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Information Required During Installation

The installation program prompts you for the following information:

• Location where WebSphere Application Server is installed. The default is:

  Windows: C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer

  UNIX: /opt/IBM/Websphere/AppServer

• Policy Server IP Address
• If registering a new Trusted Host during installation (optional):
  • SiteMinder administrator user name and password
  • Unique Trusted Host Name.
  • Host Configuration Object name for the SiteMinder Agent

    (Object must exist on the Policy Server before you install the SiteMinder Agent.)

  If you decide not to register the Trusted Host now, you can do it later.

• If the install system is already registered as a Trusted Host for a SiteMinder Agent for WebSphere, the location of an existing Trusted Host configuration (SmHost.conf) file.

  Note: You cannot use an SmHost.conf file created for a SiteMinder Web Agent.

• SiteMinder Agent Configuration Object name.

  (This object must exist on the Policy Server User before installing the SiteMinder Agent.)