If you plan to use Apache Tomcat as your application server or do not want to use Installation Manager, see Retrieving the server application files directly from the installation media.
Before you install Rational Asset Manager, make sure that a supported DB2®, Oracle, or SQL Server database is installed and running.
If you are installing to a full IBM WebSphere® Application Server server
or cluster, make sure that the server or cluster is installed, updated
with the latest fix packs, and running. You must run Installation
Manager on
the same server as the application server. For a network-deployed
cluster, you must run Installation
Manager on
the server that is running the Deployment Manager.
A selected option is indicated by an X [X]. An option that is not selected is indicated by empty brackets [ ]. You can press Enter to accept the default entry or enter a different command. For example, [N] indicates that the default command is N, or next.
If you installed the embedded WebSphere Application Server on Windows or Linux and you want to run WebSphere Application Server as a service, see Configuring the embedded WebSphere Application Server as a service (Windows and Linux only).
If you needed an application server, the embedded WebSphere Application Server is installed and started, and the server setup application has been deployed to the application server. If you installed to an instance of WebSphere Application Server, the server setup application was deployed to the application server. If you installed to a WebSphere Application Server cluster, the server setup application was deployed to the cluster.
The server setup application is a wizard that deploys the other enterprise archive and web archive files and configures the database, the database connection, security, and repository settings.
To configure the server application, open a web browser and navigate to the server setup application at http://applicationServerHostname:port_number/Server_Setup_Context_Root, where applicationServerHostname is the name of the application server, port_number is the port number of the application server, and Server_Setup_Context_Root is the context root directory of the server setup application. For example: http://WASappServer.companyname.com:9080/ram.setup
| Server setup application | Default setting |
|---|---|
| WebSphere Application Server port | 9080 |
| Embedded WebSphere Application Server port | 13080 |
| Context root directory | ram.setup |

If you are using DB2, the server setup application can create and configure the databases for you. See Deploying and configuring application files by using the server setup application.


Create the databases for assets and lifecycles. See Creating and configuring databases for Rational Asset Manager.
Then, review the Configuring help content for web-based products topic and set up the help content for the web client.