i5/OS: Install remotely with the graphical interface

 

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Overview

With the WebSphere Portal graphical installation program, we can install WebSphere Portal from a Windows workstation connected to the iSeries system.

If you haven't already done so, review Installation scenarios before installing WebSphere Portal for iSeries. Hardware and software prerequisites should already be installed.

An edition of WebSphere Application Server (WAS) must be installed prior to beginning a WebSphere Portal install.

The WebSphere Portal installation program automatically creates a WAS profile based on the WAS edition you choose, for use with WebSphere Portal. The installation program assigns a default profile name of wp_profile.

If wp_profile already exists, the profile name becomes wp_profilex, where x is 1 or the next available number. There is no maximum number of profiles set.

Pre-existing profiles will not work; they may not have the right level of additional functionality required to run WebSphere Portal for iSeries.

Upon completion of a remote graphical installation, the QHST message queue will contain a completion message.

To retain the i5/OS job log from the remote graphical installation, change the Job Description for the remote command server job prior to installing WebSphere Portal by entering the following on an i5/OS command line: 

    CHGJOBD JOBD(QSYS/QZBSJOBD) LOG(4 00 *SECLVL)

After changing JOBD, also restart the remote command server: 

    ENDHOSTSVR SERVER(*RMTCMD)
    STRHOSTSVR SERVER(*RMTCMD)

Any subsequent remote graphical installations will result in a job log retained on the i5/OS server.

We cannot install two instances of the portal server at the same time, even in different directories. You must install each portal server completely before beginning the installation of the next one.

 

Installing WebSphere Portal

To install WebSphere Portal, follow the instructions below:

  1. If you are installing from a PC with a firewall enabled, IBM recommends that you disable the firewall before beginning installation.

  2. IBM recommends that you end any applications running on the PC before beginning the installation program. If applications remain active, it may be necessary to minimize the windows in order to see the signon screen.

  3. Insert the Setup disc into the CD-ROM drive of the Windows 2000 or Windows XP workstation. If the autostart function is enabled on the PC, the installation program should automatically start, and in this case cancel the activated install. If the autostart function is not active or working, or the activated install has been cancelled, manually launch the program by double-clicking the install400.bat file in the root directory of the CD.

  4. A small i5/OS signon box will prompt you to enter the iSeries system name, user ID, and password.

    The ID you use to sign on must be of the user type (user class) *SECOFR. To check the level of authority, type the command DSPUSRPRF userID.

    • Place the mouse pointer inside the SYSTEM entry field, press the left mouse button, and enter the system name.

    • Tab into or press the left mouse button on the User ID entry field and enter the User ID.

    • Tab into or press the left mouse button on the Password entry field and enter the password.

    • When you have entered the information, tab to or press the OK button and press Enter.

    If you are prompted to change the password because the password has expired or is about to expire, cancel and exit the installation program. Log on to the i5/OS system using a 5250 session, update the password, and restart the installation program. Do not use the installation program's change password prompt, as it could cause the installation to fail.

  5. Select the language the installation program will use and press OK.

  6. The information center launch screen should appear. We can use this screen to launch information center documentation before beginning installation. Press Next.

  7. Review the license agreement. Select I accept the terms of the licensing agreement and press Next.

  8. Select an install option...
    • Install and Configure
    • Install only

    ...and press Next. Selecting either option will copy WebSphere Portal files into ProdData's portal_server_root. The Install and Configure option will continue to install and perform basic configuration of WebSphere Portal on an existing WAS. The Install only option stops after the copy of files.

  9. The installation program will search for an installed WAS. In the event that there is more than one application server, you will be given the option to select the application server on which to install WebSphere Portal. If none is detected, cancel out of the installation program and first install an edition of WAS. Select from the list the WAS edition that you installed and on which you wish to install WebSphere Portal ; selecting either WAS - Base or WAS - Network Deployment. If you installed WAS - Express, select -Base, because the file system is shared between these two editions.

  10. If you chose the Install and Configure option, the installation program continues, automatically creating a WAS profile, naming it wp_profile. If this profile already exists, then the profile name becomes wp_profilex, where x is 1 or the next available number.

  11. The screen for this step only appears if you chose the Install and Configure option:

    A port number is automatically chosen by the installation program when the profile is created. The starting port is based on a range of 50 free ports within ports 10000 to 65000. If for some reason the installation program cannot detect ports for WAS or WebSphere Portal a warning message pops up stating that there was a problem detecting ports. Then a panel will prompt the specification of a starting and ending port, as well as the port block range which needs to include a minimum of 20 ports.

  12. The screen for this step only appears if you chose the Install and Configure:

    Enter a user ID and password for the WAS administrator. Do not use blanks in either the user ID or the password, and ensure that the password is at least five characters in length. This user ID is collected by the installation program in order to enable security. This user ID is also used to access WAS with administrator authority after installation.

  13. The screen for this step only appears if you chose the Install and Configure :

    Enter a user ID and password for the WebSphere Portal administrator. Do not use blanks in either the user ID or the password, and ensure that the password is at least five characters in length. This user ID is collected by the installation program in order to enable security. This user ID is also used to access WebSphere Portal with administrator authority after installation. Note that this user ID is only used to log into WebSphere Portal and is not related to any user IDs used to access the operating system itself. If you intend to use a LDAP directory to manage the users, ensure that the administrator user ID you specify here conforms to the recommendations specified in Special characters in user IDs and passwords. Press Next.

  14. portal_server_root

    The Install only option will complete in a matter of minutes. If you chose the Install and Configure option, it will take about an hour for the process to complete, and a progress panel is displayed.

    A sequential summary of the automatic copy, install, and configuration steps follows, described within the option in which it occurs:

    1. Install and Configure or Install only : This is the point at which the appropriate binary file is copied from the install CD or filesystem to the ProdData path for portal_server_root on the hard drive. The i5/OS library is populated with Java Content Repository (JCR) files.

    2. It is at this point that the Install only option completes. The Install and Configure option continues:

      • The installation program extracts the WebSphere Portal install image files into the created WAS profile in UserData app_server_root.

      • Files used to update WebSphere Portal are copied into the UserData app_server_root.

      • The Cloudscape database is created.

      • Portlets are deployed automatically.

      • Security is enabled.

  15. After the installation program has completed the configuration tasks just described, the Install and Configure option will prompt you to decide whether or not to run the Configuration Wizard. This provides the ability to transfer the Cloudscape database to IBM DB2 Universal Database for iSeries V5.2, and also to configure security on the LDAP server or an External Security Manager server of the choice.

  16. When WebSphere Portal finishes installing, the installation program displays a confirmation panel. Press Finish to exit the installation program.

  17. Return to i5/OS Installation scenarios to complete the installation process.

    We can install more than one copy of WebSphere Portal on the same machine and have each WebSphere Portal operate independently of the others. Each copy of WebSphere Portal must be installed on a separate WAS profile.

    If an installation has already been completed, running the installation program again presents the default option of Config only. This option allows the addition of more than one portal on the same iSeries server where WebSphere Portal was installed. This option has the identical functions as the Install and configure option.

 

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