This document describe how to install IBM Director Server 6.2.

1 using
MS SQL 2008 R2 Express
Before installing IBM Director Server you need to complete the following tasks:
1. Install SQL 2008 R2 Express according to the instructions provided by Microsoft.
Microsoft SQL Server can be configured with two different authentication modes. With
Microsoft SQL Server authentication, mixed mode allows you to connect with a user ID
and password. The user ID and password are specified either through the Install display
or through the cfgdbcmd.rsp configuration file using the DbmsUserId and bms Password
options. With Windows authentication, additional steps are required. Ensure that you
adhere to the following requirements depending on the authentication type that you
use and whether you use a nondefault port or instance name:

2. If you will use Microsoft SQL Server authentication, select Mixed mode and specify a
password when you are prompted for the authentication type.

3. If you will use Windows authentication, you must first install IBM Systems Director
Server and then use the cfgdbcmd command to configure the database after installation

4. Configure the server to allow remote network connections for DB that you intend to use

5. Download and install Microsoft SQL Server Command Line Query Utility

6. Download the MS SQL JDBC 3.0 driver and unpack the folder on the same location
where you have installed SQL express
7. Run IBM Director 6.2.1 Preinstallation Utility download from IBM website

8. If the Pre-installation check will be ok start with the installation of IBM System Director
as below:

9. Run the installer named IBMSystemsDirectorServerSetup64.exe (in this case) and
follow the below steps:
- Select only the IBM System Director feature.
Note: If you have enough space on C drive please install it there!









10. Select Installation Mode to Custom

11. In the next window you will need to provide the informations for IBM Director Server in
order to be able to perform managemt taks after installation. IBM Director is using
System account for all the services.
NOTE: a) this account cannot be changed after installation and it is recommended
to have an account only for this in order to avoid any issue that can appear if a
domain user will be locked or if the password will be changed.
b) The password should not contain any specials caracters!

12. Leave the default ports in order to avoid any further issues




















13. Since this is a fres install and you dont have an existing agent manager please select
Create a new agent manager user name and password
14. For easy way to work please select the same user and password as you will set for IBM
Director managemt task


15. Now you will need to select DB type that you want to use. In this case SQL DB

16. In the Database Configuration window fill-in the following fields and click Next.

a) Administrator name: A valid user ID for the Microsoft SQL Server with administrative
privileges. (Use a SQL account for this)
b) Password: The password for the Microsoft SQL Server administrator account.




17. Provide the connectivity information for the IBM Director DB as shown below:
a) Server hostname hostname of the server followed by the instance name
b) Port number The TCP/IP port (default port 1433) that DB server is listening
c) DB name do not create before installing any DB. The DB will be created automatically
by IBM Director Setup

18. Specify the location of the files needed to communicate with the database server (for example,
the Microsoft SQL Server client or a JDBC driver)




19. Choose the default ports as below:

20. Choose Automatically start the server service at the end of the installation



Troubleshooting commands and steps if will have DB errors

1. Make sure that the path for db application home is where the Microsoft SQL Server JDBC driver
is located.
2. Check the JDBC path by opening with notepad cfgdbcmd.rsp (one of the DB file) located on
C:\Program Files\IBM\Director\proddata

3. If the settings are right try the following modification on cfgdbcmd.rsp:

DbmsApplication=SQLServer
DbmsTcpIpListenerPort=1433
DbmsServerName=bebavnas02\\director
DbmsDatabaseName=ibmdirector
DbmsUserId=USERID
DbmsPassword=password
DbmsDatabaseAppHome=D:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server JDBC Driver
3.0\sqljdbc_3.0\enu\

Instead you can modify the instead the sqlserver_sql.cmd file


Instead set DB_HOSTNAME=%1 use set DB_HOSTNAME=SERVER\INSTANCE
4. If after you complete the above steps and restart IBM services the DB will not start please
perform the following steps:
Go to C:\Program Files\IBM\Director\bin and use SMSRESET.BAT command
Go to C:\Program Files\IBM\Director\bin and use TWGRESET.BAT command
Restart IBM services. Be patient because first time the starting of IBM Director DB will take
more than 20 minutes because it will configure the DB from scratch.
You can read also the IBM Red Book