Identifying which software prerequisites are required

The WebSphere Business Integration Server Express or Express Plus system can determine the prerequisite software needed for your installation based on the components you plan to install. See the section Deciding which WebSphere Business Integration Server Express and Express Plus components to install for descriptions of available components. Certain entries on the GUI screens have help icons next to them. When you select an icon, a window opens with relevant information about the feature and the prerequisites required for the feature.

To communicate to the system which components you plan to install, perform the following steps:

  1. Select the Launchpad button labeled Install Product. The Select User screen appears.

    Figure 3. Select User screen


  2. On the Select User screen, type the name of the user who will install WebSphere Business Integration Server Express or Express Plus (the user name you created by following the instructions in Creating a user account), and then select Next. The Install Server screen appears.

    Figure 4. Install Server screen

    Install Server screen

  3. On the Install Server screen, the checkbox beside the entry InterChange Server Express for Linux is selected by default. Do one of the following:

    The Install Tools screen appears.

    Figure 5. Install Tools screen

    IInstall Tools screen

  4. On the Install Tools screen, the checkbox beside the entry Administrative tools is selected by default. Do one of the following:

    The Install Adapters screen appears.

    Figure 6. Install Adapters screen

    Install Adapters screen

  5. On the Install Adapters screen, do one of the following:

    The Install Samples screen appears.

    Important:
    You can install as many adapters as you want. However, a maximum of three can be registered with the InterChange Server Express if you are installing WebSphere Business Integration Server Express; a maximum of five if you are installing WebSphere Business Integration Server Express Plus.

    Figure 7. Install Samples screen

    Install Samples screen

  6. On the Install Samples screen, the checkbox beside the entry Samples is selected by default. Do one of the following:

    The Software Prerequisites screen appears.

From the selections you made in the previous steps, the Launchpad determines the software prerequisites needed for the components you are installing, identifies whether any or all are installed on your system, and posts the results of its analysis on the Software Prerequisites screen. The list that appears on this screen for your particular system might contain all or only some of the following entries, depending on which WebSphere Business Integration Server Express or Express Plus components you elected to install:

The Launchpad displays the installation status of each prerequisite. Status values can include Not Installed, Optional, or OK, and for the database selection only, Not Configured.

The following example Software Prerequisites screen from the Launchpad for the WebSphere Business Integration Server Express Plus product shows the results when the Launchpad finds only IBM Java Development Kit 1.3.1_07 and IBM WebSphere MQ 5.3.0.2 CSD06 installed.

Figure 8. Software Prerequisites screen before installing selected prerequisites

Software Prerequisites screen before installing selected prerequisites

If any software program you require for your system has a status of Not Installed or Optional, you can use the Launchpad to install it. If you have a database installed and its status is Not Configured, you can use the Launchpad to configure it. See Installing selected software prerequisites for information on which tasks the Launchpad can perform related to each prerequisite.

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