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In this blog, I am trying to summarize the steps took me to get started with MESA Tool

Getting VMWare Image

Download VMware image from distribution page.

Preparing VMWare Image

1. Decompress image out of  file on you folder

2. Download Vmware player free version. 

3. Open "mesa-ubuntu.ovf" in vmware

4. It will ask for the directory to import, Do not panic, It will just create disc file

5. Get a path on disc, I assume you have enough space ( ~ 20 GB).

Get Set Go...

First Problem ( Network setup)

if you are not able to connect to you host network, Edit network setting of virtual machine to add a new, "network  adopt" with below configuration.

•  Bridged 
• Check "Replicate Physical network connection state"

I hope you will be able to your network now.

Reset UID  Script Issue 

Open a terminal , Change directory to /opt/mesa/mesa_tests/rad/actors/mod

Execute command >perl scripts/reset_ids.pl

If you get some annoying error asking to set SQL password

Edit reset_ids.pl to comment out Line 18,19,20 , These lines begins with UsageHelp()

Setup Environment Variables

set environment variable (case sensitive) MESA_OS=LINUX

use setenv for for temporary setup ( google on how to set environment variable in linux)

Setup Modality type and port numbers
Edit /opt/mesa/mesa_test/rad/actors/mod/mod_test.cfg

Start Servers 

Start serverins usg below commands

/opt/mesa/mesa_tests/rad/actors/mod> scripts/start_mesa_servers.csh

Before you run any tests, you need  to produce MESA test data , 
Run /opt/mesa/mesa_tests/rad/actors/mod>perl 2xx/2xx.pl

Connecting to MESAservers

MESA Image Manager   MESA_IMG_MGR 2350

MESA MWL Server        MESA_MWL          2250

MESA Audit Repository                                    4000

How to change Port Number :
Edit /opt/mesa/runtime/imgmgr/ds_dcm.cfg file

Note: MPPS is same as MESA_IMG_MGR

Logging Directories 

Worklist Query : opt/mesa/logs/ordfil_mwl