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1.4: Installable components

1.4: Installable components

The table summarizes whether to perform the Quick, Full, or Custom installation to install a particular product component. Consider referring to the installation instructions in section 2 for a preview of the installation steps and options. Combined, these resources should make your product installations proceed as smoothly as possible.

A checkmark in a column indicates that the option is automatically included in that installation option. Because the Custom installation offers several choices, some of which are not installed by default, the column contains instructions for obtaining the component. Perform the Custom installation carefully, making sure you have selected exactly what you want to install.

Component Quick? Full? Custom option Notes
Web server plug-ins Select one or more from list of plug-ins The Custom installation includes all available plug-ins. The Quick and Full installations provide the IBM HTTP Server plug-in only.
IBM HTTP server Select the IBM HTTP Server option The Web server and its plug-in are separate items. You need to install both of them.
InstantDB database     Instant DB is a good database for product evaluation and light use.
DB2 database   Select the IBM Universal Database option. DB2 is a heavy duty database option.

DB2 availability can depend on the installation program that you obtain. Installing from the compact disc provides the DB2 option. For quicker downloading, the Web site might offer an installation program lacking the DB2 option, in addition to the larger, slower download containing DB2

Required JDK Select the IBM JDK option. The Windows-based installation now includes the exact JDK needed by Version 3.5. It does not interfere with other JDKs on the system.
production application server Select the production application server runtime option (application and administrative server). Installs what a machine needs to host applications and maintain administrative data (application and server configurations).
thick servlet redirector Production application server (administrative server and application server runtime)  
thin servlet redirector Production application server (administrative server and application server runtime)  
remote OSE capabilities (such as the configuration script) WebSphere plug-in for Web server, Production application server  
Samples Select the Samples option.  
full Java application client     Depending on which fix packs you have applied, the "Developer's Client Files" option might or might not be present in the product installation interface.
  • If it is present, select it.
  • Otherwise, select the administrative console option instead.
These are files needed by EJB clients at runtime. You also need to make sure that the ioser/ioserx executable files are accessible on your client machine (these files are normally part of the Java 1.2.x installation).

See the Writing Enterprise Beans book for more information about developing EJB clients.

nanny process Select the production application server runtime option (application and administrative server).  
full administrative server Select the production application server runtime option (application and administrative server).  
administrative server agent Select the production application server runtime option (application and administrative server).  
Java administrative console Select the Administrator's Console option. The console must be able to locate a supported JDK; the JDK is not installed as part of the Console component.
Web administrative console Select the option to configure the default server and Web application. It is undesirable to install the default configuration on more than one machine in a cluster.
XMLConfig administrative client Select the production application server runtime option (application and administrative server).  
WSCP administrative client Select the production application server runtime option (application and administrative server).  
Default administrative resources Select the option to configure the default server and Web application. It is undesirable to install the default configuration on more than one machine in a cluster.  
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