Installing : Installing Focal Point
  
Installing Focal Point
Before starting
1 Get the installation package: Contact Focal Point® Support (focalpoint.support@unicomsi.com), who will give you access to the FTP site from which you can download the installation package.
You also need a license file: make sure that this is for the computer on which you will install the UNICOM license server (which might be a different computer from the one on which you install Focal Point®).
2 Make sure that your computer meets or exceeds the minimum requirements to install Focal Point®.
See System requirements.
3 Make sure that you have administrator access to the server.
4 Make sure that computers on which you want to install Focal Point®, the database server, and the license server can communicate with each other.
Differences from earlier versions
If you have used earlier versions of Focal Point®, note that:
▪ This version does not use an installation program
▪ This version checks licenses by using the UNICOM license server, not the Rational license server.
Installation workflow
1 Install a supported version of the operating system and database.
See Installation requirements.
2 Install the license server.
See Installing the UNICOM license server.
3 Install Focal Point®.
See Installing Focal Point.
4 Configure the database.
See Setting up the database.
5 Do one of the following:
▪ Set up the Tomcat server, and then start it.
See Setting up a Tomcat server.
▪ Set up the WebSphere Application Server; deploy Focal Point®; and then start the applications.
See Setting up and starting WebSphere Application Server.
6 Start Focal Point®, and then change the user id and password for the administrator.
See Starting Focal Point.