RE: WebSphere Install First Time

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Carl.  I appreciate the input.  This is similar to what I had heard.
The thing I learned since my last post is that the adminclient software
comes with the order of the 5733AS3 LPO.  Even though it's a free product,
it has to be separately ordered.  My client is busy trying to get all those
pieces in place.

There is also indeed a place on the IFS where the adminclient resides:

\QIBM\ProdData\WebASAdv\hosts\default_host\admin\install

I don't have the exact instructions, but basically I think it boils down to
unzipping the appropriate JAR file (AIX, NT or Sun) onto your workstation.

Your info on the standard edition is also correct.  As of version 4.0 of
Websphere, there is no longer a standard edition.  While not horrifically
expensive, the $4000 for the Advanced Edition is hard to justify if you
don't need EJB support.  Since we don't require EJB, we're going to have a
Tomcat version of our product available, probably by the end of the quarter.

Joe

> From: Carl Galgano
>
> I have done one WebSphere install on 5.1.  It was a mess.
>
> Also, from other info I have
> seen here on the list, the Standard version of WS will be drop
> and you will
> need to purchase the Advanced version.  For that reason, we have been
> experimenting with Apache and Tomcat.