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Install CA GovernanceMinder on IBM WebSphere 7

You install CA GovernanceMinder on a WebSphere application server in the Application Server step. To install the CA GovernanceMinder server in a WebSphere environment, you install CA GovernanceMinder on the same computer where WAS Network Deployment is installed as a root user.

The CA GovernanceMinder installer also installs and configures CA GovernanceMinder databases and data tables on a specified SQL or Oracle database server.

Follow these steps:

1. Verify that the SQL or Oracle server that is determined to host CA GovernanceMinder databases is running and that you have installed Oracle Java SE Development Kit (JDK) 6.
2. Run the InstCARCM.bin installation program from the installation files.

   The CA GovernanceMinder installer opens.

3. Select the language that you want for the Portal, and click OK.

   Note: The language you that select affects only the Portal interface and not the installation or any other component.

4. Complete the installer by providing the necessary information. The following are not self-explanatory:

   Application Server screen

   Specify the WebSphere: Prepare '.ear' installation files option, enter the host name or IP address of the WebSphere Application Server, and click Next.

   Workpoint Server Host screen

   Specify one of the following server options:

   • This server - You install a dedicated instance of the Workpoint server on the target server with the CA GovernanceMinder server. This Workpoint instance includes configuration and components specific to CA GovernanceMinder.
   • Remote server - Specify another Workpoint server instance.
5. Review your installation choices and click Install.

   The installer runs the customized installation package.

6. Click Done to close the installer.

   You have installed CA GovernanceMinder and selected WebSphere as the application server in the Application Server step.

   Next, you create SQL Server databases.