Preparing for Installation

Before you start with installation, make sure your system meets all prerequisites, it is recommended that you decide on the installation environment name and folder, and download and extract the installation package.

Installation environments isolate product installations. A product installed into an installation environment does not automatically access components in other environments.

An installation environment consists of a name and a folder.

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The name identifies the environment, is appended to the name of Windows services created by the installer, and is a component of the path to the product in the Windows Start > All Programs menu.

If a previous installation of a TIBCO product did not use the TIBCO Universal Installer, the TIBCO Universal Installer does not detect the folder those older products use as an installation environment folder. If you wish to use the existing location as the installation folder, create a new installation environment and choose the folder where the other products exist.

If any errors appear during installation, consult Appendix B, Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions for possible solutions.

An installation environment isolates product installations. A product installed into an installation environment does not access components in other installation environments.

An installation environment is the top level installation directory for TIBCO products. An installation environment consists of the following properties:

Different installation components are associated with different functions. Using the installer, you can select the components during the installation.

During custom installation, you can choose to install the following Hawk components.

Table 3 Installation Components
Component	Description
TIBCO Hawk Core: Agent, EventService, WebConsole, Display, SDK, Examples	Installs TIBCO Hawk Agent, TIBCO Hawk Event Service, TIBCO Hawk WebConsole, TIBCO Hawk Display, Hawk API Development kit, and Examples. Hawk development tools to build Hawk MicroAgent, AMI, or the console application.
TIBCO DataGrid: Runtime	Installs only TIBCO DataGrid runtime components. Do not select this check box if you have already installed TIBCO DataGrid on the machine.
TIBCO Hawk WebConsole: WebConsole Application	Installs TIBCO Hawk WebConsole for interacting with Hawk Agents.
TIBCO Hawk WebConsole: WebContainer - Apache Tomcat	Installs Apache Tomcat web server to host Hawk WebConsole (and any other Console-API based web applications).
TIBCO Enterprise Administrator Enablers: Admin Agent	Installs Admin Agent, which is used to monitor and manage Hawk agents using the TIBCO Enterprise Administrator server UI. Refer to TIBCO Hawk Admin Agent User’s Guide for configuration details and how to use the Admin Agent to monitor and manage the Hawk agents. If you are using an older version of Hawk earlier than 5.2, upgrade to the latest version. Note: For successful installation, the Admin Agent component should be installed only in the existing TIBCO Hawk 5.2 installation environment, and not in a new installation environment. Caution: The Admin Agent interacts with the TIBCO Enterprise Administrator server that is not shipped with this product. Ensure that you install TIBCO Enterprise Administrator separately.

Table 3 Installation Components

Component

Description

TIBCO Hawk Core: Agent, EventService, WebConsole, Display, SDK, Examples

Installs TIBCO Hawk Agent, TIBCO Hawk Event Service, TIBCO Hawk WebConsole, TIBCO Hawk Display, Hawk API Development kit, and Examples. Hawk development tools to build Hawk MicroAgent, AMI, or the console application.

TIBCO DataGrid: Runtime

Installs only TIBCO DataGrid runtime components. Do not select this check box if you have already installed TIBCO DataGrid on the machine.

TIBCO Hawk WebConsole: WebConsole Application

Installs TIBCO Hawk WebConsole for interacting with Hawk Agents.

TIBCO Hawk WebConsole: WebContainer - Apache Tomcat

Installs Apache Tomcat web server to host Hawk WebConsole (and any other Console-API based web applications).

TIBCO Enterprise Administrator Enablers: Admin Agent

Installs Admin Agent, which is used to monitor and manage Hawk agents using the TIBCO Enterprise Administrator server UI. Refer to TIBCO Hawk Admin Agent User’s Guide for configuration details and how to use the Admin Agent to monitor and manage the Hawk agents.

If you are using an older version of Hawk earlier than 5.2, upgrade to the latest version.

Note: For successful installation, the Admin Agent component should be installed only in the existing TIBCO Hawk 5.2 installation environment, and not in a new installation environment.

Caution: The Admin Agent interacts with the TIBCO Enterprise Administrator server that is not shipped with this product. Ensure that you install TIBCO Enterprise Administrator separately.

The installation components are grouped into different installation profiles. One installation profile is associated with one or more installation components. When a profile is selected, the components that default to the selected profile are installed. By default, the TIBCO Hawk 5.2 Components installation profile is selected, therefore, all the Hawk components are installed. However, the installer allows you to customize the installation by explicitly selecting the components that you want to install.

The following installation profiles are available for Hawk:

Table 4 Installation Profiles
Profile	Description
TIBCO Hawk 5.2 Components	When this profile is selected, all the TIBCO Hawk components are installed.
TIBCO Hawk TEA Enablers	Select this profile if you want the TIBCO Hawk to be exposed to the TIBCO® Enterprise Administrator. The enabler provides a TIBCO Enterprise Administrator Agent Runtime.

Table 4 Installation Profiles

Profile

Description

TIBCO Hawk 5.2 Components

When this profile is selected, all the TIBCO Hawk components are installed.

TIBCO Hawk TEA Enablers

Select this profile if you want the TIBCO Hawk to be exposed to the TIBCO® Enterprise Administrator. The enabler provides a TIBCO Enterprise Administrator Agent Runtime.

Decide the installation mode that you plan to use and then refer to the following sections. The examples shown in those sections use the 32-bit installation package on Microsoft Windows.