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Installing IBM Integration Designer v8.5.7

Introduction
The IBM Integration Designer Version 8.5.7 test environment includes the IBM Process Server. You can use this test environment to monitor BPEL processes. This article provides detailed instructions for installing IBM Integration Designer and optional features. The product launchpad provides you with a single location to perform an installation for IBM Integration Designer. We will install Integration designer along with Process Server runtime. Process Server will be used for deploying applications which are developed using integration designer and process designer.
Overview
Prerequirests:
Ø  Before starting installation of IBM Integration designer we should have licensed installation files.
Ø  It is advised not to install under C:\Program Files. So the best practice is to install under C:\IBM\...
Ø  Always unzip all the parts of the IBM Integration Designer Installation zip files into a single directory.
Installation Steps:
Step 1: Extract all the files from the compressed downloaded files onto your local file system Extract all files to the same location, and overwrite directories if prompted.
Step 2: Run launchpad64.exe from the root directory of the extracted files. Right-click launchpad64.exe and select Run as administrator.
Step 3: Select the typical installation environment that you want to install. Here select IBM Business Process Manager Advanced - Process Server.
Step 4: Specify the location for the installation. The default installation path is: C:\IBM\IID\v8.5
Step 5: Select the features within IBM Integration Designer that you would like to install and Click Next to continue.
Step 6: Specify information about the server environment. Specify information for the Process Server test environment:
Ø  Host name: This field shows the name of your computer.
Ø  Location: Click Browse to change the installation location. The Process Server test environment will be installed into the specified directory.
Ø  The default installation path is: C:\IBM\IID\PS\v8.5
Ø  Enter the Cell administrative and deployment environment administrative account user name and password. We should use different user name for both accounts.
Step 7: Specify the user name and password for the DB2 database connectivity. Click Next to continue.
Step 8: On the "Installation summary" page, verify the installation options and read the license agreements. If you agree to the terms of the license agreements, select I have read and accepted the license agreement and notices.
If you want to change the choices that you made on previous pages, click Back and make your changes. When you are satisfied with your installation choices, click Install Software to install the package. On the "Installation information" page, the following information is displayed:
Ø  The products and features that you chose to install, and their installation locations
Ø  The user credentials that you specified; to ensure that the passwords are not shown in clear text, clear the Show passwords check box
Ø  The DB2 databases that you created before the installation
A progress indicator shows the percentage of the installation completed.
It will take around 1 to 2 hours to complete the Installation. We can see successful completion screen after completion.
Step 9: Click on Yes on above screen where it was asking for launch Integration designer which we have installed successfully. This will open Integration designer, select the workspace location and click Ok. In server view we can see process server added by default.
Even we can connect with Process center from IID by providing Process center url, username and password.
Conclusion
You have installed a fully functional IBM Integration Designer with a Process Server test environment. You can customize your software product by selecting the features of IBM Integration Designer to install.
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