Before you start the Launchpad, do the following:
- Ensure that your OS/400 user profile has *ALLOBJ,
*SECADM, *JOBCTL special authorities.
- Check that your OS/400 system meets the hardware requirements listed in
the section Checking hardware requirements.
- If you will be using the Windows client for the Tools components, check
that your Windows 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 and a Windows user
ID of less than 20 characters. If these requirements are not met, error
messages outlining the problems appear and the Launchpad program
terminates.
To invoke the Launchpad, insert the WebSphere Business Integration Server
Express OS/400 CD into your Windows-based computer on which you will run
Launchpad.
The OS/400 System Information screen appears and prompts for the OS/400
system name, userid, and password. Enter the information and click
OK. The Launchpad Welcome screen appears. Buttons on
the left side of the Welcome screen allow quick selection of several
tasks.
- Note:
- The installation instructions throughout this document assume installation
from product CDs. If you plan to obtain the electronic download version
from Passport Advantage, refer to your Passport Advantage information for
those downloading instructions.
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 Plus
product.
Figure 1. WebSphere Business Integration Server Express Plus 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.
- Install Capacity Pack
- This button only appears on the WebSphere Business Integration Server
Express Plus Launchpad. It launches the installers for the Adapter
Capacity Pack and Collaboration Capacity Pack.
- First Steps
- Launches the Quick Start Guide.
- Exit
- Stops the Launchpad.
