Installing the WBI Monitor Portlets Component

The WBI Monitor Portlets component can be installed automatically using the WBI Monitor Installation Wizard. This will install the four WBI Monitor Portlets (Workflow Dashboard Portlet, Business Dashboard Portlet, Process Diagram Portlet, and Notification Portlet) automatically into a specific WebSphere Portal Server.

You will be guided through a set of steps to gather the required information for installing this component, and then the wizard will install the Monitor portlets automatically. Refer to Chapter 4: IBM WebSphere Portal Support of the WBI Monitor User Guide for detailed information about the support for WebSphere Portal in WBI Monitor and how to install the WBI Monitor Portlets manually.

The following are the WBI Monitor Installation Wizard steps for installing the Portal component:

  1. The WBI Monitor Installation Wizard starts on the Welcome screen. Click Next to continue.

  2. In the License Agreement step, accept the License Agreement and click Next to continue.

  3. Enter the Monitor installation directory where the necessary folders and files will be extracted. Then, click Next to continue.

  4. In the Deployment Type step, select Automatic Deployment and click Next to continue.

  5. In the Installed Component step select the Portal option and click Next to continue.

  1. In the next wizard screen that appears after the Installed Component screen, you will be asked to enter the required configuration parameters of the WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Portal Server as the following:

Click Next to continue

  1. In the next screen, you will be informed with the Portal installation summary. The wizard now is ready to start installing the WBI Monitor portlets on the specified WebSphere Portal Server.

Click Next to continue.

  1. Now the WBI Monitor Portlets installation has finished. Click Finish to exit this installation wizard.