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.

Procedure

  1. Access First Steps.
    • For Linux operating systemFor UNIX operating systemOpen a command window. Go to profile_root/firststeps.wbm and run the firststeps.sh command.
    • For Windows operating systemFrom the Profile Creation Complete panel panel, select the Launch the IBM Business Monitor first steps option.
    • For Windows operating systemGo to Start > All Programs > IBM > Business Monitor version > Profiles > profile_name > First Steps.
    • For Windows operating systemGo to profile_root\firststeps.wbm and run the firststeps.bat command.
      Important: To install or run First Steps on Windows, you must elevate your Microsoft Windows user account privileges by right-clicking firststeps.bat and selecting Run as administrator. This is required for both administrative and nonadministrative users.
  2. From the First Steps console, select the option to perform an installation verification test.
  3. Review the results.

What to do next

If you enabled security for IBM Business Monitor, after the installation completes, you must set up users by supplying a user ID and password for the MonitorBusAuth authentication alias. See Specifying credentials in an IBM Business Monitor secured environment for more details.

In addition to the installation verification test, the First Steps console provides options to run the Profile Management Tool, open the WebSphere® Application Server administrative console, and open Business Space.

For Linux operating systemFor UNIX operating systemOn a Linux or UNIX system, you might have to change the ownership from root user to a different user. You perform this task on IBM Business Monitor exactly as you would on WebSphere Application Server or Process Server. See the related links below for more information.

If you are creating a new IBM Business Monitor profile or augmenting an existing profile with IBM Business Monitor resulted in a result code of INSTCONFPARTIALSUCCESS or INSTCONFFAILED, consult the table in the related reference link.