Prepare to install the software
| Task | Where to find information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Review hardware and software requirements |
 IBM BPM Advanced system requirements
IBM BPM Standard system requirements
IBM BPM Express system requirements
Prepare the operating system | |  Prepare AIX systems
 Prepare Linux systems
 Prepare Solaris systems
 Prepare Windows systems
Install the database management system.
| Consult the database documentation
| |
IBM BPM embeds the DB2 Express database. If you want to use DB2 Express as your database, you can select it as a feature from the installer and it is installed and configured automatically. The user must have administrative privileges (root or Administrator) to install DB2 Express. If you already have a version of DB2 installed and you want to install DB2 Express, you must uninstall DB2 before running the IBM BPM installer.
If the installer detects a version of DB2 installed and you have selected to install DB2 Express from the installer, you will receive a warning message and will not be able to install DB2 Express.
If installing DB2 Express as a root user, you must ensure that all kernel requirements are met before the DB2 Express installation begins. See Kernel parameter requirements ( Linux ) for a list of the kernel requirements. You can locate the current values by parsing the output of the ipcs -l command.
You will not be able to properly install and use DB2 Express if the password that is specified does not meet operating system or company restrictions, because an operating system user is created on install.
See
- System requirements
- Prepare operating systems for product installation
- Considerations for HADR setup and configuration
- Configure Oracle Data Guard for IBM BPM
Parent topic: Install and configure IBM BPM Advanced: Process Server