This topic describes how to prepare your Windows systems for the installation of IBM WebSphere Application Server, Version 6 products.
Before you begin
Why and when to perform this task
Steps for this task
Log on as a member of the administrator group to successfully install the product. You cannot create Windows services from a user ID that does not belong to the administrator group. The creation of Windows services requires the user to have the advanced user rights Act as part of the operating system and Log on as a service.
If you plan to use the Mozilla browser, install the 1.7.5 version to avoid a known problem that causes two browser windows to open when using the launchpad.bat script. This problem is caused by a known bug with the Mozilla -CreateProfile feature. See bugzilla bug 249585 for more information.
Download Windows Script 5.6 from the following Microsoft Web page: http://www.microsoft.com/ downloads/ details.aspx? FamilyId= C717D943-7E4B-4622-86EB-95A22B832CAA.
If you created your own product CD from an ISO image or by copying the actual CD, perform the following steps to verify that the Java 2 SDK on the product CD-ROM is working correctly.
cd CD_Drive_D:\WAS\jdk\java\bin
.\java -version
The command completes successfully with no errors when the Java 2 SDK is intact.
Result
What to do next
Go to Preparing to install Network Deployment on a Windows system for the next step in the overall procedure, which is selecting the type of installation to perform.