MIMIC^® Online Documentation

MIMIC is distributed as a compressed file for each platform, either on CD-ROM or downloadable from the Web. This file needs to be uncompressed and its contents extracted on your system.

Follow the below 3 steps to install.

After installation, please review the MIMIC Frequently Asked Questions page.

NOTE: you only need to download MIMIC when a new release is issued.
The evaluation and purchased versions are identical except for the license keys. If you have already downloaded MIMIC, determine the version you are running (eg. in MIMICview Help->About Mimic... or by looking at the contents of the config/version file), and download again only if the distribution listed below is newer.

If you have a CD-ROM, copy the distribution file for your platform from the CD-ROM to a temporary directory. Go to Step 2.

To download from the Web from a URL that Gambit has provided, save the distribution files for your desired platform to a temporary directory (use right mouse-button click on the link for most web browsers).

NOTE: make sure the entire file was downloaded and verify size.

NOTE: there are scam versions of any software floating around the Internet with all sorts of malware. Download only authoritative versions of MIMIC from a URL that Gambit has given you directly.

• For Windows:
  Run the self-extracting mimic-windows.exe from an Administrator account.

• For Linux:
  gunzip -c mimic-linux.tar.gz | tar xf -

  The extracted files are:

  README - further release-specific instructions
  license.txt - the license agreement
  install - the installation script
  mimic.tar - the product

You are not done, please review the instructions in the next step.

• If you are updating from an older release

  • make sure you terminate MIMIC (use File->Terminate) before running the install program.

  • Do not uninstall the older release (this way you can always fallback in case of problems).

  • Install this release in a different directory from the older release. MIMIC installs in these folders by default:

    • Windows: C:\Apps\Mimic.VERSION-NUMBER eg. C:\Apps\Mimic.1800

    • Linux: /usr/local/mimic

      On Linux you can rename old install folder as:

      mv /usr/local/mimic /usr/local/mimic.old
      

      Then install in the default folder /usr/local/mimic.

  • You only need to apply your license keys and start the new MIMIC. New license keys are only necessary if the old ones don't work. All your MIMIC data files will be fetched out of your existing private area .

  • When you start MIMICView from the new version, all your MIMIC data files will be fetched out of your existing private area which usually resides in a directory named mimic under the user's HOME directory, and is displayed in the title bar of MIMICView. We recommend to backup this private data often (see this FAQ ).

  • Additionally, you may need to upgrade any optional packages, such as MIBs, Device Library and Network Library if you were using them in older release. They can be downloaded and installed using the Wizard->Update menu. The Update Wizard preselects packages from your older version to install them in your new version.

• If you are installing for the first time, the MIMIC installation program will display the HostID to be used in your evaluation license key request.

• If you are installing a Simulator other than SNMP, then you will have received Get Started instructions to download optional packages with sample simulations. Please refer to your Get Started instructions.