Installing an Adapter Capacity Pack

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

The installation GUI supplied with the Adapter Capacity Pack installs up to three adapters, which can be selected from the list in the section Adapter choices and components . The installer installs only one adapter at a time. (Therefore, you must run the Adapter Capacity Pack installer separately for each adapter you want to install to a particular server instance.) The installation GUI also configures the adapter as a service.

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 the Adapter Capacity Pack.

    The Welcome screen appears.

  3. At the Welcome screen, select Next.

    The Software License Agreement screen appears.

  4. 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 gives you the option of cancelling the installation by selecting the Cancel button. If all prerequisites have been met, installation proceeds, as follows:

  5. The feature screen appears. 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 Adapter choices and components .
  6. A pre-installation summary screen appears. 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:

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

During the installation process, the Adapter Capacity Pack installer creates an installation log file called /QIBM/ProdData/WBIServer44/AdapterCapacityPack/install.log.

Adapter choices and components

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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