Using
the custom installation option, you can install IBM® Business Process Manager with
a new installation of WebSphere® Application
Server.
Before you begin
If you are installing from downloaded images
from Passport Advantage, ensure that you downloaded all three required
images for Windows. If you are installing from the DVD images, obtain
the compressed files from the DVDs. In both cases, extract all of
the files from the compressed files to the same location on your hard
disk. Overwrite directories, if prompted.
When you install the product, also install any available cumulative fixes or
fix packs. If you are using the launchpad to install and you have Internet access, you can include
available fixes from the live repository during installation. Otherwise, you must install the
upgrades from a local directory as described in Step 2 in the steps that follow. For example, you
could add fixpack.BPM_CF=local_repository_path to the
bpm_updates.properties file to include a cumulative fix.
About this task
Only
one IBM Installation Manager is required to install multiple instances
of IBM Business Process Manager.
Procedure
- Go to the directory into which you
extracted the images and enter the following command to start the
launchpad:
extract_directory/launchpad64.exe
To
install or run IBM Business Process Manager Express on
Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2008, you must elevate
your Microsoft Windows user account privileges. Whether you are an
administrative user or a non-administrative user, right-click launchpad64.exe and
select Run as administrator.
You can run only one launchpad
at a time.
- Optional: If you are prompted
to update the launchpad, click Update. The
updates are installed and your launchpad is restarted automatically.
If you do not have access to the Internet and want updates
to the launchpad to be installed from a local directory, you can modify
a properties file to direct Installation Manager to the updates. Create
the following file:
- C:/HOMEPATH/bpm_updates.properties
where:
- On Windows XP, the HOMEPATH environment variable
points to C:/Documents and Settings/user_name
- On Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2008, the HOMEPATH environment
variable points to C:/Users/user_name
Note: Ensure that you have read/write
access to the folders that are specified in the bpm_updates.properties file.
The
file uses a launchpad prefix, followed by a period. The name after
the prefix and the period can be anything you want, which enables
you to point to multiple locations for launchpad upgrades. The locations
can be either local directories or URLs. The following code is an
example of the prefixes and names in the properties file:
launchpad.1=C:/launchpad_updates
- On the Welcome page, click Custom
installation.
- Select Install as administrative
user to install the product as an administrative user. If you are in the Administrators group, you can perform the
product installation as an administrative user. If you are not an
administrative user, or if you want to install to your own user name
without administrative privileges, clear this option.
- Click Install. When you install IBM Business Process Manager, the
required WebSphere Application
Server Network Deployment is
automatically installed.
Note: IBM Business Process Manager can
be installed only on top of the supported version of WebSphere Application
Server Network Deployment. See
system requirements for more information.
- On the Install Packages page, WebSphere Application
Server Network Deployment, IBM
WebSphere SDK Java Technology Edition (Optional) (Java™ 7), IBM Business Process Manager Express,
and IBM DB2 Express are selected by default.
Clear the IBM DB2 Express option.
Note: On
Linux on Power LE,
WebSphere Application
Server Network Deployment installs
only Java 7.1, and there is no option for installing or switching
Java versions. For other platforms, Java 6
is always installed with
WebSphere Application
Server Network Deployment, but Java 7 is used if you install it.
If you clear the Java 7 package
option, Java 6 will be used.
If you install Java 7 but find
that you still need to use Java 6, you can switch before you create
profiles by using the
managesdk command. For more
information, see
Switching the edition of Java used in IBM BPM.
On other
platforms that support it, you can also optionally install IBM
WebSphere SDK Java Technology Edition 7.1 (Java 7.1) to
use instead of Java 6 or Java 7. If you install Java 7.1, you must
also follow the instructions for switching Java versions in the topic Switching the edition of Java used in IBM BPM.
- Click Next to continue.
You are prompted to provide your IBM ID and password to connect to
the IBM service repositories.
Note: If you are using a
local properties file, you do not need to provide your IBM ID and
password.
A connection to the service repositories is required
to download and install fix packs and required interim fixes from
the Internet, including fixes for WebSphere Application
Server and IBM Business Process Manager. You
can obtain an IBM ID and password by registering at http://www.ibm.com.
To continue
installing without downloading the required fixes, click Cancel or
clear the Use your support account to include updates
with the installation option on the Installation
summary page.
After successfully installing the product,
you can use Installation Manager to install the required fixes.
- On the Licenses page,
read the license agreement. If you agree to the terms of the license
agreement, click I accept the terms in the license agreements,
and then click Next.
- On
the Location page, the Create new
package group option is selected by default. Select a
location for the shared resources directory and a location for the
Installation Manager, and then click Next.
You must select location for the Installation Manager only if it is
not already installed.
Tip: Keep the installation
path as short as possible. Otherwise, you might run into problems
later when the paths of other components, when added to this path,
cause this path to exceed the 255-character path limit.
The
Install Packages wizard checks your system for operating system prerequisites.
If you are at a later release of a supported operating system, or
if the operating system is not supported, you might receive a warning.
You can continue with the installation, but the installation or product
operation might not succeed until you apply product fix packs. If
you receive a warning, go to the product support web pages and obtain
the latest fix packs to apply after installation. To migrate non-IBM
prerequisite and corequisite products to the supported versions, see
the documentation for those products.
- On the Features page,
expand the plus symbol to select the package features that you want
to install. Installation Manager automatically enforces dependencies
with other features and shows the updated download size and disk space
requirements for the installation.
- Select the translations to install. Under Translations
Supported by All Packages, English is
selected by default for the English version. To install other language
versions, select the appropriate language under Translations
Supported by Only Some Packages.
- Optional: To see the dependency relationships
between features, select Show Dependencies.
- Optional: Click a feature to view its brief
description under Details.
- Select one of the following features
to install.
- IBM Process
Center License
- IBM Process
Server Production
License to use the server in production
- IBM Process
Server Non-production
License to use the server only for development, test, or staging.
Your selection is recorded in the product tag for inventory purposes,
so select the license feature that matches the license you have purchased
and want to use. There are no functional differences.Restriction: Do not mix production and non-production servers
in the same cell.
When you are finished selecting features, click Next.
- On the Summary page,
review your choices before installing the IBM Business Process Manager Express package.
When you are satisfied with your installation choices, click Install. A progress indicator shows the percentage of the installation
completed.
- When the installation process is complete,
a message confirms the success of the process.
- Optional: To open the installation log file
for the current session in a new window, click View Log
File. To continue, close the Installation Log window.
- If you plan to use the BPMConfig command-line
utility to create your Deployment Environment, select None to
complete the installation.
- Click Finish.
What to do next
After you install IBM Business Process Manager, you
must configure profiles and databases by using the BPMConfig command.