Installing an Adapter Capacity Pack using the GUI

To successfully install an application adapter from the Adapter Capacity Pack, you and your system must meet the following prerequisites:

The installation GUI supplied with the Adapter Capacity Pack installs only one adapter at a time (thus, you must run the Adapter Capacity Pack installer separately for each adapter you want to install). For a list of adapters, refer to the section Deciding which adapter to install.

To invoke the Launchpad to launch the installation GUI, do the following:

  1. Select the button labeled Install Capacity Pack from the left column of the Launchpad.

    The Install Capacity Pack screen appears with two buttons.

  2. Select Install Adapter Capacity Pack to launch the GUI to install an application adapter from the Adapter Capacity Pack.

    The Input User screen appears.

  3. On the Input User screen, type the name of the user who will instal the Adapter Capacity Pack, and then select Install Products. A dialog appears, which requests that you insert the appropriate CD into the machine.

    The welcome screen appears.

  4. At the welcome screen, select Next.

    The Software License Agreement screen appears.

  5. Read and accept the terms of the Software License Agreement by selecting the radio button beside the entry I accept the terms in the license agreement, then select Next.

    The installer checks that the prerequisites listed at the beginning of this section have been met. If any have not been met, it forces you to cancel the installation by selecting the Cancel button. If all prerequisites have been met, the feature screen appears.

  6. On the feature screen, select one adapter from the list of available adapters, by selecting the radio button beside its name, then select Next. For more information about which adapter to select, see the section Deciding which adapter to install.

    One of the following screens appears:

  7. On the Server IP Address Configuration screen, type the IP address of the computer on which you have installed InterChange Server Express. If the InterChange Server Express is on an OS/400 or i5/OS system, select the check box beside the entry InterChange Server Express is on OS/400, then select Next.

    One of the following screens appear:

  8. On the Server Name Configuration screen, do the following:
    1. Type the name of the InterChange Server Express instance on the OS/400 or i5/OS system. (The default is QWBIDFT44. If you created a different name for your instance, type it instead.)
    2. Type the ORB port number. (The default is 14500. If you used a different port number, type it instead.)
    Then select Next.

    A pre-installation summary screen appears.

  9. On the pre-installation summary screen, review your selection and installation location and select Next.

    The installer verifies that enough disk space exists for the installation. Installation then proceeds, as follows:

  10. On the post-installation summary screen, select Finish to exit the installation GUI.

Deciding which adapter to install

Running the Adapter Capacity Pack installer allows you to choose one adapter component from the following:

Note:
Some adapters have corresponding Object Discovery Agents (ODAs), which are installed if those adapters are selected. With any adapter selection, the following components are also installed:

For descriptions of individual adapters, see the adapter documentation at the following Web site: http://www.ibm.com/websphere/wbiserverexpress/infocenter.

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