IBM Version 5 manual Hardware and software prerequisites, Create groups and users

Things to do before installation

Prior to installing AEs, the following checks and tasks need to be completed on the WebSphere Server machine:

1.Check hardware and software prerequisites.

2.Create groups and users.

3.Check that IP ports are unused.

4.Stop the Web server processes.

Hardware and software prerequisites

AEs has the following hardware and software requirements:

￿Hardware:

–180 MB diskspace (minimum) for AEs

–50 MB diskspace (minimum) for IBM HTTP Server

–135 MB diskspace (minimum) for TEMP directory

–500Mhz Pentium III or above

–384 MB RAM minimum, 512 MB recommended

–Ethernet or token ring card

–CD-ROM drive

–Network connectivity to the Internet

￿Software:

–Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, SP 1 or 2 or Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP 6a

–IBM HTTP Server 1.3.19

(IBM HTTP Server is included with AEs and will be installed if not already present.)

Create groups and users

To create the required groups and users, perform the following steps:

1.If you have not already done so, create a Windows 2000 user under which the WebSphere service will be run, as follows:

–Locally defined (not a member of a Windows domain)

–Member of administrators group.

You can create local users and assign group memberships by clicking

Control Panel—>Administrative Tools—>Computer Management —>System Tools —>Local Users and Groups.

2.Assign the following rights to this user:

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