Before starting the installation procedure, review the topics in this section to determine that your system meets the basic requirements and that you have the prerequisite software installed.
Also read Chapter 6, Migrating from Earlier Versions for important steps you may have to take before upgrading.
The installer places all libraries and other products required by TIBCO BusinessEvents into the
TIBCO_HOME directory. During installation, the installer checks for the availability of all dependent products in the target system. If any of the dependencies are not available, the installer lists them and gives you the option to cancel or go back (GUI and console modes) or immediately exits (silent mode). Otherwise installation proceeds.
TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks is required for design-time work, but is not required for BusinessEvents to function at runtime (unless the design of your projects requires it). However, the installer requires ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks to be installed before BusinessEvents. Runtime use of ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks requires a licensed version of the software.
If you do not have administrator privileges, the installer exits. You must then log out of the system and log in as a user with the required privileges, or request your system administrator to assign the privileges to your account.
There are two modes in terminal server, Execute and
Install. By default all users are logged on in
Execute mode, which allows them to run the applications. When you want to install TIBCO BusinessEvents for use by everyone, the Administrator should change to
Install mode.
The best way to install TIBCO BusinessEvents is to use the Add/Remove Programs control panel applet, because this automatically sets the mode to
Install during the installation and then back to
Execute at the end.
If you install in the Execute mode, the installation registry is maintained in your user home directory. If you install in the
Install mode, the installation registry is maintained in the
%SystemRoot% folder.
The installer and uninstaller creates a file called TIBCOInstallationHistory.xml in the same location where the installation registry is created. Each time an installation and uninstallation is performed, entries are appended to the file.
The file TIBCOInstallationHistory.xml therefore contains the record of all installation and uninstallation activities of all products, features and components.
The installer maintains an installation registry. The registry location depends on platform. This section explains where the registry files are located on Windows. The files have vpd as a prefix, which stands for Vital Product Database.
TIBCO BusinessEvents maintains the installation registry in the %SystemRoot% directory. The following files represent the installation registry: