Using Web Start to download and run the desktop client

A desktop client obtained from the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server through IBM® Web Start for Java™ benefits from centralized administration from the server. Like the browser client, it is automatically configured with the latest updates each time you start the client, and there is no need to configure application support.

Before you use IBM Web Start for Java to download the desktop client from the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server:

• The Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server must be installed. (See Installing the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server.)
• IBM 32 bit or 64 bit Runtime Environment for Windows, version 7.0 must be installed on the computer to which you want to download the desktop client.

  You can download the IBM JRE installer from the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server (see Browser plug-in support for Java applets). The IBM JRE must be installed as the system JVM.

  If you want to run the desktop client on a system that already has a Tivoli Management Services base component installed (such as a monitoring server or the portal server), there is no need to install the IBM JRE. The correct version of the IBM JRE is installed with the Tivoli Management Services component.

If you run the desktop client using Web Start instead of installing it from the installation media, you must configure the JRE to enable tracing for the desktop client (see Enabling tracing for the JRE).