IBM Performance Simulator for Linux on POWER

Operating systems: Linux®

Hardware: A 64-bit IBM® POWER®-based computer

Software:

• IBM vacpp run-time libary for Linux
• Java™ 1.3 or above

1. Download and install the RPM file.
2. Make sure that the environment variable JAVA_HOME points to a local installation of Java 1.3 or above.
3. If you get the error message Package sim_ppc-746-06 is intended for a ppc64pseries architecture, then install the RPM with this option: --ignorearch.
4. Edit the scrollpv file in the /opt/sim_ppc/bin directory, as follows:
   • If you are using Java 1.3, make sure that SCROLLPIPE_HOME reads as follows:

     
     SCROLLPIPE_HOME=/opt/sim_ppc/
        bin/scroll_compile_13
     
     

   • Or if you are using Java 1.4 or above, make sure that SCROLLPIPE_HOME reads as follows:

     
     SCROLLPIPE_HOME=
        /opt/sim_ppc/bin/scroll_compile_14
     
     

5. You may also need to change the first line (#!/usr/bin/perl) in run_timer_xx (found in /opt/sim_ppc/bin) to point to a known copy of Perl.
6. You may also want to add the /opt/sim_ppc/bin directory to your PATH so you can run the timer from any directory. Run_timer_* will place the results files in the directory from which it was invoked.