Installing

The Installing section describes how to prepare for, install, and configure an installation of IBM(R) WebSphere(R) Process Server, Version 6.0.

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The following sections provide detailed information on how to: obtain overview information about WebSphere Process Server; plan for use of the Business Process Choreographer and Common Event Infrastructure components; prepare your operating system for installation; use WebSphere Process Server Installation and Profile Wizards; download online help files; prepare for coexistence scenarios; uninstall WebSphere Process Server; and configure, patch, and troubleshoot the installation.

Draft comment:
Use this description in 6.0.0.1: The following sections provide detailed information on how to: obtain overview information about WebSphere Process Server; plan for the installation, including descriptions of several deployment configurations that you can use; prepare your operating system for installation; use WebSphere Process Server Installation and Profile Wizards; download online help files; prepare for coexistence scenarios; uninstall WebSphere Process Server; and configure, patch, and troubleshoot the installation.

Overview of installing
Contains links to overview information on the benefits of WebSphere Process Server, how it is packaged, its hardware and software requirements, product version information, resources for learning, and instructions for installing the documentation.
Planning to use Business Process Choreographer and Common Event Infrastructure
Presents how to plan for use of the Business Process Choreographer and Common Event Infrastructure components.
Draft comment:
Use this description in 6.0.0.1: Presents links to topics describing installation topologies, and how to plan for use of the Business Process Choreographer and Common Event Infrastructure components."
Preparing the operating system for installation
Offers links to platform-specific instructions on how to prepare your operating platform for installing WebSphere Process Server.
Installing the product
Describes the types of procedures available to install the product. Also included are links to more detailed installation topics.
Installing online help for the administrative console
Explains how to download online help files for use with WebSphere Process Server.
Coexisting
Provides links to topics about which coexistence scenarios are supported, and how to set up the scenarios.
Configuring the product after installation
Describes what you might do after installing the product. Provides links to detailed information on configuring additional process server profiles and configuring components such as the Business Process Choreographer and Common Event Infrastructure.
Draft comment:
Use this text in 6.0.0.1: Describes what you might do after installing the product. Provides links to detailed information on configuring additional process server profiles, verifying the success of your installation, and configuring components such as the Business Process Choreographer and Common Event Infrastructure.
Applying service
Details how to use the IBM Update Installer for WebSphere Software to install interim fixes, fix packs, and refresh packs. The Update Installer for WebSphere Software is also known as the update installer program, the UpdateInstaller program, and the Update installation wizard.
Uninstalling the product
Includes links to more detailed topics on how to uninstall the product using the Uninstallation Wizard or silently, and how to uninstall components such as the Business Process Choreographer and Common Event Infrastructure.
Troubleshooting installation
Describes how to identify and handle a variety of problems that are encountered during installation activities. Related topics detail common error messages and generated log files.

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