Installation planning
Before beginning any WAS installation, it is recommended you answer the following three questions to help prepare and plan for an installation:
What version of WAS is required to support your applications?
Investigations are made to ensure that your application(s) will run in the version of WAS you intend to install. A good WAS version compatibility matrix can be found at the following URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Websphere. You can also consult the summary table titled Reference table for supported standards which was presented in Chapter 1, WebSphere Application Server 8.0: Product Overview. It is also recommended you speak to your application developers or application vendors to accurately assess (Java Virtual Machine (JVM) requirements.
Are there any OS tweaks for the platform required for the chosen version of WAS?
It is important to understand what version of Operating System (OS) you are going to use. First, decide which platform you are going to install on...
