 
  7. When you are ready to start installing, enter a 2 next to Robot/LPAR on the Install Products panel.

    8. The installation program installs Robot/LPAR, the RBTSYSLIB library (as needed), and two user profiles (RBTADMIN and RBTUSER). It adds RBTSYSLIB to the system portion of your library list if required.

When the installation completes, read the After You Are Done instructions for any additional information or instructions.

After You Are Done

Keep the following items in mind as you start to use Robot/LPAR:

  • If you have RBTSYSLIB installed on the system where you installed Robot/LPAR (you already have at least one Help/Systems product), you can start Robot/LPAR by entering the command RBO, pressing Enter, and selecting option 18.

    • Otherwise, enter the command GO RBTLPRLIB/RLMENU to display the Robot/LPAR Main Menu.

  • You can select option 2, General System Defaults, from the Robot/LPAR Main Menu to change the password for the RBTLPAR profile to make access to the RBTLPAR profile more secure.

    Notes:

    • Changing the password using the General System Defaults panel affects Robot/LPAR only. You also must change the password on the RBTLPAR profile on the System i. Otherwise, you cannot access the RBTLPAR profile from Robot/LPAR.
    • You also can specify a different profile other than RBTLPAR. If you want to use a different profile, contact Help/Systems Technical Support for more information.
  • Select option 3, System Setup, from the Main Menu and verify that the name of the managed system and the HMC host are correct.

    • Note: If you change these names here, you also must change them on the HMC.

  • Select option 4, Security Code, from the Main Menu and enter the security code (temporary if you using a trial; permament otherwise) in the Security Code field in the Robot/LPAR Set Security Data panel. Press Enter to save your changes. For more information, refer to the Robot/LPAR 2.0 User Guide.

For more information, refer to the Robot/LPAR 2.0 User Guide.

 

Updated July 18, 2011 BB