Windows: Preparing the 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 exist before the installation.
   • The user ID must belong to the Windows local Administrators group.

2. Determine whether a user account is a member of the Administrators group:

   1. Click...
      Start | Programs | Administrative Tools | Computer Management | Local Users and Groups | Groups

   2. Open the Administrators group to see what members belong to it.

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

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

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

   • The input line is too long.
   • The syntax of the command is incorrect.
   • The file name 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 we install.

Parent topic: Windows: Install WebSphere Portal and Web Content Manager

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