Installing IBM Business Monitor

IBM® Business Monitor can be installed in multiple topologies. You can install all components on a single server, or you can distribute the components across multiple systems. To achieve a highly available environment with failover support, you can install IBM Business Monitor into a clustered environment that uses the clustering mechanism of WebSphere® Application Server or Process Server.

Important: IBM Business Monitor runs on multiple platforms. For details about supported operating systems, supported hardware, memory requirements, and disk space requirements, see the System requirements for IBM Business Monitor.

Planning to install IBM Business Monitor
IBM Business Monitor has multiple components that can be installed on a single server or across multiple servers in the network. During the installation process, there are many options to consider. When planning to install IBM Business Monitor, you must consider the available options and how you want to deploy the components in your network.
Preparing to install
Before installing IBM Business Monitor, ensure that you have the required hardware and software prerequisites. Some operating platforms also require special preparation before you can install.
Installing the IBM Business Monitor software
You can install IBM Business Monitor interactively or silently. You can use IBM Business Monitor with other software in your monitoring environment, including WebSphere Portal or Process Server.
Creating the databases
IBM Business Monitor requires two databases, one for the IBM Business Monitor configuration and one for the IBM Cognos® Business Intelligence content store.
Creating and augmenting profiles
After you have installed IBM Business Monitor, create at least one profile to prepare your runtime environment. You can create and augment profiles either through the Profile Management Tool or through the manageprofiles command.
Verifying the installation
After you have installed IBM Business Monitor and created a profile, you can optionally use the First Steps Console to verify that the product was installed correctly.
Determining port numbers
To determine the port number to use with web interfaces such as Business Space and the portlet-based dashboards, review the configuration in the WebSphere Application Server administrative console.
Configuring the environment
After you have installed IBM Business Monitor in a network deployment (ND) topology, you must complete additional configuration tasks to install required resources and fully prepare your environment for monitoring.
Configuring how to receive events
You can configure how events flow from applications to IBM Business Monitor.
Configuring IBM Business Monitor components
After you have installed IBM Business Monitor, you can configure additional components.
Installing the showcase model
The single-server version of IBM Business Monitor comes with a mortgage lending sample model that illustrates some of the functionality of IBM Business Monitor. If you created a stand-alone profile, you can install the Better Lender showcase model using the First Steps console.
Switching the edition of Java used in IBM Business Monitor
When you installed IBM Business Monitor, Java Technology Edition 6 was automatically installed along with the required version of WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment. However, you had the option of installing Java Technology Edition 7.0 by choosing the IBM WebSphere SDK Java Technology Edition install package, which was selected by default. You also had the option of installing Java Technology Edition 7.1 by choosing the IBM WebSphere SDK Java Technology Edition 7.1 install package, which was not selected by default. If you chose to install Java 7.0, it is used with IBM Business Monitor instead of Java 6 or Java 7.1, but you can switch to Java 6 or Java 7.1 (if installed) and then later switch back to Java 7.0 by using the managesdk command.
Uninstalling IBM Business Monitor
You can remove IBM Business Monitor interactively or silently.