Before you start the Launchpad, do the following:
- Check that your system meets the hardware requirements listed in the
section Checking hardware requirements.
- Check the following site for any available Fix Packs for your
product: http://www.ibm.com/software/integration/websphere/support/
- If you have Norton AntiVirus running on your machine, turn it off and
restart your machine, as follows:
- Select Start > Settings > Control
Panel > Administrative Tools >
Services.
- Right click Norton AntiVirus Client.
- Select Stop.
- Ensure that you have Windows Administrator privileges. If this
requirement is not met, an error message outlining the problem will appear and
the Launchpad program will terminate.
- The installation instructions throughout this document assume installation
from product CDs. If you are installing from ESDs obtained from
Passport Advantage, do the following:
- Refer to your Passport Advantage information for downloading
instructions.
- Extract all ESDs to the same directory on your hard drive and install from
the hard drive to ensure proper installer function. Do not
create CDs based on the ESD images and attempt to install from them. If
you do, installation can fail since configuration utilities for some software
prerequisites might not be packaged with the ESDs containing the actual
prerequisite software.
- Ensure that the component folders of the directory into which you extract
the ESDs have no spaces in their names. For instance,
C:\Program Files\WBISE is not a valid directory
because the folder Program Files has a space in its name.
C:\WBISE is a valid directory because the folder
WBISE does not have a space in its name.
To invoke the Launchpad, insert the CD containing the Base Components of
WebSphere Business Integration Server Express or Express Plus into your
computer. The Launchpad Welcome screen appears. Buttons on the
left side of the Welcome screen allow quick selection of several tasks.
The Launchpad Welcome screen for the WebSphere Business Integration Server
Express product differs slightly from that of the WebSphere Business
Integration Server Express Plus product. Here is the Launchpad Welcome
screen for the WebSphere Business Integration Server Express product.
Figure 1. WebSphere Business Integration Server Express Launchpad Welcome screen

The buttons on this screen control the following tasks:
- Install Product
- Leads you to install the appropriate software prerequisites based on the
product components you intend to install and then installs the product
components as well.
- First Steps
- Launches the Quick Start Guide.
- Exit
- Stops the Launchpad.
Here is the Launchpad Welcome screen for the WebSphere Business Integration
Server Express Plus product. Note that the Express Plus version has an
extra button called Install Capacity Pack. This button lets
you launch the installers for the Adapter Capacity Pack and Collaboration
Capacity Pack. Installation procedures for the Adapter Capacity Pack
and Collaboration Capacity Pack are described in Installing the Adapter Capacity Pack for WebSphere Business Integration Server Express Plus and Installing the Collaboration Capacity Pack for WebSphere Business Integration Server Express Plus.
Figure 2. WebSphere Business Integration Server Express Plus Launchpad Welcome screen

