IBM Business Monitor, V8.0.1 > Install IBM Business Monitor > Installing the software

Installing from the product launchpad

The IBM Business Monitor product launchpad program provides you with a single location to view release information for IBM Business Monitor, install WebSphere Application Server if required, and start the installation process.

Complete the preinstallation tasks described in Prepare to install, if you have not done so already.

For the default installation locations, see the related reference.

To install or run IBM Business Monitor on Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2008, you must elevate your Microsoft Windows user account privileges. Whether you are an administrative user or a non-administrative user, right-click launchpad.exe and select Run as administrator.

Tip: For Windows installations, keep the path as short as possible. Otherwise, you might run into problems later when the paths of other components, when added to this path, exceed the 255-character path limit.

Use the product launchpad program to start the installation of IBM Business Monitor in the following cases:

• Installing from the product DVDs

• Installing from an electronic installation image on your local file system

• Installing from an electronic installation image on a shared drive

Procedure

Start the launchpad program and install WebSphere Application Server . You can run only one launchpad at a time.

1. Insert the first IBM Business Monitor DVD into your DVD drive.

   

   Ensure that you have mounted the DVD drive.

2. If auto-run is enabled on your system, the IBM Business Monitor launchpad program automatically opens. If auto-run is not enabled on your system:
   • Run launchpad.sh located in the root directory of the DVD.
   • Run launchpad.exe, or launchpad64.exe for a 64-bit system, located in the root directory of the DVD.

3. If you see a message that prompts you to update the launchpad, click Update to receive the latest updates.

   The updates are installed and your launchpad is restarted automatically.

   If you do not have access to the Internet and want updates to the launchpad to be installed from a local directory, you can use a properties file to tell the Installation Manager where to find the updates. Create the following file:

   • 

     /home/user/bpm_updates.properties

   • C:\ HOMEPATH\bpm_updates.properties

     • On Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2008, the HOMEPATH environment variable points to C:\Users\ user_name\

   For more information about Installation Manager updates, see Installation Manager updates.

   Ensure that you have read/write access to the folders specified in bpm_updates.properties.

   The file uses a launchpad prefix, followed by a dot. The part of the name after the prefix and the dot can be anything you want, which enables you to point to multiple locations for launchpad upgrades. The locations can be either local directories or URLs.

   For example:

   launchpad.1=http://test/launchpad
   launchpad.2=C:\launchpad_updates

4. Click Help System installation to install the product Help System and documentation on your computer. The Help System is an Eclipse framework for displaying the documentation.

5. If you are in the Administrator group on Windows, or if you are a root user on a Linux or UNIX system, ensure that Install as administrative user is selected. Clear this check box only if you are not an administrative user, or to install to your own user name without giving privileges to other users.
6. If you do not yet have WebSphere Application Server installed, click the Install button to start the installation of IBM Business Monitor.

   If you are on a 64-bit system, you might receive the following message:

   Your operating system failed the launchpad prerequisites check. The following 32-bit GTK Library for running IBM Installation Manager is not available in underlying OS:  list_of_missing_files. Please install the 32-bit GTK Library and restart your installation.

   If you see this message, your server does not have the 32-bit version of the GTK library installed, or the library is an incorrect version. Update your server with the correct version of the 32-bit GTK library, using the DVD or official website of your operating system, before you continue the installation.

   The Installation Manager is started and configured for you. Go to Install IBM Business Monitor interactively for the remainder of the installation instructions.

7. To install IBM Business Monitor on an existing installation of WebSphere Application Server, click Installation on existing WebSphere Application Server.

   1. If you are in the Administrator group on Windows, or if you are a root user on a Linux or UNIX system, ensure that Install as administrative user is selected. Clear this check box only if you are not an administrative user, or to install to your own user name without giving privileges to other users.

   2. Click Import or Update.

      • If the Open file window displays, click Run. The Installation Manager opens.

      • Click Import to import WebSphere Application Server into Installation Manager. You must import WebSphere Application Server if it has never previously been imported or if it has been updated with the Update Installer after it was last imported.

      • Click Browse and select the directory where WebSphere Application Server was installed, for example, app_server_root.

      • Click Next, and then click Import.

      • Click Finish.

      • From the Installation Manager window, click Update.

      • Select the package group IBM WebSphere Application Server - ND.

        Tip: On the Update Packages page, select Show All to display available updates.

      • Click Next and follow the instructions on each page, accepting the defaults.
      • Close the Installation Manager and return to the launchpad application.

   3. Click Install to start the installation of IBM Business Monitor.

      If the Open file window displays, click Run.

      If you are on a 64-bit system, you might receive the following message:

      Your operating system failed the launchpad prerequisites check. The following 32-bit GTK Library for running IBM Installation Manager is not available in underlying OS:  list_of_missing_files. Please install the 32-bit GTK Library and restart your installation.

      If you see this message, your server does not have the 32-bit version of the GTK library installed, or the library is an incorrect version. Update your server with the correct version of the 32-bit GTK library, using the DVD or official website of your operating system, before you continue the installation.

   4. Click Install IBM Business Monitor. The Installation Manager is started and configured for you. Go to Install IBM Business Monitor interactively for the remainder of the installation instructions.

What to do next

If your operating system supports it, you can click Help System Installation on the launchpad to install the information center.

• Install IBM Business Monitor interactively
  

  You can install IBM Business Monitor interactively using the Installation Manager, whether you are installing all the components on a single server or installing the components to clusters in a ND environment.

Installing the IBM Business Monitor software

Related reference:
Directory conventions (default installation locations)
Installation and profile creation log files
Launchpad fails to start