Before you begin
Restriction: Location Awareness Services for WebSphere Premises Server must be
installed on a Windows® operating
system on the same server as WebSphere Premises Server.
Important: When specifying installation
paths, make sure the directories contains only US English ASCII characters.
Also enter only US English ASCII characters in directory paths in
properties files.
Important: Enter a password that meets
the password rules of the target machine. A password that is not valid
will cause installation to fail.
- Check your hardware and operating system and make sure that they meet the necessary
requirements.
- Make sure that you have completed all
the prerequisite steps necessary
for your environment. If you would like to modify the path
used by the deployment wizard, follow the steps in Changing the deployment wizard path before launching
the installation program.
- If you are running Terminal Server and Terminal
Server Licensing, run the change user /install Windows command before starting
the WebSphere Premises Server installation
program.
If you do not issue this command and you have
those Windows components
installed, the installation may fail because the installer cannot
write to the vpd.properties file. To see if you
have Terminal Server and Terminal Server Licensing installed, navigate
to . When you have successfully issued the command, the
response is User session is ready to install applications. or Install
mode does not apply to a Terminal server configured for remote administration. if
the command was not needed. For more information, refer to the Windows Server
2003 Product Help.
- Run the installation program located in
the sat_installer directory of the WebSphere Premises Server disk
for Windows.
Location Awareness Services for WebSphere Premises Server is only
supported on Windows.
When you run the installation program,
the deployment wizard is temporarily installed on your hard drive.
It will uninstall itself when the installation is complete. When the
deployment wizard installation completes, it automatically launches
and guides you through the installation of the product and its prerequisite
software. It may take a few minutes to begin.
You can also run
the installation program in silent mode. Refer to Installing silently for further instructions.
- Select the radio button beside the I
accept both the IBM and the non-IBM terms statement if
you agree to the license agreement and click Next to
continue.
- When the Welcome panel appears you can either:
- Click Next to continue installing the
product.
- Or, if you would like to change the default path used for
the deployment package, follow the instructions in Changing the deployment package path before continuing
with the next steps.
- On the Select Tasks panel, click Next to
install the product and to choose the database type.
- Choose to use DB2® as
either your local or remote database. If you do not have DB2 installed on your server, then
the installer will install it for you if you want it installed locally.
If you already have DB2 installed
on your local server, then the installer will recognize that it is
already there and check to make sure it meets the requirements.
- Choose to install Location Awareness Services for WebSphere Premises Server and
click Next. If you would like to
install only WebSphere Premises Server,
refer to Installing WebSphere Premises Server. If you would like
to install both WebSphere Premises Server and Location Awareness Services for WebSphere Premises Server, refer
to Installing WebSphere Premises Server and Location Awareness Services for WebSphere Premises Server.
- Click Next to install
the required Bundle Repository Server.
Note: If you do not install
Bundle Repository Server on your
local server, then you need to install the prerequisite middleware
on the remote server before installing
Bundle Repository Server. Make
sure that you have purchased a separate license for the required middleware
that you install on a remote server. Also, you will need to modify
the
WebSphere Premises Server SystemAgent
to reflect the correct location of your
Bundle Repository Server.
- On the Specify Target Computers panel for
your database server, specify the target computer for DB2 database and click Next.
- For a local server installation for DB2,
the default value is localhost. You can either keep this value or
change it.
- If you are installing the product and DB2 on separate servers, specify the fully qualified
host name, operating system, user ID, and password of the server where DB2 should be installed.
- Optionally, use the Test connections button
to test access to the remote target computer. Firewalls can have an
adverse effect on the installation even though the connection test
result is successful.
- On the Specify Target Computers panel
for WebSphere Premises Server including Location Awareness Services for WebSphere Premises Server, specify
the target computer and click Next.
- For a local server installation, the default value is localhost.
You can either keep this value or change it.
- If you are installing WebSphere Premises Server including Location Awareness Services for WebSphere Premises Server and their
required middleware on a remote server, specify the fully qualified
host name, operating system, user ID, and password of the server where
it should be installed.
- Optionally, use the Test connections button
to test access to the remote target computer. Firewalls can have an
adverse effect on the installation even though the connection test
result is successful.
- Enter your database configuration information.
- Enter the installation directory for WebSphere MQ or accept
the default installation directory and click Next.
- Enter your WebSphere Application Server configuration
information and click Next.
Restriction: Location Awareness Services for WebSphere Premises Server can only
run properly when WebSphere Application Server is installed
with the default paths provided by the installer. The installation
directory, the name of the profile, the path of the profile, and the
ports of this profile must not be modified. Otherwise, Location Awareness Services for WebSphere Premises Server fails.
Important: - WebSphere Application Server security
is not enabled by the installer. You must set up and configure security
separately.
- If you are going to use any WebSphere Premises Server APIs
or the Print, Verify, and Ship application,
make sure that the profile you choose to use has the HTTP
transport port set to 9080.
- Enter your IBM® HTTP Server configuration
information and click Next.
- Enter the required information for DB2 Universal Database Enterprise Server Edition Client.
- Enter the installation directory for WebSphere Premises Server.
- Enter the configuration information for Location Awareness Services for WebSphere Premises Server.
- On the Summary Panel, confirm your choices. The summary provides a list of tasks that you selected and an
estimated time for their completion.
- To start all installation and configuration tasks, click Deploy
all.
- If you only want to start a specific task, click Deploy
task, but make sure that the tasks you choose are in the
correct sequence on the panel. For example, you cannot deploy WebSphere Premises Server before
deploying DB2 if you do not
already have a database installed.
Click Back to make any changes. After
you start the deployment, you have the option to click Stop
Deployment if you need to stop the installation before
it is finished. Once all deployment tasks are complete,
the Deployment Status screen indicates if the deployment was successful.
- Insert the Location Awareness Services for WebSphere Premises Server CD when
prompted.
- When the installation is complete, check
the log files for any errors. From the Deployment wizard,
you can view detailed messages or the master log. Click Master
log and select Save as... to save
the log file. The logs can be found in deployment_wizard_installation_dir/logs,
where deployment_wizard_installation_dir is the
installation location of the Deployment wizard.
- C:\Program Files\SolutionFiles\logs
- Click the X at the top, right-hand side of
the panel to exit the wizard. The wizard displays some
messages:
- A prompt for whether you want to save changes. If you plan to
run the wizard again, click Yes. Otherwise,
click No.
- A prompt for whether you wish to exit. Click Yes to
exit the wizard.