Standard Installation Process

Standard Installation Process

The WebSphere Portal InstallShield Installer is used to install WebSphere Portal. All the files required to configure and use Web Content Management are installed with WebSphere Portal by default. Web Content Management is configured to use a Cloudscape database as the default data repository. This database is located under
PortalServer/wcm/ilwwcm/db/WCMDB

The default Cloudscape Username created is "APP". No password is required.

Install on z/OS

These instructions are based on an installation using the WebSphere Portal InstallShield Installer.
The Customization Dialog of WebSphere Portal for z/OS is used to install and configure your portal installation. Refer to the z/OS Installation Process topic for an overview of installing Web Content Management applications on z/OS.
Detailed information on using the Customization Dialog and defining variables can be found in the WebSphere Portal for z/OS Information Center under...
Installing | Customization Dialog tasks - Worksheets and Definitions | Configure IBM Workplace Web Content Management

Install on i5/OS

When installing WebSphere Portal and IBM Workplace Web Content Management on i5/OS, the JVM Maximum Heap Size setting must remain at 0. A value of 0 specifies that there is no maximum value.

Mandatory Tasks:

The following steps are required to install a standard Web Content Management application:

Run the WebSphere Portal InstallShield Installer
The WebSphere Portal InstallShield Installer is used to install WebSphere Portal. See the Installing section of the WebSphere Portal Information Center for details on running the WebSphere Portal InstallShield Installer
All the files required to configure and use Web Content Management are installed with WebSphere Portal by default.
configure-wcm-authoring This task is used to create a Web Content Management portal page and install the Authoring Portlet (Web Content Authoring) on that page.

Optional Tasks:

The following tasks are optional and should only be run after completing the default or advanced installation tasks:

config-wcm-repository To change your Web Content Management data repository run this configuration task.
update-wcm-wmm This task should be run whenever a WebSphere Member Manager registry type is changed after the initial WebSphere Portal installation. E.g. - if the WebSphere Member Manager registry type is changed from the default database to LDAP. This task will re-configure the custom Web Content Management attributes within Member Manager.

Migrating Data from previous versions of Web Content Management

See the Upgrading Web Content Management topic for information on migrating Data from previous versions of Web Content Management.
Parent topic: Installation Scenarios.
IBM Workplace Web Content Management - V5.1.0.1 -

Workplace Web Content Management is a trademark of the IBM Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.

WebSphere is a trademark of the IBM Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.

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config-wcm-repository	To change your Web Content Management data repository run this configuration task.
update-wcm-wmm	This task should be run whenever a WebSphere Member Manager registry type is changed after the initial WebSphere Portal installation. E.g. - if the WebSphere Member Manager registry type is changed from the default database to LDAP. This task will re-configure the custom Web Content Management attributes within Member Manager.