Step: Obtain required information

The installer prompts you to enter some information about your Marketing Platform system table database and Marketing Operations deployment. Gather this information before you start the installation.

Database connection information

The installation wizard must be able to communicate with the Marketing Platform system table database, to register menu items, security information, and configuration properties. Each time you run the installer in a new location, you must enter the following database connection information for the Marketing Platform system table database.

Database type.

Database host name.

Database port.

Database name or schema ID.

User name and password for the database account.

You obtained this information when you created the database or schema and filled out the Marketing Platform database information checklist.

The installer can create the Marketing Operations system tables during installation. If your company policy permits you to use this feature, you must provide the following connection information for the Marketing Operations system table database so the installer can automatically configure the database:

Database type.

Database host name.

Database port.

Database name or schema ID.

User name and password for the database account.

You obtained this information when you created the database or schema and filled out the Marketing Operations database information checklist.

Marketing Operations deployment information

Obtain the following information about your planned Marketing Operations deployment.

Protocol: HTTP or HTTPS if SSL is implemented in the web application server.

Host: The name of the machine on which Marketing Operations will be deployed.

Port: The port on which the web application server listens.

Domain name: The company domain of each machine where IBM® products are installed. For example, mycompany.com. All IBM® products must be installed in the same company domain, and you must enter the domain name in all lower-case letters. If there is a mis-match in domain name entries, you may encounter problems when you attempt to use Marketing Operations features or navigate among products. You can change the domain name after the products are deployed by logging in and changing values of the relevant configuration properties in the product navigation categories on the Settings > Configuration page.