Install Application Client for WebSphere Application Server from a Windows workstation

This topic describes how to install the Application Client for WebSphere Application Server on your i5/OS system from a Windows workstation.

Overview

Procedure

1. If TCP/IP is not started or if you don't know if TCP/IP is started, enter the Start TCP/IP (STRTCP) command on the Control Language (CL) command line.

2. Verify that the host server jobs are started on your iSeries server. The host server jobs allow the installation code to run on iSeries. Enter this command on a CL command line: STRHOSTSVR SERVER(*ALL)

3. Verify that your user profile has the *ALLOBJ and *SECADM special authorities.

4. Place the WebSphere Application Server Supplements disc in the disc drive of your workstation.

5. Install Application Client for WebSphere Application Server using the launchpad.

   See Using the launchpad to start the installation.

6. Enter your user profile, password and the host name or IP address for the system you wish to install when prompted. Click OK to continue.

7. Click Next to continue when the Welcome panel is displayed. Click the radio button beside the "I accept the terms in the license agreement" message if you agree to the license agreement, and click Next to continue.

8. The installation wizard checks the system for prerequisites. Click Next if you see a success message on the wizard panel. If a warning message is displayed on the panel, click Cancel to exit the installation wizard and install the proper prerequisites to the system.

   Note: Application Client may be fully functional even if some prerequisites are not installed on the system, however IBM recommends you update your system to the required level.

9. Specify the installation directory and the default profile directory. Click Next to continue.

   1. Specify the target directories for the Application Client product and default profile if you do not want to use the default directories.

   2. Deleting the default target location and leaving an installation directory field empty prevents you from continuing the installation process.

10. Choose a type of installation, and click Next. If you use the GUI you can choose a Typical installation type, which installs J2EE and Thin application client, or you can choose the custom installation type. For i5/OS, the custom installation type allows you to include the Web Services thin client and Administration thin client features.

    1. Install the Administration Thin Client, if you need a runtime jar that is customized to enable client applications to perform WebSphere administration tasks. The Administration Thin Client is installed into app_server_root/runtimes.

    2. Install the Web Services Thin Client, if you need a JAX-RPC Web services runtime JAR that is customized to enable client applications to communicate with the Application Server through Web Services. The Web Services Thin Client is installed into app_server_root/runtimes.

11. Enter the host name of the WebSphere Application Server machine. Click Next to continue. The default port number is 2809. If you do not know the host name of the system on which the application server will run, enter any string to proceed with the install.

12. Review the summary information, and click Next to install the product code or you might also click Back to change your specifications.

13. Click Finish to exit the wizard, after the Application Client installs.

14. Verify the success of the installer program by examining the Completion panel and the app_client_root/logs/install/log.txt file for installation status. The installer program records the following indicators of success in the logs:

    • INSTCONFSUCCESS indicates that the installation is successful and that no further log analysis is required.

    • INSTCONFFAILED indicates an installation failure that you cannot retry or recover from without reinstalling.

Results

What to do next

Use the installation verification utility to verify a successful installation. If the installation is not successful, fix the error as indicated in the installation error message. For example, if you do not have enough disk space, add more space, and reinstall the Application Client.

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