Step: Obtain required information

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

Obtain connection information for the Marketing Platform database

The installation wizards for all products must be able to communicate with the Marketing Platform system table database, to register their 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 master installer tests and validates this connection information when you perform the installation.

Obtain information about your deployment on the web application server

Obtain the following information about your planned Marketing Platform deployment.

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

Host: The name of the machine on which the Marketing Platform 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.

Obtain information required to enable Marketing Platform utilities

If you plan to use the Marketing Platform utilities, obtain the following JDBC connection information before you start to install the Marketing Platform.

Path to the JRE. The default value is the path to the 1.6 version of the JRE that the installer places under your IBM® installation directory.

You can accept this default or specify a different path. If you specify a different path, you must point to the 1.6 version of the Sun JRE.

JDBC driver class. The installer automatically provides this, based on the database type you specifiy in the installer.

JDBC connection URL. The installer provides the basic syntax, but you must provide the host name, database name, and port.

JDBC driver classpath on your system.

You obtained the last three pieces of information listed above when you created the database or schema and filled out the Marketing Platform database information checklist.