Prepare the Windows operating system in a stand-alone environment

Prerequisites...

Prepare Windows systems for installation

Prepare your operating system:

1. Check that the system logon user ID you plan to use during installation has the following permissions and rights:
   • The user ID must already exist prior to installation.
   • The user ID must belong to the Windows local Administrators group.

2. To determine if a user account is a member of the Administrators group:

   1. Verify members in Administrators group...
      Start | Programs | Administrative Tools | Computer Management | Local Users and Groups | Groups | Administrators

   2. Add the user to the Administrators group if necessary.

3. Consider the following recommendations when installing to avoid excessively long path names:

   If you exceed the 259 maximum character length, you may receive one of the following error messages during configuration or in the Installation Manager log files:

   • The input line is too long.
   • The syntax of the command is incorrect.
   • The filename is too long.

   1. Use a short installation path.

      For example, use C:\WebSphere instead of C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere.

   2. Specify node names; do not use names longer than 5 characters.

      For example, we might use node1 instead of longnodename01.

   3. Name WAR files with less than 21 characters. If necessary, modify the file name before installing.

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