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1)Add, 2)Remove ##, 3)Modify Hub ##, 4)UserAccess ##, 5)Cancel,

6)Save/exit: 6

... creating config file

"/opt/IBM/ITM/config/waco_ms_REMOTE_WACO.config"

... creating file "/opt/IBM/ITM/tables/REMOTE_WACO/glb_site.txt."

... updating "/opt/IBM/ITM/config/kbbenv"

... verifying Hot Standby.

TEMS configuration completed...

After the configuration is finished, a configuration file is generated in the

install_dir/config directory using the format

<host_name>_ms_<tems_name>.config.

3.2.3 Installing the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server

This section describes the steps for installing and configuring Tivoli Enterprise

Portal Server on Windows, AIX, or Linux servers.

Installing the portal server on Windows server

The installation procedure for a portal server on Windows includes steps for

configuring the connection between the portal server and the following

components:

򐂰 The hub monitoring server

򐂰 The portal server database

򐂰 The Tivoli Data Warehouse database

Complete the following steps to install the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server and

portal client on a Windows computer:

1. Launch the installation wizard by double-clicking the setup.exe file in the

\WINDOWS subdirectory of the installation media.

2. Click Next in the Welcome window.

3. In the Install Prerequisites window, read the information about the required

levels of IBM Global Security Toolkit (GSKit) and IBM Java.

4. Click Next. The prerequisite software is installed if necessary.

5. Read and accept the software license agreement by clicking Accept.

Note: Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server requires a database to store information;

please refer to 2.2.5, “Supported databases for Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server

and Tivoli Data Warehouse” on page 37.

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6. If you do not have an RDBMS (IBM DB2 or Microsoft SQL Server) installed on

this computer, a message regarding potentially missing required software is

displayed. Stop the installation, install the RDBMS, and begin the installation

again.

7. Specify the directory where you want to install the portal server software and

accompanying files. The default location is C:\IBM\ITM. Click Next.

8. Type an encryption key to use. This key should be the same as what was

used during the installation of the hub monitoring server to which this portal

server will connect. Click Next and then OK to confirm the encryption key.

9. In the Select Features window (Figure 3-16), select Tivoli Enterprise Portal

Server from the list of components to install. Remember to leave the

components under Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server selected; the support check

boxes in the subtree are for installing application support files.

Figure 3-16 Selecting features to install

Note: The IBM Eclipse Help Server is automatically selected when you

select the portal server.

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10.

Optionally select the following additional components to install:

a. If you want to view events on the IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console event

server through the Tivoli Enterprise Portal, expand Tivoli Enterprise

Portal Server and ensure that TEC GUI Integration is selected.

b. If you want to install a portal desktop client on this computer, select Tivoli

Enterprise Portal Desktop Client. When you select the Tivoli Enterprise

Portal Desktop Client check box, all of the check boxes in the attached

subtree are automatically selected. These check boxes are for installing

application support files for base monitoring agents to the portal desktop

client. Leave these check boxes selected as you did for the portal server in

Step 9 on page 90.

11.Click Next.

12.If no IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2 component has been previously installed on

this computer, a window is displayed for you to select a program folder for the

Windows Start menu. Select a program folder and click Next. The default

program folder name is IBM Tivoli Monitoring.

13.Review the installation summary details. The summary identifies what you are

installing and where you chose to install it. Click Next to start the installation.

After installation is complete, a configuration window (called the Setup Type

window) is displayed.

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14.Clear the check boxes for any components that have already been installed

and configured (at the current release level) on this computer (Figure 3-17),

unless you want to modify the configuration.

Figure 3-17 Selecting components to configure

15.Type the host name of the computer where you are installing the portal server

(Figure 3-18 on page 93). (The host name of this computer is displayed by

default.) Click Next.