Installing Web Content Manager into an existing Server installation on Windows

If you initially installed the IBM® WebSphere® Portal Server installation, you can purchase the Content license agreement and install the IBM Web Content Manager features into your existing installation.

About this task

Complete the following steps to install Web Content Manager into an existing Server installation:
Cluster note: In a clustered environment, complete these steps on all the nodes. Ensure the DMGR is up and running.
Response file note: You can record and run a response file to install the Web Content Manager features on your existing Server installation. See Use response files to install for information. Use the following steps when recording your response file. Ensure that you exit from the IBM Installation Manager program to complete your recording.

Procedure

  1. Stop all the application servers.
    Note: Ensure the Deployment Manager is still running.
  2. Open the IBM Installation Manager and complete the following steps to add the content repository:
    1. Go to File > Preferences > Repositories.
    2. Select Add Repositories.
    3. Select Browse and navigate to the WCM-install-eimage/Setup/eimage/ directory.
    4. Select the repository.config file.
    5. Click OK.
    6. Ensure that all required repositories are checked.
    7. Ensure that the content repository is after the Server repository in the list.
    8. Click Test Connections to ensure that the IBM Installation Manager can successfully access the directory where the repository is stored.
    9. Select Apply.
    10. Select OK.
  3. On the main IBM Installation Manager panel, select Install to begin the installation process.
  4. On the Install Package: Select packages to install panel, check the box for the additional package that you purchased. Then click Next.
  5. Accept the license agreement and then click Next.
  6. On the Location panel, select the Use the existing package group radio button. Select the IBM WebSphere Portal V8 package group name and then click Next.
  7. On the Features panel, check the box for the additional feature that you purchased. Then click Next.
  8. Verify the information on the Summary panel and then click Install.
  9. After the installation successfully completes, synchronize all nodes, then stop and restart the appropriate servers to propagate the changes. For specific instructions, see Starting and stopping servers, deployment managers, and node agents.
  10. Complete the following steps if you created multiple profiles outside of the IBM Installation Manager:
    1. Open a command prompt in the wp_profile_root\ConfigEngine directory of each profile.
    2. Run the ConfigEngine.bat enable-wcm -DWasPassword=password task on each profile.
    3. Stop and restart the appropriate servers to propagate the changes. For specific instructions, see Starting and stopping servers, deployment managers, and node agents.