Preparing to install

To prepare for installation, ensure that IBM Integration Bus is installed.

Procedure

To prepare to install IBM Integration Bus Healthcare Pack, complete the following steps:

  1. Check the hardware and software requirements, see IBM Integration Bus system requirements.
  2. Ensure that you have the most current information about IBM Integration Bus Healthcare Pack, see Finding the latest information for IBM Integration Bus Healthcare Pack.
  3. Ensure that you can access the installer for IBM Integration Bus Healthcare Pack, Accessing the installer.
  4. Ensure that the appropriate version of IBM Integration Bus is installed.

    For information about hardware and software requirements, see the IBM Integration Bus system requirements website.

    For information about the requirements for using the different components of IBM Integration Bus Healthcare Pack, see Platform support for IBM Integration Bus Healthcare Pack.

    For instructions about how to install IBM Integration Bus, see Installing and uninstalling in the IBM Integration Bus product documentation.

  5. Install IBM MQ, create a queue manager, and associate the queue manager with an integration node; see Installing WebSphere MQ in the IBM Integration Bus product documentation.
  6. Optional: If you want to use the sequence option in the Healthcare: HL7 to HL7 DFDL pattern or the Healthcare: HL7 to HL7 pattern, you must create the default IBM Integration Bus queues. See Creating the default IBM Integration Bus queues on a WebSphere MQ queue manager in the IBM Integration Bus product documentation.
  7. If you have an existing IBM Integration Bus Healthcare Pack installation, to find out whether you must uninstall the existing IBM Integration Bus Healthcare Pack installation, see Coexistence and migration.
  8. Ensure that you can access the installer for IBM Integration Bus Healthcare Pack; see Accessing the installer.

Results

Results:

You are ready to install IBM Integration Bus Healthcare Pack.

What to do next

Next:

You can now install IBM Integration Bus Healthcare Pack, see Installing IBM Integration Bus Healthcare Pack.