This topic describes how to upgrade a trial installation of the Express product to the full Express product.
Before you begin
This procedure is one of the installation paths that are available for any platform.
Select the appropriate installation path before you begin the installation.
Before starting the installation, see Using the launchpad to start the installation for information about the Installation solutions diagrams. The diagrams show typical topologies for the product. The solutions are also in Planning to install WebSphere Application Server - Express.
Why and when to perform this task
Perform the following installation to upgrade a trial installation to the actual WebSphere Application Server - Express product.
Steps for this task
umaskTo set the umask setting to 022, issue the following command:
umask 022
For example, on some Windows systems, click Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy > User Rights Assignments to see the advanced options. See your Windows documentation for more information.
The installation wizard grants your Windows user ID the
advanced user rights, if the user ID belongs to the administrator group. The
silent installation does not grant these rights. If you create a new user
ID on a Windows platform to perform a silent installation, you must restart
the system to activate the proper authorizations for the user ID before you
can perform a successful silent installation.
When
installing the WebSphere Application Server as a Windows service, do not use
a user ID that contains spaces. A user ID with spaces cannot be validated.
Such a user ID is not allowed to continue the installation. To work around
this problem, install with a user ID that does not contain spaces, or do not
choose to install Windows services.
If you have a problem starting the launchpad, use the troubleshooting information in Using the launchpad to start the installation to correct the problem.
When using the launchpad, launch the Installation wizard for Express server.
After launching the Installation wizard from the launchpad or from the command line, the InstallShield MultiPlatform (ISMP) wizard initializes and then displays the Welcome panel.
The license agreement displays.
After you accept the licensing terms, the Installation wizard checks for a supported operating system and prerequisite patches.
If you encounter a problem such as not having the right prerequisite updates on your system, cancel the installation, make the required changes, and restart the installation.
Although the Installation wizard checks for prerequisite operating system patches with the prereqChecker application, review the prerequisites on the IBM WebSphere Application Server supported hardware, software, and APIs Web site if you have not already done so.
The Web site lists all supported operating systems and the operating system fixes and patches that you must install to have a compliant operating system.
Refer to the documentation for non-IBM prerequisite and corequisite products to learn how to migrate to their supported versions.
The Installation wizard checks for a previous installation at the same product level.
If the wizard detects a previous installation, it displays the Existing installation panel. The panel lets you add features to the existing installation, perform a new installation to another directory, or perform an upgrade of a trial installation to the full product.
This task describes the scenario where a previous installation of the Express Trial exists and you are installing the actual Express product to upgrade the trial.
Select the Upgrade option and click Next. The installer program installs the new license files and updates the system properties to indicate that the actual product is installed.
Result
The wizard completes the upgrade and exits at then end of the upgrade without presenting another panel.
This procedure results in upgrading a trial installation to the actual WebSphere Application Server - Express product.
What to do next
You can install the Express product again to add features. Or you can use the Profile creation wizard to create more stand-alone application servers.
Further configuration is not necessary at this time. However, you can create additional stand-alone application servers with the Profile creation wizard. Each profile is created in the install_root/profiles directory by default.
See Using the Profile creation wizard for more information.
If you have already created the topology that you require, try deploying an application in your environment.
Deploy an application to get started!
See Fast paths for WebSphere Application Server to get started deploying applications.
Related tasks
Installing the product and additional software