Install WebSphere Portal on Windows on the additional cluster nodes

Install WebSphere Portal on additional cluster nodes to create a highly available and scalable environment.

Review the WebSphere Portal detailed system requirements for OS and ensure that all hardware and software matches the minimum product level before installing WebSphere Portal. Review Installation methods, options, and sources.


Prerequisites


Installation methods, options, and sources

WebSphere Portal detailed system requirements

To install WebSphere Portal:

  1. Verify the fully qualified host name is configured...

      ping myserver.myco.com

  2. If you are installing with an existing WAS instance, ensure it is installed at the supported level and has the following features installed:

    • Application Server
    • Administration

      • Scripted Administration
      • Administrative Console

    • Ant and Deployment Tools

      • Deploy Tool

      • Ant Utilities

    WAS installations that have an existing WebSphere Portal v7.0 profile or that do not meet the correct software versions will not be included in the list of available, existing WAS instances.

    Besides ensuring that the existing WAS instance is at the supported level, verify that Apache Derby is installed at the supported level before installing WebSphere Portal. See WebSphere Portal detailed system requirements for supported levels.

  3. If you are installing on a server with a firewall, antivirus, and/or desktop search engine enabled, disable them before installing. If you do not disable them and the installation program detects them, a warning message displays during the installation.

  4. Choose one of the following installation commands:

    If you are installing WebSphere Portal on Windows™ Vista or 7, right click on the Cmd icon and select Run as administrator to start the installer from an administrator window.
    Advance installation parameters: To customize installation, you can add various parameters to installation commands; for example, you can specify port information. See "Advanced installation parameters" under Related references at the end of this document for information.

    Type Task
    GUI install.bat -W defaults.isBinaryInstall=true
    Console mode install.bat -console -W defaults.isBinaryInstall=true
    Silent install install.bat -options "/path/to/installresponse.txt"

    Set the defaults.isBinaryInstall parameter to true in the response file.

    Do not place the response file in a path that contains a space and do not put a space in the file name.

After the installation of the additional cluster node, no application server exists because the defaults.isBinaryInstall parameter was set to true. The application server will be added when the new cluster member is created.


Parent

Prepare additional nodes on Windows
Data collection and symptom analysis


Related tasks


Create multiple profiles on Windows
Advanced installation parameters

 


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