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TIBCO® Enterprise Administrator 2.4.2

# Installing in the GUI Mode

When you run the installer in the GUI mode, the installer prompts you for information about the installation environment, and allows other customizations.

Procedure
1. Open the physical media or download the package.
   1. Extract the contents of the package to a temporary directory.
   2. Navigate to the temporary directory.
2. Run TIBCOUniversalInstaller. You can do so in one of the following ways:
   - Double-click the installer icon.
   - On the command prompt, provide the absolute path of the installer file without specifying any options. The installer defaults to the GUI mode.
3. On the Welcome dialog, click the Next button.
4. Read through the license text when the License Agreement dialog appears, select the I Accept The Terms of The License Agreement radio button and then click the Next button.
5. In the TIBCO Installation Home dialog, select an installation environment.
   An installation environment isolates product installations. A product installed into an installation environment does not access components in other installation environments. An installation environment consists of a name and path. You can specify a new environment or an existing environment.
   1. Create A New TIBCO_HOME: To install the product into a new installation environment, specify the following properties:
      - Directory: The directory into which the product is installed. Type a path or click Browse to specify the path or accept the default location. The path cannot contain special characters such as "*", "#", "?", ">", "<", "%", "&", "$", "`", or "|". The path cannot be the same as the path of an existing environment.
   2. Use An Existing TIBCO_HOME: To install the product into an existing installation environment, select the environment from the drop-down list. In this case, select Use An Existing TIBCO_HOME to install this product into the TIBCO_HOME directory where the TIBCO products are installed.
      Note: You can install TIBCO Enterprise Administrator in an existing HAWK_HOME or TRA_HOME.
   3. Click the Next button.
6. By default, TIBCO Universal Installer selects the Typical installation profile. In typical installation, TIBCO Enterprise Administrator is installed by default. To customize the profile feature settings, select the Customize Installation check box and use the feature tree on the right. Click the Next button. The following components can be installed if you select custom installation:

   Installation Profile | Components Installed
   --- | ---
   TIBCO Enterprise Administrator | The TIBCO Enterprise Administrator server component is installed. Along with the server, the Web UI, the command-line interface, the Python scripts, the agent library to build your own agents, the agent for TIBCO Enterprise Message Service, and the agent for TIBCO Security Server are installed.
   TIBCO Hawk Agent | The Hawk agent is installed. A Hawk agent is an autonomous process that resides on each computer that monitors TIBCO applications on the computer. The TIBCO Hawk agent operates autonomously and is active whenever the operating system it monitors is active. The Hawk agent uses a set of rules, called rulebases, to configure system management, status, and automation tasks. The Hawk agent monitors conditions on its local machine and send alerts over the network only when problems are detected.

7. Select the folder that must be used as the TIBCO Configuration Directory (TIBCO_CONFIG_HOME). Ensure that the folder you use is not already being used by another TIBCO product. The subfolder, tibco\cfgmgmt\tea is appended to the path. Click Next.
   Note: If you are upgrading, the installer stores a backup of the `logging.xml` and`tea.conf` files in the <TIBCO_CONFIG_HOME>\tibco\cfgmgmt\tea\conf folder. They are stored as `tea_backup_<timestamp>_<meridiem_indicator>.conf` and `logging_backup_<timestamp>_<meridiem_indicator>.xml`. The `meridiem_indicator` can be `AM` or `PM`. To use the existing configuration properties with new version of TIBCO Enterprise Administrator, ensure that you rename them back to `tea.conf` and `logging.xml`.
8. You can choose Use JVM Provided by TIBCO or Specify Currently Installed Java location. If you selected the latter, point to the existing location of the Java directory and click Next. For the latest version of Java supported by TIBCO Enterprise Administrator, see `readme.txt`.
   Note: If you have selected TIBCO Hawk Agent as one of the components to be installed, and you do not have TIBCO Rendezvous on the selected TIBCO_HOME, you are prompted to install TIBCO Rendezvous separately. The version of TIBCO Rendezvous installed is dependent on the installed JRE version.

   Installed JRE Version | TIBCO Rendezvous Version
   --- | ---
   1.8 | 8.5
   1.11 | 8.5. For the supported platforms, see `readme.txt` of TIBCO Rendezvous.

   Note: If you have selected TIBCO Hawk Agent one of the components to be installed, and if the installer does not detect an EMS_HOME in the TIBCO_HOME selected, you are prompted to install TIBCO Enterprise Message Service separately. The version of TIBCO Enterprise Message Service installed is dependent on the installed JRE version.

   Installed JRE Version | TIBCO Enterprise Message Service Version
   --- | ---
   1.8 | 8.5
   1.11 | 8.5. For the supported platforms, see `readme.txt` of TIBCO Enterprise Message Service.

9. The TIBCO Enterprise Administrator can be started as an NT service. Specify one of the following startup types:
   1. Manual
   2. Automatic
   3. Automatic (Delayed Start)
   4. Disabled

   Click Next.

10. Verify the list of products selected to install in the Pre-Install Summary window. Click the Install button to start the installation process.
11. Review the information listed in the Post-Install Summary window. Click the Finish button to complete the installation process and exit the universal installer.

Result
Components that Get Installed:
The installer installs the following:

1. TIBCO Enterprise Administrator server
2. Agent library
3. Shell interface
4. Python scripts
5. Web interface to the server
6. TIBCO Enterprise Message Service agent: The agent for TIBCO Enterprise Message Service is installed automatically. For configuration steps and more details about the agent, see Agent for TIBCO Enterprise Message Service Guide.
7. TIBCO Security Server agent: The agent for TIBCO Security Server is installed automatically. The agent is auto-registered with TIBCO Enterprise Administrator. There are no configuration steps. For more details about using the agent for TIBCO Security Server, see Agent for TIBCO Security Server Guide.
8. TIBCO Hawk Agent: This is an optional component that is installed only if you have opted for it.

A `samples` folder is available with a set of sample agents.

With 2.1 version of the release, the TIBCO_HOME/tea/agents folder is created with folders for TIBCO Enterprise Message Service and TIBCO Security Server agents.

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