WebSphere Business Monitor installation readme

Before you begin installing WebSphere® Business Monitor, you should become familiar with the following information that will help you to perform a successful installation.

WebSphere Business Monitor is a client/server Web application that runs in a WebSphere Process Server Version 6 environment. WebSphere Business Monitor consists of several components. Most of these components are packaged as Enterprise Archive (.ear) or Web Archive (.war) files that are installed and deployed on an application server in WebSphere Application Server.

The following is a list of all WebSphere Business Monitor components with a short description:

WebSphere Business Monitor is installed using the WebSphere Business Monitor Launchpad, a program that creates the required databases and installs the different components of WebSphere Business Monitor. The Launchpad also checks whether the software prerequisites needed by the WebSphere Business Monitor components are installed and directs you to install any missing prerequisites.

Refer to the section named Installation scenarios under the WebSphere Business Monitor installation instructions section in the WebSphere Business Monitor documentation for details about the supported installation scenarios.

Related concepts
Installation scenarios
Using dashboards
Administering WebSphere Business Monitor
Managing databases

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