This GUI-based installation can be performed without a
browser and Launchpad. You can install the software by using the IBM
Installation Manager. If you have not yet downloaded IBM® Installation Manager, the installation will
check for this and automatically offer to download Installation Manager
for you.
Before you begin
If you are upgrading from a previous release, stop any
running instances of the previous installation.
Procedure
- Close all open programs and any command prompt windows.
- From the folder location of your downloaded product files,
or if you are using a DVD, from the folder location that your inserted
DVD opens to, enter the following command:
- For installation in English language: InstallerImage_<OS>/userinst.exe
Example: InstallerImage_Windows/userinst.exe
For
installation in another, supported language: InstallerImage_<OS>/userinst.exe
-nl <locale_code>
Example: InstallerImage_AIX/userinst.exe
-nl fr_CA
- For installation in English language: InstallerImage_<OS>/userinst
Example: ./InstallerImage_AIX/userinst For
installation in another, supported language: ./InstallerImage_<OS>/userinst
-nl <locale_code>
Example: ./InstallerImage_AIX/userinst
-nl fr_CA
- Review the installation packages to be installed.
- Review and accept the license agreement.
- Accept the default location for the shared resources directory,
or browse to a new location.
- Accept the default location for Installation Manager directory,
or enter a different location.
- Review and accept the package group to be installed and
the installation directory, or browse to a new location.
- Select the languages for which you want to install the IBM Sterling
Warehouse Management System language
pack translations.
Note: By default, the English language
is selected.
- Select the appropriate features to install. More information
about each feature is provided under Details.
Note: By
default, the Product Files feature is selected.
- Select the appropriate deployment type for IBM Sterling
Warehouse Management System 9.4.
- Production.
- Non Production.
- Enter the location and name of the JDK home directory.
Copying the JDK to your installation directory is selected by default.
If you do not want a copy of the JDK made under your installation
directory, clear the checkbox.
- If you enabled the checkbox "Enable Sharded Database Mode"
earlier, the next screen shows a check box at the top, "Enable mixed
database vendor support." In 9.4 release, Sterling Warehouse Management System does
not support mixed database vendor. Ignore the checkbox "Enable mixed
database vendor support." and select your database vendor Oracle or DB2® from the list. Click Add Jars
to browse to the JDBC driver file for Oracle or DB2. Repeat to add the license file for DB2 (required).
Then enter the information for the remaining database fields.
- If doing a nonsharded installation, enter information
for the following fields:
To test the connection to the database, click Validate Connection.
If a message saying the connection failed is displayed, verify the
information you entered in all fields and try validating again.
- If doing a sharded database installation, click
Add Jars to browse to the JDBC driver file. Browse to the Jars for
Oracle or DB2. Repeat to add
the license file for DB2 (required).
For each shard type, you can select the button
Reuse existing
database shard configuration, which auto-fills the required fields
with existing database information, or
Create new database shard
configuration, which prompts you to enter the following database
information for Statistics, Configuration, Master, and Transaction
connections.
Note: For Sterling Warehouse Management System Master
and Transaction connections must point to the same database schema.
For each shard, you can test the connection to the database by
clicking Validate Connection. If a message saying the connection
failed is displayed, verify the information you entered in all fields
and try validating again.
- On the Database Details screen:
- If using DB2, choose
whether to use multibyte support.
- If using Oracle, there are no additional database properties
to configure; click Next.
- Enter the ADDITIONAL_ANT_JAVA_TASK_ARGS and ADDITIONAL_ANT_COMPILER_TASK_ARGS memory
parameter settings for your operating system.
- Click Install to start the installation. A
progress bar is displayed at the bottom of the screen.
- When the installation is complete, a status
screen is displayed. Click Finish. You can also
view the installation log from this screen.
Note: If the installed_data directory
is not removed by the post installation cleanup process, you can delete
it. It is only used for installation.
- Exit Installation Manager.
- Continue to post-installation tasks and
configuration procedures that you must complete before running the IBM Sterling
Warehouse Management System software.