Preparing your Windows operating system in a stand-alone environment

View information on setting up your operating system for IBM® WebSphere® Portal Express®. Other components might require more steps; see the product documentation for the specific components you want to install for information.

Prerequisites
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v8r0/topic/com.ibm.websphere.installation.nd.doc/info/ae/ae/tins_winsetup.html

About this task

Complete the following steps to prepare your operating system:

Procedure

  1. Ensure that you have an available C: drive for the installation of DB2®.
  2. Check that the system logon user ID you plan to use during installation has the following permissions and rights:
    • The user ID must already exist prior to installation.
    • The user ID must belong to the Windows local Administrators group.
  3. Complete the following steps to determine if a user account is a member of the Administrators group:
    1. Click Start > Programs > Administrative Tools > Computer Management.
    2. Expand Local Users and Groups and select Groups.
    3. Open the Administrators group to see what members belong to it.
    4. Add the user to the Administrators group if necessary.
  4. Consider the following recommendations when installing to avoid excessively long path names:
    Note: If you exceed the 259 maximum character length, you may receive one of the following error messages during configuration or in the IBM Installation Manager log files:
    • The input line is too long.
    • The syntax of the command is incorrect.
    • The filename is too long.
    1. Use a short installation path. For example, use C:\WebSphere instead of C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere.
    2. Specify node names; do not use names longer than 5 characters. For example, you might use node1 instead of longnodename01.
    3. Name WAR files with less than 21 characters. If necessary, modify the file name before installing.