The behavior of the product prerequisites installation follows:
When
you select to install any prerequisite using the Launchpad, the Launchpad
first checks for the existence of the prerequisite installation files in a
specific location under the directory where the Launchpad file exists. This
is because if WebSphere Business Monitor is downloaded
from the Web, it will come down in one or more .zip files that will contain
all of the product prerequisites.
For example, if you extracted the
downloaded WebSphere Business Monitor Launchpad
.zip file in a directory named Downloads, you should then locate the directory
that contains the launchpad.jar. This will be found in either the
root or the next subdirectory. If the launchpad.jar is found in the Downloads\CDImage directory,
then all other prerequisites downloaded files should be extracted in subdirectories
under the CDImage folder as in the following table:
The
prerequisites directories names
Prerequisite |
Directory name |
DB2 Universal Database™ |
CDImage\ESE |
DB2® Cube Views™ |
CDImage\CUBE |
WebSphere Process Server |
CDImage\ProcessServer |
WebSphere Application
Server |
CDImage\WAS |
WebSphere Portal |
CDImage\Portal |
WebSphere Portal PTF |
CDImage\Portal5102PTF |
DB2 Alphablox |
CDImage\Alphablox |
If the Launchpad detects that the prerequisite installation
files exist in the proper location as in the table above, it proceeds with
the installation of the prerequisite. Otherwise, The following scenarios will
take place:
- If there is more than one CD to install the prerequisite, (for example
the WebSphere Portal on Windows® and
also DB2
Universal Database™ on the AIX®), you will be prompted with the following
message in Windows platform: Is your installation media on
CD-ROM? or with the following message in the AIX platform: Is the install image on
CD or on a locally accessible hard drive?
- If you click Yes (on Windows platform) or click CD (on
the AIX platform),
this means the installation files of the prerequisite are on a CD. In this
case the following will happen:
- On Windows platform you will be prompted to enter the
CD drive letter.
- On the AIX platform:
- The CD drive will be unmounted.
- You will be prompted to load the correct CD.
- The CD drive will be mounted.
- The files will be copied to the $TEMP directory.
This process is repeated until all necessary CD(s) are copied and
then the installation of the prerequisite starts.
If you insert an incorrect
CD at any point, then the temporary directory is cleaned up, and the installation
of the prerequisite exits back to the Launchpad.
Then you will be prompted
for the copy to hard drive location of the CDs. The
Launchpad will prompt you for the CDs and copy them to a temporary directory
on the chosen hard drive. This allows you to run an unattended installation
without having to be prompted to enter disks during the installation. Next
you will be prompted for the drive letter which the prerequisite will be installed
on, and then the installation will start.
The temp directory where
the prerequisite was copied to is cleaned up upon the completion of the prerequisite
installation (successful or unsuccessful).
- If you click No (on Windows platform) or click Hard
Drive (on the AIX platform) this means the prerequisite installation
files are on a hard drive. In this case a file browser window appears to let
you select the Hard Drive location as follows:
- On Windows platform, you can either select the parent
location of the install media (the CDImage folder in the example above),
or you can directly select the prerequisite folder (e.g. ESE, CUBE ...
etc.).
- On the AIX platform,
you select the prerequisite folder (e.g. ESE, CUBE ... etc.).
Important: The file selection dialog box is currently not supported
for WebSphere Application
Server and WebSphere Process
Server on
the AIX platforms,
and it will not be displayed. This means to install WebSphere Application
Server and WebSphere Process
Server on the AIX platforms from the hard drive, the installation
images must exist in the default location.
The Launchpad will check for the existence of the expected installation
files at that location and if it finds them, it will proceed with the installation.
Otherwise, you will be prompted to select a different directory or drive and
will also have the option to cancel the installation.
- If there is only one CD to install the prerequisite on Windows or
you click Hard Drive (on the AIX platform), a file browser window appears
to let you select the Hard Drive or CD-ROM location. In this case, Launchpad
does not care whether it is installing from a CD or a hard drive.
- On Windows platform, you can select the drive letter
of the CD-ROM.or the parent location of the install media (the CDImage folder
in the example above), or you can directly select the prerequisite folder
(e.g. ESE, CUBE, ProcessServer ... etc.).
- On the AIX platform,
you select the prerequisite folder (e.g. ESE, CUBE, ProcessServer ...
etc.).
The Launchpad will check for the existence of the expected
installation files at that location and if it finds them, it will proceed
with the installation. Otherwise, you will be prompted to select a different
directory or drive and will also have the option to cancel the installation.
Important: The file selection dialog box is currently not supported
for WebSphere Application
Server and WebSphere Process
Server on
the AIX platforms,
and it will not be displayed. This means to install WebSphere Application
Server and WebSphere Process
Server on the AIX platforms from the hard drive, the installation
images must exist in the default location.