Installation checklists

The installation of WebSphere® Business Monitor consists of many sequenced steps. The following installation checklists summarize the main steps that you perform to install the components of WebSphere Business Monitor.

Read the checklists before you begin the installation to help you understand the steps you have to perform. Print off a copy of this checklist and, as you install WebSphere Business Monitor, you can check off the steps as you perform them. These checklists contain the basic sequenced steps for installing each component.

1. Ensure that the system and software prerequisites are installed.

System prerequisites
The system prerequisites that are needed to install WebSphere Business Monitor
System Platforms
Windows® Servers
  • Windows 2000 Server, service pack 4
  • Windows 2000 Advanced Server, service pack 4
  • Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
  • Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
UNIX® Servers
  • AIX® 5.2, maintenance package 5200-05
  • AIX 5.3, maintenance package 5300-01
Software prerequisites
The software prerequisites that are needed to run the WebSphere Business Monitor Launchpad and install WebSphere Business Monitor components
Check Prerequisites
  Java™ 1.4.2 (required to run the Launchpad)
  IBM® DB2® Database Server 8.2.1
  IBM DB2 Cube Views™ 8.2.1
  IBM WebSphere Process Server 6.0
  IBM WebSphere Application Server ND 6.0.2.3
  IBM WebSphere Portal 5.1.0.2
  IBM DB2 Alphablox 8.3

2. Review the scenarios to help you choose how you want to install the components.

Installation Scenarios
First scenario
Check Machine Installed components
  Machine 1
  • Monitor Server
  • State database
  • Repository database
  Machine 2
  • Monitor Client (Dashboards)
  • Runtime database
  • Historical database
Second scenario
Check Machine Installed components
  Machine 1
  • Repository database
  • State database
  • Runtime database
  • Historical database
  Machine 2
  • Monitor Server
  Machine 3
  • Monitor Client
Third scenario
Check Machine Installed components
  Machine 1
  • Repository database
  Machine 2
  • State database
  • Runtime database
  • Historical database
  Machine 3
  • Monitor Server
  Machine 4
  • Monitor Client

3. Check off the installation steps as you complete them.

Installation checklists
A checklist for the WebSphere Business Monitor installation steps.
Check Component Steps Remarks
  Database Creation
  1. Install IBM DB2 Database Server.
  2. Create the WebSphere Business Monitor databases. You can use either:
    1. The Launchpad for automatic database creation
    2. Or, the database creation scripts for manual creation
 
  Repository database   Must be created before creating other databases or at the same time.
  State database   The Repository database must be cataloged or created on the same machine.
  Runtime database   The Repository database must be cataloged or created on the same machine.
  Historical database   The Repository database must be cataloged or created on the same machine.
       
  Monitor Server
  1. Install IBM DB2 Database Server.
  2. Install WebSphere Process Server Version 6.0.
  3. Catalog the Repository database on the Monitor Server machine if it does not exist on the same machine.
  4. Catalog the State and Runtime databases if they do not exist on the same machine.
  5. Install the Monitor Server using the Launchpad wizard.
 
  Monitor Server with Action Manager    
  Monitor Server Administrative Console    
  Monitor Client
  1. Install IBM DB2 Database Server.
  2. Install DB2 Cube Views™.
  3. Install WebSphere Application Server ND Version 6.0.
  4. Install WebSphere Portal Version 5.1.
  5. Install IBMDB2 Alphablox
  6. Catalog the Repository database on the dashboard machine if it does not exist on the same machine.
  7. Catalog the Runtime and Historical databases if they do not exist on the same machine.
  8. Install the Dashboard Client using the Launchpad wizard.
 

4. Verify the success of the installation.

Post Installation checklist
A checklist for the WebSphere Business Monitor post installation steps.
Check Steps
  Make sure that all the following servers are stopped:
  • IBM WebSphere Process Server Version 6.0
  • IBM WebSphere Application Server ND Version 6.0
  • IBM WebSphere Portal Version 5.1
  Start the above servers.
  Check the success of the Monitor Server installation.
  1. Log into IBM WebSphere Process Server by using admin as the user ID with no password.
  2. Click Applications > Enterprise Applications. If IBM_WB_MONITOR_SERVER and IBM_WB_ACTIONMANAGER are installed in the installed application table, then the Monitor Server is installed successfully.
  Check the success of the Dashboard Client installation.
  1. Log into IBM WebSphere Portal by using wpsadmin as the user ID and wpsadmin as the password.
  2. Click Administration > Portlet Management > Web Modules. If dashboardclient.war is an installed web module, then the Dashboard Client is installed successfully.

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