Installation guide

1-2 BEA Products Installation Guide
z BEA Products installation program for BEA WebLogic Server, BEA Workshop for
Weblogic Platform™, BEA WebLogic Integration, and WebLogic Portal.
z BEA Products installation program for BEA WebLogic Server, which includes BEA
WebLogic Server, BEA Workshop for Weblogic Platform™.
Both programs provide the same functionality; all installation procedures described in this
document apply to both versions of the installation program.
WebLogic Express Support
You can use either of the two BEA Products installation programs to install BEA WebLogic
Express™. WebLogic Express is a cost-effective entry point to the WebLogic product family,
creating a productive ramp for you to begin using BEAs market-leading application server
technology. From WebLogic Express, you can easily upgrade to other products in the WebLogic
family, which allows you to take advantage of a wide variety of enterprise-level functionality.
To install WebLogic Express, you install WebLogic Server and then install a WebLogic Express
license. The WebLogic Express license activates WebLogic Express features. For additional
information about WebLogic Express, see the WebLogic Express documentation at the following
URL:
http://e-docs.bea.com/wls/docs92/wlx.html
Note: BEA WebLogic Express is not available in the 9.2 BETA release.
Installation Modes
The BEA Products installation program can be used in the following modes:
z Graphical mode
Graphical-mode installation is an interactive, GUI-based method for installing your
software. It can be run on both Windows and UNIX systems. For installation procedures,
see Chapter 3, “Running the Installation Program in Graphical Mode.”
Note: If you want to run graphical-mode installation, the console attached to the machine
on which you are installing the software must support a Java-based GUI. All consoles
for Windows systems support Java-based GUIs, but not all consoles for UNIX
systems do. If you attempt to start the installation program in graphical mode on a
system that cannot support a graphical display, the installation program automatically
starts console-mode installation.