Operational Decision Manager V8.7.1 Download Document

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This document contains a list of the Passport Advantage eAssembly images for Operational Decision Manager V8.7.1. For complete instructions to install the product, see Installing Operational Decision Manager.

Additional information

Before you install this product, see Operational Decision Manager V8.7 Technotes for known limitations and other product information.

Find out what's new in this release at What's new in IBM Operational Decision Manager.

Disk space requirements

To download and install Operational Decision Manager Standard and Express V8.7.1, you need 35 GB of disk space. The full installation requires about 13 GB.

To download and install Operational Decision Manager Advanced V8.7.1, you need 45 GB of disk space. The full installation requires about 15 GB.

You can delete the downloaded files after you unpack them.

Installers

You can install Operational Decision Manager V8.7.1 by using either the installation launchpad or IBM Installation Manager.

The launchpad is included in the installation disk files. It guides you through the installation of the product.

Installation Manager uses repository files. To install part of the product, download the repository files for that part and use the files in Installation Manager. Some files must be concatenated for installation. To facilitate downloading, the repository download files are limited in size to about 1 GB (1,000 MB).

Installation disk files

You can download the product in disk files or repository files. The disk files contain the following installation files:

• Disk 1: Launchpad, WebSphere Application Server, and WebSphere eXtreme Scale
• Disk 2: Decision Server Rules and Decision Server Rules Profile Templates
• Disk 3: Decision Center and Decision Center Profile Templates
• Disk 4: Decision Server Events and Decision Server Events Profile Templates
• Disk 5: Decision Server Insights

Downloading

1. Go to IBM Passport Advantage Online.
2. Log in by using your IBM ID.
3. Select Find by part number in Download finder options.
4. Search for your files by using the part numbers that are listed on this page.
5. Download the files.

Installation

Launchpad and disk files

1. Extract all the disk files from the downloaded files to the same directory. Use a short path to the shared directory, for example, to the root of your hard disk: C:/ODM871 for Standard or Express, and C:/DSA_87 for Advanced.
2. Run the launchpad installer from Disk 1. The installer finds the other disks automatically and guides you through the installation.
3. Note: The launchpad must be run locally. It cannot install from a network device.

For more information on using the launchpad, see Installing the product with the launchpad.

Installation Manager and repositories

1. Extract each repository from its download file to its own folder.
2. Start IBM Installation Manager.
3. Open File > Preferences > Repositories.
4. For each repository, click Repository, browse to the repository, and click OK.
5. After adding the repositories, click OK.
6. Click Install and select the repositories.
7. Click Install to complete the installation.

For more information on using Installation Manager, see Installing the product with Installation Manager.

Additional information

For complete instructions to install the product, see Installing Operational Decision Manager.

Installation summary for Operational Decision Manager Standard or Express

Launchpad:

• Use disk files 1 to 3 to install Operational Decision Manager Standard or Express V8.7.1.

Installation Manager:

• To install Decision Center on WebSphere Application Server without the sample server, download IBM Decision Center Profile Templates for WebSphere Application Server for Multiplatforms (IM Repository). An existing installation of WebSphere Application Server 8.5 is required.
• To install Decision Center with the sample server or on another supported application server, download IBM Decision Center for (OS) (IM Repository) V8.7.1 Multilingual.
• To install Decision Server Rules, including Rule Execution Server for all the supported application servers, Rule Designer and the sample server, download IBM Decision Server Rules for (OS)(IM Repository) V8.7.1 Multilingual.
• To install Decision Server Rules, including Rule Execution Server for WebSphere Application Server only, download IBM Decision Server Rules Profile Templates for WebSphere Application Server for Multiplatforms (IM Repository) V8.7.1 Multilingual.

Installation summary for Operational Decision Manager Operational Decision Manager Advanced

Launchpad:

• Operational Decision Manager Advanced V8.7.1 works on Linux and Windows. Use disk files 1 to 5 to install the product.

Installation Manager:

• To install Decision Center on WebSphere Application Server without the sample server, download IBM Decision Center Profile Templates for WebSphere Application Server for Multiplatforms (IM Repository). An existing installation of WebSphere Application Server 8.5 is required.
• To install Decision Center with the sample server or on another supported application server, download IBM Decision Center for (OS) (IM Repository) V8.7.1 Multilingual.
• To install Decision Server Rules, including Rule Execution Server for all the supported application servers, Rule Designer and the sample server, download IBM Decision Server Rules for (OS) (IM Repository) V8.7.1 Multilingual.
• To install Decision Server Rules, including Rule Execution Server for WebSphere Application Server only, download IBM Decision Server Rules Profile Templates for WebSphere Application Server for Multiplatforms (IM Repository) V8.7.1 Multilingual.
• To install Decision Server Events, including the Event Designer, Event Runtime and the sample server, download IBM Decision Server Events for (OS) (IM Repository) V8.7.1 Multilingual.
• To install Decision Server Events, including Event Runtime, download IBM Decision Server Events Profile Templates for WebSphere Application Server for Multiplatforms (IM Repository) V8.7.1 Multilingual.
• To install Decision Server Insights, download IBM Decision Server Insights for (OS) (IM Repository) V8.7.1 Multilingual.

Concatenating repositories

Some of the multiplatform eAssembly IM repositories come in multiple files. These repositories include Decision Server Rules and Decision Center. You must concatenate the files to create a usable TAR file. Starting with 00, you associate the files in ascending order by using the index numbers of the file extensions.

Example for Windows:

copy /b IBM_DECISION_SERVER_RULES_FOR_MPF.00+IBM_DECISION_SERVER_RULES_FOR_MPF.01+IBM_DECISION_SERVER_RULES_FOR_MPF.02+IBM_DECISION_SERVER_RULES_FOR_MPF.03+IBM_DECISION_SERVER_RULES_FOR_MPF.04 IBM_DECISION_SERVER_RULES_FOR_MPF.tar

Example for Linux:

cat IBM_DECISION_SERVER_RULES_FOR_MPF.00 IBM_DECISION_SERVER_RULES_FOR_MPF.01 IBM_DECISION_SERVER_RULES_FOR_MPF.02 IBM_DECISION_SERVER_RULES_FOR_MPF.03 IBM_DECISION_SERVER_RULES_FOR_MPF.04 > IBM_DECISION_SERVER_RULES_FOR_MPF.tar

Windows installation

If you use Windows 7 or later, the operating system can block changes to files in your main program folders. To avoid this problem, install your files in a root directory folder, for example, C:/IBM/ODM for Standard or Express, and C:/IBM/Advanced for Advanced . Alternatively, you can use the Run as administrator command when you launch Operational Decision Manager.

Extracting TAR files with WinZip

The product is delivered in compressed TAR files. If you use WinZip to extract the TAR files, deselect TAR file smart CR/LF conversion:

1. Open WinZip Classic.
2. Select Options > Configuration, and click the Miscellaneous tab.
3. Clear the TAR file smart CR/LF conversion check box.
4. Extract the files.

Installation issues

• JDK on AIX: Installation of the JDK on AIX might fail. See IV12285: JAVA 6.0.1 and JAVA 7 fail to start on AIX 7.1 TL SP0 and SP1 and Issues installing and using WebSphere Application Server V8, IBM HTTP Server V8 on AIX 7.1 TL 1.
• Solaris and AIX: The TAR command does not extract files with paths longer than 100 characters. Use the GNU TAR. See AIX TAR command requirements.
• Linux and AIX: Before installing WebSphere Application Server for the first time on a Linux or AIX machine, go to /etc/security and add the following limits to the limits.conf file:
  • * hard nofile 100000
  • * soft nofile 100000
  The limits prevent the following error when using the WAS Administration Console:
  • SRVE0255E: A WebGroup/Virtual Host to handle /ibm/console/login.do has not been defined.
  If you get this error, uninstall the server, set the limits, and then reinstall the server.

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The disks include the Installation Manager repositories. You do not need to download these repositories separately. If you already have all the prerequisites installed, you can use the repositories to install Operational Decision Manager.