The launchpad console is the starting point for installing IBM® WebSphere® Application Server - Express.
The launchpad identifies components on the product disk or image that you can install (launch).
WebSphere Application Server is an integrated platform that contains an Application Server, a set of Web development tools, a Web server, and additional supporting software and documentation. The launchpad is the single point of reference for installing the entire application server environment. If you click a link that points to an installation wizard on another disk or image, then you are prompted to insert that disk or browse to that image. For example, IBM HTTP Server, Web server plug-ins, and Application Client for WebSphere Application Server are on the supplements discs. If you click a link to launch those products, you must insert the supplements discs in the disk drive or point the installer to the supplements images to install the product from the launchpad.
If you click Launch the installation wizard for WebSphere Application Server - Express, the Express installation wizard on the Express product disk or image is displayed.
There is no launchpad for the discs in the secondary packet such as the DB2® product disk.
Troubleshooting
To use the launchpad application to install products from a network share, the contents of the product disk and supplements discs must be copied into separate directories. The launchpad application uses the ~/launchpad/diskinfo/thisDisk.properties file to identify the correct location for the install files.
If you can start the launchpad, but clicking a link does not resolve to a page in the launchpad, you might have the media for the wrong operating system in the disk drive. Check the validity of the media.
If the launchpad links still do not work after following this procedure, launch the programs directly.
Go to Installing the product and additional software to continue installing your application serving environment.
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