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Perform any tasks displayed on this screen. Click Execute for Precise to perform the action items. Click Mark as done if you have performed the action items yourself. See Post-installation action items for more information.

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Installing a Web cluster

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1. From StartPoint, click the AdminPoint tab.
2. Click the Setup tab.
3. From the drop-down menu, select Instances & Clusters.
4. Click the All clusters tree item.
5. At the bottom of the Display Instances & and Clusters screen, click Add Cluster. The Add New Cluster dialog box appears.
6. Select the Web technology from the list.
7. Select the application from the list.
   If the desired application is not on the list, use the following steps:
   1. Click Add.
   2. In the In Application Name field, type in the new application name.
   3. On the In Application System field, select the system application from the list.

   4. Click OK.

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      To install a cluster in an application, you must have explicit ADMINISTRATE.INSTALL permissions for the application in which you want to install the cluster. If you only have permission for a specific technology, you will only be able to install in an application that is either empty, or is comprised of only the same technology.

8. Select a Tier from the list.

9. Click OK to view the next screen.

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   Always refresh AdminPoint after adding an instance.

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1. Enter a cluster name. Use a free-text identifier to provide a unique name to be shared by all instances in the cluster. In addition, a unique identifier will automatically be added to each instance.

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   The unique name will be is the application server name.

2. Select one of the following Web server types , from the drop-down menu:
   • WebLogic
   • WebSphere

3. Select the server where any of the web instances running the cluster application is located, from the drop-down menu. Click Add to enter the name of a server not on the list. For more information, see see see Adding a new server.

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   This is the name or IP address of the server where you want to install the Web Tier Collector with a specific operating system. The server name or IP address appears in the list only if you previously defined it as a Precise server.

   
   The Web site field will be auto-detected detects and populatedpopulates. Once you have selected select one of the auto-discovered Web sites in the Detected Web sites list, the required fields will be are automatically filled. If the fields are incorrect, they can be modified manually.

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   The auto-detection mechanism is limited in different ways, depending on whether WebLogic or WebSphere is on a Windows or UNIX server. On Windows, the detection is based on running processes. Therefore, the Web server will not be detected if it is not running. However, Web servers that are installed as Windows services will not be detected whether they are running or not. On UNIX, in most configurations of HP, Linux, Sun, and AIX prior to version 5.3 patch 5, the Web servers may be partially detected or not detected at all.

4. Select the Web server version from the drop-down menu.
   Normally the installer will auto-detect and display the Web server version in this field. If the Web server version is not auto-detected, or incorrect, enter the inputs manually. Select one of the following Web server version options from the list:

   • WebLogic. 8.x, 9.x, 10.x

   • WebSphere. 6.0, 6.1-6.x, 7.0

5. Select the application type from the drop-down menu.
   This is the application served by this Web server site. This information enables better configuration of the Web Tier Collectors. The following options are available:

   • Web (default)

   • PeopleSoft

6. If PeopleSoft was is selected in the previous field, enter the relevant Application version between version 8.44 -8.498.5x.

7. Click Next.

About the AdminPoint cluster installation preview screen

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At this screen, you can still change any of the settings displayed. Click Back to change any of the displayed settings. Click , click Next to continue installation. Click , or click Cancel to stop the installation process.

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Perform all tasks displayed on this screen. Once all the post-installation action items have been applied on the application and the application has been deployed to the cluster Web servers, these servers will automatically be installed in the Precise application. Click Execute for Precise to perform the action items. Click Mark as done if you have performed the action items yourself. See Post-installation action items for more information.

About the AdminPoint cluster installation complete screen

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• (Best practice) To add this script to you your application redeployment script, so it will be done automatically.

• Change the central application file (if the application is clustered and there is a central location as opposed to a local location). This way the Precise filters will stay in the application in each redeployment.

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  If you do so, you will need to redeploy the application instead of performing a mere JVM restart.

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  If you are installing Precise for Web on a cluster (WebLogic or WebSphere) the option to change the central application file is the only option.

• Examples of application locations:
  
  • The WebLogic 10.3 console shows the .EAR file location under “deployments”. Then click on your application name to see the path.
  • The WebSphere 6.1 console displays the names of .EAR files, but not their location. The typical location of and .EAR file is:
    <install-dir>\profiles\[profile-name]\config\cells\[cell-name]\applications\PlantsByWebSphere.ear\PlantsByWebSphere.ear
  • For Tomcat 5.x & 6.x: <tomcat-dir>\webapps\<app-name>\web-inf\web.xml
  • For Sun One 6.x: <sunone-dir>\WebServer6.1\<domain-name>\webappsWeb.xml appears inside each application.

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