3.1 General Preparations

Initially, the UNIX user executing the installation and later on running the instance, must be created, preferably mzadmin, which is referenced throughout this document.

During the installation procedure, the default application user, mzadmin, is automatically created - note that this is not related to the OS user or the DB user. You cannot create or use other application users than this default user until after the installation is complete.

Note!

The mzadmin user must have read/write permissions for all the directories stated in the Environment Variables.

For security reasons, ensure that the read/write/execute permissions for $MZ_HOME and sub-folders are given only to authorized users or user groups to prevent unauthorized access to any of the system files.

It is not recommended to use root as mzadmin, since this will make troubleshooting difficult. should always be administrated by users belonging to the access groups created in . See the Desktop documentation for further information on how to create users and access groups.

The next step is to install the necessary third party products, which are Oracle, PostgreSQL, SAP HANA or Derby, and Java. For further information, see 1. System Requirements

This section includes the following subsections:

3.1.1 Environment Variables

3.1.2 Extracting the Software

3.1.3 Updating the Installation Properties

3.1.4 Extracting Files