Preparing Windows systems for installation

Before you can install IBM® Business Process Manager, you must prepare your Windows operating system.

Complete the following steps on your Windows system before installing IBM Business Process Manager:

1. Complete the steps in the Preparing Windows systems for installation topic in the WebSphere Application Server information center.
2. Complete the steps in Tuning Windows systems.
3. Ensure all servers involved are set to the same time. Use the same network time protocol for all servers on all cluster nodes, including application, support, and database clusters. A time mismatch will cause erratic behavior, including duplicate system tasks.
4. If you are installing on Windows 2008 R2 and you plan to install DB2 Express as part of the IBM Business Process Manager installation, ensure you have compatible Microsoft Visual C++ redistributable packages. See Errors when running the db2start command in the DB2 information center.
5. If you are using a Czech locale, you must change the system settings to prevent seeing corrupted characters in IBM Process Portal and IBM Process Designer. Change the Windows settings by completing the following steps:
   1. Click Regional and Language Options, and open the Administrative tab.
   2. In the Language for non-Unicode programs section, click Change system locale . . . to open the locale list.
   3. Select Czech from the list and click OK.
6. If you are using DB2, make sure that all your DB2 parameters meet the DB2 naming rules.
7. Install 7-Zip file archiving tool for extracting installation files from downloaded compressed files and DVD images.
8. If you are installing off a network drive, and your network has a firewall or other security restrictions, work with your network administrator to ensure permissions, trusted sites, and security levels are sufficient for performing the installation.