HCL Workload Automation, Version 9.4

Installation procedure for Dynamic Workload Console

About this task

To install a Dynamic Workload Console and its prerequisites, perform the following steps:
  1. Run the installation process. as follows:
    1. From the eImage that contains the HCL Workload Automation master domain manager, run:
      Windows operating systems:
      From the root directory of the eImage, run setupDWC.bat.
      UNIX operating systems:
      With HCL Workload Automation Version 9.4 you are no longer required to have root privileges to install the Dynamic Workload Console.

      If you decided to silently install the Dynamic Workload Console as non-root user, also the Installation Manager must be installed by the same non-root user.

      If you are installing as the root user
      From the root directory of the eImage, run setupDWC.sh.
      If you are installing as a non-root user
      Complete the following steps:
      1. Create the /etc/TWA folder and grant write access to the non-root user that is installing the Dynamic Workload Console.
      2. Assign to the <DWC_INSTALL_MEDIA> directory the non-root user ownership, by running the following command:

        chown -R non-root-user /<DWC_INSTALL_MEDIA>

      3. Run setupDWC.sh -noroot
      Note: If you are installing the Dynamic Workload Console as a non-root user, consider the following limitations:
      • All the prerequisite products, as listed in Dynamic Workload Console prerequisites, must be installed by the non-root user.
      • After the installation, fix packs can be installed only by the non-root user.
      • Only fix packs and releases certified for the non-root user can be applied on that Dynamic Workload Console instance.
      • Any WebSphere Application Server command must be run only by the non-root user.
      • The wastools installed for the Dynamic Workload Console must be run only by the non-root user.
      • You can install the Dynamic Workload Console only by using File or LDAP, and you cannot configure it with LocalOS or Custom security repositories

      The Installation Packages Installation Manager panel opens.

  2. In the Installation Packages Installation Manager panel, the installation process selected all the Dynamic Workload Console prerequisites packages and the Dynamic Workload Console Version 9.4 product package.
    Note: If you have already installed the Dynamic Workload Console or its prerequisites products, a warning window is displayed. Click Continue to install the package in a new group or click Cancel to clear the package that is already installed.
    Click Next.
  3. On the Licenses page, read the license agreement for the selected package. If you selected to install the Dynamic Workload Console package and the Dynamic Workload Console prerequisites packages, you must accept the license agreement for each package. On the left side of the License page, click each package to see its license agreement. If you agree to the terms of all the license agreements, click I accept the terms in the license agreements. Click Next
  4. On the Location panel, the Dynamic Workload Console and the Dynamic Workload Console prerequisites packages are listed:
    For each prerequisite package:
    Accept the default path, or type, or Browse for the path to use as the installation directory in which to install the prerequisite instance.
    For Dynamic Workload Console package:
    Accept the default path, or type, or Browse for the path to use as the installation directory in which you install the Dynamic Workload Console:
    Installation directory

    The maximum field length is 46 characters. You cannot use national characters.

    On Windows operating systems:
    • The following characters are not valid: 
       '!','#','$','%','&','{','}','[',']','=',
'?','\'','<','>',',',';','(',')'
    • The name must be longer than three characters, the second character must be ':', the third character must be '\'.
    • The default directory is C:\Program Files\HCL\TWAUI
    On UNIX and Linux operating systems:
    • The following characters are not valid: 
       '!','\"','#','$','%','&','{','}','[',']','=',
'?','\'','<','>',',',';','(',')',' '
    • The name must be longer than one character and the first character must be '/'.
    • The default directory is /opt/HCL/TWAUI
    Note: If you are installing on a Windows server 2008 follow the instructions in the message about virtualized directories.
  5. Click Next. On the Features page, select the languages for which the corresponding WebSphere Application Server packages will be installed. The language translations for the user interface and documentation are installed. You have the option to select languages only the first time that you install a package to a package group. You can install other language translations for all the packages in a package group with the Modify wizard. Click Next.
  6. On the Features page, perform the following actions:
    For the prerequisite packages:

    To see a description of a feature, click the feature name. In the Details section you see a short description.

    Ensure that you leave the default prerequisites features selected by installation process.

    For the Dynamic Workload Console package:
    Leave the Dynamic Workload Console option selected.
    Click Next.
  7. In the following panels, enter the following information:
    For each prerequisite package:
    On the prerequisites product panels, enter the information related to the product you are installing. For more information about the field values, see the prerequisite product documentation.
    For the Dynamic Workload Console package:
    On the following panels, enter the following information:
    WebSphere Application Server profile configuration:
    WebSphere Application Server profile configuration
    z/OS connector configuration:
    z/OS connector configuration.
    Click Next.
  8. On the Summary page, review your choices before installing the product package and its prerequisites. To change any choices that you made on previous pages, click Back and make the changes. Click Install to install the Dynamic Workload Console package and its prerequisites.
Note: If you installed the WebSphere Application Server prerequisite, after the installation do not create a profile because the installation process already created its own profile.
After a successful installation, to configure the Dynamic Workload Console, see Accessing the Dynamic Workload Console.