Installing the Dashboard Client with a long host name

Installing the Dashboard Client, using Launchpad, on the Windows® platform requires that the maximum length of a short host name be 9 characters for a successful Portal PTF 5102 installation.

However, if you do need to use a host short name that is longer than 9 characters, you can manually perform a silent installation of WebSphere® Application Server. By changing the format of the cell name to only include the host short name, you can accommodate a host short name of up to 19 characters. When a silent installation is run using a profile options file, the user can configure the cell name.
Note: All of the remaining prerequisites for the Dashboard Client can be installed using Launchpad.
complete the following steps to manually perform a silent WebSphere Application Server installation:
  1. Copy the <Monitor_Install_Root>\WAS\WAS\responsefile.nd.txt file to a temporary directory <Temp_Dir> (for example, c:\temp). The <Temp_Dir> must be fully qualified.
  2. Edit the copy of responsefile.nd.txt and change the following lines to these values:

    -W silentInstallLicenseAcceptance.value="true"

    -P wasProductBean.installLocation="C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer"

    -W profileUpdateWarningPanelWizardBean.active="false"

    -P samplesProductFeatureBean.active="false"

    -W pctresponsefilelocationqueryactionInstallWizardBean.fileLocation = "<Temp_Dir>/responsefile.pct.NDstandAloneProfile.txt"

  3. Copy the <Monitor_Install_Root>\WAS\WAS\responsefile.pct.NDstandAloneProfile.txt file to a temporary directory <Temp_Dir>.
  4. Edit the copy of responsefile.pct.NDstandAloneProfile.txt and change the following lines to these values:

    -W profilenamepanelInstallWizardBean.profileName="dashboard"

    -W profilenamepanelInstallWizardBean.isDefault="true"

    -P installLocation="C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\dashboard"

    -W nodehostnamepanelInstallWizardBean.nodeName="Node01"

    -W nodehostnamepanelInstallWizardBean.hostName="Your host short name up to 19 characters in length"

    -W setnondmgrcellnameinglobalconstantsInstallWizardBean.value="Your host short name - please uncomment this line"

    -W winservicepanelInstallWizardBean.winServiceQuery="true"

    -W winservicepanelInstallWizardBean.accountType="localsystem"

    -W winservicepanelInstallWizardBean.userName="YOUR_USER_NAME - Fill in this value"

    -W winservicepanelInstallWizardBean.password="YOUR_PASSWORD - Fill in this value"

  5. Open a command window, and change the directory to <Monitor_Install_Root>\WAS\WAS\
  6. Run the silent WebSphere Application Server installation using the following invocation:

    install -options "<Temp_Dir>\responsefile.nd.txt" -silent


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