Installing the feature pack on Linux, UNIX and Windows

Install the IBM WebSphere Business Modeler Publishing Server V6.2 Feature Pack on an existing installation of a supported WebSphere Business Process Management version 6.2.0.1 product using the graphical user interface.

Before you begin
This task covers installing using the graphical interface to install the feature pack on to a supported product on Linux, UNIX or Windows operating systems. There are alternative routes to installing the feature pack: Ensure that your installing the feature pack on a supported WebSphere Business Process Management product. Supported products are:
  • WebSphere Process Server version 6.2.0.1 or later.
    Restriction: You cannot apply the feature pack to an installation of the WebSphere Process Server Client.
  • WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus version 6.2.0.1 or later.
  • WebSphere Business Modeler Publishing Server version 6.2.0.1 or later.
  • WebSphere Business Monitor version 6.2.0.1 or later

You can apply the feature pack to single- or stacked-product installations.

Download and extract the feature pack from here.

For example, create two directories, fep_download and fep_installation_image. Then, download the feature pack to the fep_download directory and extract the downloaded file to the fep_installation_image directory. Do not move any files out of the fep_installation_image directory. After extraction, the fep_installation_image directory contains the directory WBMPSFEP, which contains the install executable file.

About this task
The feature pack includes sets of widgets that you can use with Business Space powered by WebSphere, depending on the WebSphere product that you have installed. Widgets are grouped into the following features:
  • Business Leader widgets: Contains the EAR files and the deployment and removal scripts.
  • Business Leader feature: Contains the new tools. These tools include enhanced methods for defining you business strategy, business capabilities and the differentiating processes that define how you do business.
The WebSphere Business Process Management products included in the installation to which you apply the feature pack determine which of the features can be installed.
Table 1. Installable features based on underlying products
Products in the chosen installation Which features will be installed
  • WebSphere ESB by itself.
  • WebSphere Process Server by itself.
  • WebSphere Business Monitor by itself
  • or a combination of these products in an installation.
Business Leader widgets.
  • WebSphere Business Modeler Publishing Server by itself.
  • WebSphere Business Modeler Publishing Server or a combination of the BPM products with Publishing Server
Business Leader widgets and Business Leader feature
  1. Log on to the system.
    • On AIX, HP-UX, Linux and Solaris operating systems:

      Log on as root or as the non-root user ID that installed the product to which you want to apply the feature pack.

      Run the ls -al command at the root of the installation to find the user ID that was used to install the product.

    • On Windows operating systems:

      Log on as a user who belongs to the administrator group or as the non-administrator user ID that installed the product to which you want to apply the feature pack.

  2. Start the feature pack installation program by running the install command in the WBMPSFEP directory of the feature pack installation image:
    • On AIX, HP-UX and Solaris operating systems:
      /WBMPSFEP/install.sh
    • On Linux operating systems:
       /WBMPSFEP/install
    • On Windows operating systems:
      \WBMPSFEP\install.exe
    The language of the installation wizard is determined by the default language on the system. If the default language on the system is not one of the supported languages, English is used. You can override the system's default language by starting the installation wizard from the command line and using the java user.language setting to replace the default language. Use the following command, which can be run from the WBMPSFEP directory on the electronic installation image. In this example, the variable lang represents the language:
    • On AIX, HP-UX, Linux and Solaris operating systems:
       /WBMPSFEP/java/bin/java -Duser.language=lang -cp setup.jar run
    • On Windows operating systems:
      \WBMPSFEP\java\bin\java -Duser.language=lang -cp setup.jar run 
    For example, to start the installation wizard in the German language on a Windows system, type the following command:
    \WBMPSFEP\java\bin\java 
    -Duser.language=de -cp setup.jar run
    Restriction: Do not run two instances of the installation wizard concurrently. If you do so, you will receive a warning about an installation already being in progress.
    The installer program does not support console-mode installation.
  3. Complete the steps in the feature pack installation wizard.
    1. On the Feature Pack Installation Wizard Welcome page, click Next.
    2. On the Software License Agreement page, select I accept both the IBM and the non-IBM terms and click Next.
    3. On the WebSphere Product Detected page, select the installation to which you want to apply the feature pack and click Next.

      The installation must be listed in the NIF registry. The installer finds installations specific only to the user ID running the installer. If the installer does not find a suitable installation, a page listing minimum requirements is displayed, which allows you to cancel the installation.

    4. On the Installation Summary page, click Next. This page identifies which features will be installed and into which directory. It also lists the estimated disk space required by the features.
    5. On the Installation Results page, click Finish.
Results
The installation wizard installs the feature pack. The Installation Results page indicates whether the completed installation was successful, and provides a link to a topic describing deployment scripts you must run. The scripts are associated with the features you installed and enable functions provided by the feature pack. The installer records installation events in a log file in the following directory:
  • On AIX, HP-UX, Linux and Solaris operating system: install_root/logs/WBMPSFEP/install/log.txt
  • On Windows operating systems: install_root\logs\WBMPSFEP\install\log.txt

If errors are detected during installation, the installation results panel will say Failed. The log file provides information to troubleshoot the problem.

What to do next
Run the deployment scripts associated with the features you installed. These scripts enable functions provided by the feature pack. See Deploying and configuring widgets for the feature pack for more information.