Initial Login to Web Console

Aggie99 · Post by **Aggie99** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 6:30 pm

Can someone help?

I recently installed Datastage v8 on my xp machine (running the install.exe file that come from IBM). The post installation window said everything was alright.

Next, I try to add user and projects. My problem goes to initially login to Web Console. I don't know what would be the ID/PWD or host name to enter the login window. Did I miss something during installation? And how do I initially login to the system to create project, create user, assign role etc.

thanks for your advise to get me started.

sima79 · Post by **sima79** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:06 pm

The installation tool will prompt you to enter the username and password for each of the domain and repository layers. I am assuming here that you have just installed the server components. The installation manual on page 31-32 gives you a sample list of these users for each layer. To login initially into the web console you will need the information server administrator username and password.

Aggie99 · Post by **Aggie99** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:11 pm

The installation tool will prompt you to enter the username and password for each of the domain and repository layers.

I expect the prompt too. But I didn't see one. Is it possible I only install the client side, but not the server side? how many install.exe do I need to run.

thanks for your inputs...

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:03 pm

Had you set up the user (perhaps isadmin) as a valid Windows user before performing the installation? That is what I did, and I have a successul installation on Windows XP.

The number of times you need to run install.exe depends on which options you elect to install - if you elect to install everything then you should only need to run install.exe once. That was what I did.

Aggie99 · Post by **Aggie99** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 5:44 pm

I found out what I did wrong. Apparently the install.exe I had was for CLIENT side only.

I went to IBM site and downloaded the server package, I got the v8.1 version for window. So I went through the journey again. This time I got all the ID/PWD set up screens.

But, the installation failed because it couldn't setup the metadata.... then it reverted back and got out.

I am using a XP. Anyone have any idea?

thx again.

Aggie99 · Post by **Aggie99** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 7:25 pm

hi ray,

what steps did you take to install information server and datastage v8 on your XP. I still couldn't pass the point where it tried to setup the metadata repository. It kept failing the metadata repository.

I chose new installation and let the install.exe ran. It failed and stopped. I am running out of idea as to where to look.

pls help.

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:07 pm

I set up some Windows users, among them isadmin, dsadmin, wasadmin.

I chose new installation and let the install.exe run, responding where required with input. It ran successfully.

Aggie99 · Post by **Aggie99** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:28 pm

hi ray, I did the same too.

I added the set of users on win xp. Do they all need to have administrator role. by the way, I hae service pack 3 win xp, does it matter?

did your install.exe install DB2 metadata for you as well?

thx. I am going to try again tonight.