Before You Install

Please consider these items before you install TIBCO Rendezvous software on one or more UNIX platforms.

Installer Account

To install TIBCO Rendezvous, you can login either as a regular (non-root) user or as super-user (root).

Running rvd with Increased Scheduling Priority

You can improve performance by running the Rendezvous daemon (rvd) with increased scheduling priority.

To arrange for increased priority, log in as root before running the INSTALL program; when INSTALL asks if you wish to run the Rendezvous daemon as setuid root, answer y (yes).

If you have already installed the Rendezvous software and want to change its scheduling priority, use the UNIX chown and chmod commands to set the Rendezvous daemon (rvd) to run as root.

Certain UNIX platforms let you set privileges (and hence, scheduling priority) based on groups. That approach also works well for the Rendezvous daemon.

When rvd runs as root, it raises its scheduling priority, and then restores normal user privileges (before executing any calls). File access does not occur while running with special privileges.

Size and Time to Install

Rendezvous software requires approximately 6 megabytes of storage and takes less than 10 minutes to install. Instructions for installation follow.

Installing Several Instances on One File System

When installing on UNIX platforms, you can (serially) install several instances of Rendezvous software in different directories on the same file system.