Chapter 2 Installation on Microsoft Windows : Before Installing on Microsoft Windows

Before Installing on Microsoft Windows
TIBCO BusinessEvents 3.0.1 provides a partial product installation  It requires a prior installation of release 3.0.0.
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.
Supported Windows Platforms
The following is a list of supported platforms for Microsoft Windows:
Disk space required in each case is 160MB. See Installer Disk Space Requirements in Temporary Area for additional disk space requirements.
Within a single cache cluster, you can use a mixture of 64bit and 32bit operating systems.
Installation Guidelines
All Installations—Install Required Software First
Some details below do not apply to the 3.0.1 partial installer. If you are first installing BusinessEvents 3.0.0, however, follow the instructions.
Before you can install TIBCO BusinessEvents, you must install TIBCO Runtime Agent and then TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks.
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.
Runtime Installations
Select custom installation and select only the Server option.
Installer Account
You must have administrator privileges for the machine on which TIBCO BusinessEvents is installed.
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.
Installing from a Network Drive
If you intend to install the product from a network drive, you must ensure that the account used for installation has permission to access the network drive.
Installing on Windows 2000 Terminal Server
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.
Alternatively, you can manually change your mode to Install by typing C:\> change user /install
Change back to execute by typing C:\> change user /execute
Check your current mode by typing C:\> change user /query
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.
Installation-Related Files
Installer Disk Space Requirements in Temporary Area
The entire package is extracted into a temp folder, typically SystemDrive:\Temp or SystemDrive:\Documents and Settings\user_name\Local Settings\Temp.
The installer requires 160MB of free space in the temp directory.
Installation History
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.
%SystemRoot%\TIBCOInstallationHistory.xml
The file TIBCOInstallationHistory.xml therefore contains the record of all installation and uninstallation activities of all products, features and components.
Do not edit, rename, move, or remove the TIBCOInstallationHistory.xml file.
Installation Registry
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:
 
%SystemRoot%\vpd.properties
%SystemRoot%\vpd.properties.tibco.systemName
Installation Log Files
Installation and uninstallation log files are created in the TIBCO_HOME/log directory.