Portal Express, Version 6.0
Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux, Windows

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Install on i5/OS

 

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Overview

Using the option...

Install only

...copies install image files from the Setup CDs to the hard drive.

At this point the CDs are no longer required, and you can continue installation...

• Remotely using install400.bat from a mapped drive on a Windows PC

• Locally using install.sh file on the System i5 machine

Upon a second invocation of the installation program, the option...

Install and configure

...is automatically used to complete the installation of WebSphere Portal Express and offer a functional portal.

Install and configure results in a functional portal configuration that might require manual adjustments through the use of a configuration program running configuration tasks. Install and configure will:

• Install a WAS profile...

  wp_profilex

  ... on an existing edition of WAS that has had updates applied

• Extract the archived, pre-configured WebSphere Portal Express image into the newly created WAS profile

  Portlets are pre-deployed, WebSphere Portal Express fix pack updates are applied, and security is enabled

• Assign a DB2 database library to the portal...

  QWPE6001

• Create a single administrator user ID...

  wpdb2insx

  ...which allows easy administrative access to the DB2 for i5/OS database This user ID coordinates with the WAS profile name and to the database domain names.

• Assign WebSphere Portal Express database domain names

When complete there is a working portal with deployed portlets and security enabled. The portal's DB2 administrator user ID is coordinated with the WAS profile name and to the database domain names.

To install with WAS v6.0.2.17 or higher, WAS must be installed into the default installation directory. If WAS is not installed in the default installation directory, WebSphere Portal Express cannot be installed.

If a full installation has already been completed, re-invoking the installation program installs a subsequent WebSphere Portal Express profile.

This option allows the addition of more than one portal on the same System i5 server where WebSphere Portal Express was installed. The single DB2 administrator user ID assigned during installation will coordinate with the portal profile name. For example, on the first install iteration the user ID is wpdb2ins and the profile name is wp_profile. The second iteration user ID would be wpdb2ins1 and the profile name would be wp_profile1.

At the completion of the installation program, the local DB2 for i5/OS database is fully configured.

There is an option to transfer information including the six portal database domains to a remote DB2 for i5/OS.

Portal is configured as a WAS profile.

Follow steps outlined in Configuring DB2 for i5/OS.

 

Post-install steps

1. Set up and configure the following:
   • Configure WebSphere Portal Express for use with your HTTP server
   • Document Rendering on i5/OS
   • Installing and enabling IBM Tivoli License Compliance Manager

2. Verify and launch WebSphere Portal Express.

   Install any optional components after WebSphere Portal Express is installed.

   Refer to the following instructions for installing each component:

   • Security is enabled on an LDAP server when the installation program installs and configures WebSphere Portal Express. If you wish to use another type of server for security, please review the Database user registry. If you want to use an external security manager, review the section on External security managers.

   • OS/400 - Additional Fonts (5722SS1, Option 43) is an environment where an application renders images on an X server machine, and facilitates viewing 3D graphics on a low-end system for casual users. Installing this X Virtual Frame Buffer option allows the X server to initialize and run without the presence of any physical graphics adapter.

   • Here is the LDAP user registry section.

     • Set up the Tivoli Directory Server, and configure an -i5/OS Tivoli Directory Server over SSL.

   • Lotus^® Collaborative Services

   • About the Domino and Extended Products Portlets

   • Rational Application Developer

   • To optimize your WebSphere Portal Express software and create portlets quickly, install IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory. IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory provides a quick and easy way to build portlets. This Eclipse-based development tool speeds and simplifies portlet construction by making it easy to create complex portlets without coding.

3. Verify and launch WebSphere Portal Express again.

4. To install more than one copy of WebSphere Portal Express on the same machine, repeat the installation steps, starting with the first step in this sequence.

5. Refer to the i5/OS section in the Troubleshooting topic if you encounter any errors.

 

Choose one of the following options to continue:

• Installing methods (Choose one)
  You may install WebSphere Portal Express for System i5 locally or remotely. Once you determine a local or remote mode, choose a method of installing available within that mode.

• Document Rendering on i5/OS
  To make document conversion possible, have OS/400 - Additional Fonts (5722SS1, Option 43) running on your i5/OS system. This option includes an HTML rendering server known as X virtual frame buffer for the X server.

• Verifying
  Now that WAS and WebSphere Portal Express are installed and pre-configured on your System i5 system, as well any optional components you chose, it is time to verify the installation of WebSphere Portal Express. You may choose to verify locally or remotely.

• Backup and restore on i5/OS
  This section describes the data to back up, and the scripts needed to back up a WebSphere Portal Express profile on i5/OS.

• Uninstalling on i5/OS
  This section describes how to uninstall WebSphere Portal Express for i5/OS on a WAS profile.

 

Parent topic:

Choosing your installation platform

 

See also:

Planning considerations
Topologies
Review Verify hardware and software.
Prepare the OS

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