Using
the custom installation option, you can install IBM® Business Process Manager with
a new installation of WebSphere® Application
Server.
Before you begin
If you are installing from downloaded images from Passport Advantage,
ensure that you downloaded all required images (three disk images for Linux systems on Intel; two
disk images for other Linux systems). If you are installing from the DVD images, obtain the
compressed files from the DVDs. In both cases, extract all of the files from the compressed files to
the same location on your hard disk.
Restriction: Extract the installation files to a
directory that does not contain spaces or special characters. The launchpad cannot be started from a
directory path that contains spaces or special characters.
When you install the product, also install any available cumulative fixes or
fix packs. If you are using the launchpad to install and you have Internet access, you can include
available fixes from the live repository during installation. Otherwise, you must install the
upgrades from a local directory as described in Step 2 in the steps that follow. For example, you
could add fixpack.BPM_CF=local_repository_path to the
bpm_updates.properties file to include a cumulative fix.
About this task
Only
one IBM Installation Manager is required to install multiple instances
of IBM Business Process Manager.
Procedure
- Go to the directory into which you
extracted the images and enter the following command to start the
launchpad:
extract_directory/launchpad.sh
You
can run only one launchpad at a time.
- Optional: If you are
prompted to update the launchpad, click Update.
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 modify
a properties file with the appropriate launchpad prefix as described
in step 1 to direct Installation Manager to the updates to install.
Create the following file:
- /user_home_directory/bpm_updates.properties
Note: Ensure that you have read/write access to the folders that are specified
in the bpm_updates.properties file.
The
file uses a launchpad prefix, followed by a period. The name after
the prefix and the period 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. The following code is an
example of the prefixes and names in the properties file:
launchpad.1=/launchpad_updates
- On the Welcome page, click Custom
installation.
- Select Install as administrative
user to install the product as an administrative user. If you are a root user, you can install the product as an administrative
user. If you are not a root user, or if you want to install to your
own user name without root privileges, clear this option.
- Click Install. When you install IBM Business Process Manager, the
required WebSphere Application
Server Network Deployment is
automatically installed.
Note: IBM Business Process Manager can
be installed only on top of the supported version of WebSphere Application
Server Network Deployment. See
system requirements for more information.
- On the Install Packages page, WebSphere Application
Server Network Deployment, IBM
WebSphere SDK Java Technology Edition (Optional) (Java™ 7), IBM Business Process Manager Advanced,
and IBM DB2 Express are selected by default.
Clear the IBM DB2 Express option.
Important: If you are installing
WebSphere Application
Server Network Deployment V8.5.5.11, you must select Java 6 as the
embedded JDK in
WebSphere Application
Server. Under
WebSphere Application
Server Network Deployment, expand
End of Service for Java
SE, and select the
Continue to use Java SE 6 on the default Java
SDK check box.
WebSphere Application
Server Network Deployment V8.5.5.11 is required for cumulative fix
2017.03.
Note: On Linux on Power LE,
WebSphere Application
Server Network Deployment installs
only Java 7.1, and there is no option for installing or switching Java versions. For other
platforms, Java 6 is always installed with
WebSphere Application
Server Network Deployment, but Java
7 is used if you install it. If you clear the Java 7 package
option, Java 6 will be used. If you install Java 7 but find that you still need to use Java 6, you can switch before you
create profiles by using the
managesdk command. For more information, see
Switching the edition of Java used in IBM BPM.
On other platforms that support it, you can also optionally install
IBM WebSphere SDK Java Technology Edition 7.1 (Java 7.1) to use instead of
Java 6 or Java 7.
- Install security fixes as they become available. If you are connected to the Internet and want
to check for the latest fix pack or refresh pack and recommended interim fixes for WebSphere Application
Server and IBM Business Process Manager, click Check for other Versions,
Fixes, and Extensions, and then click Next. You might be prompted
to provide your IBMid and password to connect to the IBM service repositories.
You can obtain an IBMid and password by registering at http://www.ibm.com.
If there are fix packs or interim fixes available, they are shown after you select the fix pack
or refresh pack levels that you want to install.
To continue installing the product without downloading the required fixes, click
Cancel.
- On the Licenses page,
read the license agreement. If you agree to the terms of the license
agreement, click I accept the terms in the license agreements,
and then click Next.
- On the Location page,
the Create new package group option is selected
by default. Select a location for the shared resources directory and
a location for the Installation Manager, and then click Next.
You must select location for the Installation Manager only if it is
not already installed. The Install Packages wizard checks
your system for operating system prerequisites. If you are at a later
release of a supported operating system, or if the operating system
is not supported, you might receive a warning. You can continue with
the installation, but the installation or product operation might
not succeed until you apply product fix packs.
If you receive a
warning, go to the product support web pages and obtain the latest
fix packs to apply after installation. To migrate non-IBM prerequisite
and corequisite products to the supported versions, see the documentation
for those products.
- On the Features page,
expand the plus symbol to select the package features that you want
to install. Installation Manager automatically enforces dependencies
with other features and shows the updated download size and disk space
requirements for the installation.
- Select the translations to install. Under Translations
Supported by All Packages, English is
selected by default for the English version. To install other language
versions, select the appropriate language under Translations
Supported by Only Some Packages.
- Optional: To see the dependency relationships
between features, select Show Dependencies.
- Optional: Click a feature to view its brief
description under Details.
- Select one of the following features
to install.
- IBM Process
Center License
- IBM Process
Server Production License to use
the server in production
- IBM Process
Server Non-production License to
use the server only for development, test, or staging.
Your selection is recorded in the product tag for inventory purposes, so select the license
feature that matches the license you have purchased and want to use. There are no functional
differences.Restriction: Do not mix production and non-production servers in the same
cell.
When you are finished selecting features, click Next.
- On the Summary page,
review your choices before installing the IBM Business Process Manager Advanced package.
When you are satisfied with your installation choices, click Install. A progress indicator shows the percentage of the installation
completed.
- When the installation process is complete,
a message confirms the success of the process.
- Optional: To open the installation log file
for the current session in a new window, click View Log
File. To continue, close the Installation Log window.
- If you plan to use the BPMConfig command-line
utility to create your Deployment Environment, select None to
complete the installation.
- Click Finish.
What to do next
After you install
IBM BPM, you
must configure the product by creating profiles, setting up database
tables, and configuring the network deployment environment. To do
these configuration tasks in one step, use the
BPMConfig command.
Alternatively, you can do each configuration step separately using
the Profile Management Tool, if it is supported on your operating
system, and the Deployment Environment wizard.
Important: If
you are migrating business data and applications from a previous version,
use the configuration instructions in the Migrating to IBM Business
Process Manager section.