Planning is the process of defining what you want to accomplish
with your product and how to meet your business goals. This topic provides
basic instructions on various considerations and how to get started with the
installation process.
About this task
Use this topic to understand the capabilities of the product. Knowing
the product capabilities can influence how you install the product and other
components.
Procedure
- Understand the supported environment for the product. Familiarize
yourself with the minimum hardware and software requirements that you need.
If your environment does not meet the requirements, then create a plan to
meet the minimum requirements necessary to support an installation.
- Establish your product topology.
- Establish a simple topology in a test environment.
- Examine the product in a smaller configuration to familiarize yourself
with the available features. Next, install more advanced configurations.
- Carefully plan your application server nomenclature. Use
a systematic approach for naming to simplify the administration of the environment.
Results
Your hardware and software requirements are fulfilled, and your environment
is now capable of supporting a product installation.
What to do next
You can now begin the installation process.