Process Server provides
one business process management runtime environment that can support
a range of business processes for development, test, staging, or production.
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.
About this task
Using the typical installation option, you
can install DB2 Express and configure the required databases for IBM® Business Process Manager. Select
typical installation only if you have administrative privileges (are
an Administrator user) and do not have an existing DB2 database server
on the system. If you are installing DB2 Express as a Windows domain
user, the domain user name must exist and be added to the local Administrators
group before you start the launchpad.
From
the product launchpad, the typical installation process installs the
software and configures a stand-alone profile. Therefore, you do not
need to create a profile later using the Profile Management Tool or manageprofiles command.
It also installs IBM WebSphere SDK Java Technology Edition 7 (Java
7) and the profile uses it. You can optionally switch the profile
to use different version of Java. For more information, see Switching the edition of Java used in IBM BPM.
Only
one IBM Installation Manager is required to install multiple instances
of IBM Business Process Manager.
Procedure
- Optional: If you are connected
to the Internet, the typical installation process automatically upgrades
your product to the latest refresh pack and interim fix level. If
you want these upgrades to be installed from a local directory instead,
or if you want to specify the fix level, you can modify a properties
file to direct Installation Manager to the upgrades to install.
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 three prefixes:
ifix,
fixpack,
and
launchpad. Each prefix must be 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 interim
fixes, fixpacks, and 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:
ifix.1=C:/bpmUpdates
fixpack.2=http://test/rep
launchpad.1=C:/launchpad_updates
fixpack.WAS_REP=C:/WAS_updates
fixpack.BPM_REP=C:/BPM_updates
- 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 the updates
to be installed from a local directory, you can modify a properties
file with the appropriate launchpad prefix as described in step 1
to direct Installation Manager to the updates to install.
- On the Welcome page,
click Typical installation.
- Select Install Process Server and
click Next.
- Click Next.
- Specify Process Server information:
Select Use this server offline if this Process Server will
not be connected to a Process Center. Offline
servers can still be used when deploying snapshots of process applications,
but the method for deploying process applications to an offline process
server differs from the method for deploying process applications
to an online process server.
If you did not select
Use
this server offline, provide the following information
for the
Process Center that
this server should connect to:
- Host name: Enter the host or virtual host
that this Process Server will
use to communicate with Process Center. Use
a fully qualified host name. In an environment with a load balancer
or proxy server between the Process Server and
the Process Center services,
make sure that what you designate here matches the URL that is used
to access the Process Center.
- Port: Enter the port number of the Process Center. In
an environment with a load balancer or proxy server between the Process Server and
the Process Center,
make sure that what you designate here matches the URL that is used
to access the Process Center.
- User name: Enter the name of a Process Center user. Process Server will
connect to Process Center as
this user.
- Password: Enter the password for the Process Center user.
You can click Test Connection to check
the connection to the Process Center. The
connection attempt can fail if the user name and password combination
is wrong, or if a custom context root has been set for the Process Center. If
the custom context root has been set, you must use a custom install
path instead of typical.
- Click Next.
- Select No. I need one installed
for me. to install DB2 Express.
- Specify the User name and Password for
the DB2 Express database.
Restriction: - If you use a Windows domain user ID, include the at sign (@) and
the domain name: userID@example.com. Confirm
that the domain user ID already exists and was added to the local
Administrators group before the launchpad was started.
- User names must not contain National Language Strings (NLS)
- User names must be maximum 30 characters long
- 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 Installation summary page,
verify that the installation options and read the license agreements.
If you agree to the terms of the license agreements, click I
have read and accepted the license agreement and notices.
- Click Install Software.
Results
After a successful installation, the Quick Start console
starts automatically. If the security certificates failed to import
for the connection between Process Center and Process Server, you
must configure the SSL communication manually.
What to do next
If you used the Windows domain user ID to access
existing DB2 Express database and tables, and the profile could not
be created, use the following solution:
- Follow the steps listed in DB2 log file error: SQL1092N "USERID does not have the authority to perform the requested command or operation.".
- Edit the file install_root\logs\config\BPMConfig_timestamp.log.
(There should only be one log file with that file name.)
- In the log file, search for the line that contains the following
string:
com.ibm.bpm.config.BPMConfig.validateBPMConfigCommand():
ENTRY -create -de
- When you have located the string, copy the portion of the string
that begins with the -create parameter and paste
it to a BPMConfig script invocation in the install_root\bin directory
on the Windows command line. For example:
BPMConfig -create
-de C:\Users\jdoe\AppData\Local\Temp\IBM_LaunchPad_BPM_1383510443100\SingleCluster.properties
To learn about security for
the environment and applications, see Creating a secure environment.