Hi All Websphere Gurus,
I am trying to evaluate Websphere portal for proposing it as a solution for 
B2E and B2C portal. I found the IBM WP App server evaluation version on the 
IBM side. I have downloaded it and installed it. It works out fine. I am not
 able to find out the porta
l download on IBM site. Is it called something else? How to acquire a trial 
version for the portal server. The version  I am working on is 6.1. Please h
elp.

Regards
Jay Kapadia

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Hi there Jay,

Are you a IBM Business partner? If not, afaik you can't get the Portal Trial
 without contacting IBM since it's only available on their secured download 
site.

Hope that helps you,

/Jonas V
Certified System Administrator - WebSphere Portal v5.1
Certified Solution Developer - WebSphere Portal v5.1

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Hi Jonas,
Thanks a lot for the quick reply. I do have a IBM Partner id. Can you let me
 know how/where to log on and find the download link.

Regards
Jay K

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You'll find it at:

https://www-304.ibm.com/jct09002c/p...w_software.html

You'll need to be logged in as a business partner to get it working.

Click the link for the Software access catalog (which is not available at th
e moment because of maintenance), do a search for WebSphere Portal V6.0 (don
't forget the 'V'). It should also be available as an eAssembly.

To get it working - download the following files (it's recommended to use th
eir download applet):
* WebSphere Portal V6.0 and Workplace Web Content Management V6.0 - Portal I
nstall V6.0 (W-Setup, A-Setup, IL-Setup, ZL-Setup, SS-Setup, H-Setup, I-Setu
p , PL-Setup) Multilingual (C93LQML)
* WebSphere Portal V6.0 and Workplace Web Content Management V6.0 - Portal S
erver (Disc 1 of 2), V6.0 (W3, A-3, SS-3, IL-3, PL-3, ZL-3, H-3, I-3) Multil
lingual (C93LSML)
* WebSphere Portal V6.0 and Workplace Web Content Management V6.0 - Portal S
erver (Disc 2 of 2), V6.0 (W-4, A-4, SS-4, IL-4, PL-4, ZL-4, H-4, I-4) Multi
llingual (C93M4ML)
* WebSphere Portal V6.0 and Workplace Web Content Management V6.0 - Personal
ization, V6.0 (W-5, A-5, SS-5, IL-5, PL-5, ZL-5, H-5, I-5) Multillingual (C9
3LUML)

<B>Windows specific</B>
* WebSphere Portal V6.0 and Workplace Web Content Management V6.0 - WebSpher
e Application Server Network Deployment for Windows, V6.0.2.9 (W-1) Multilin
gual (C93LWML)
* WebSphere Portal V6.0 and Workplace Web Content Management V6.0 - WebSpher
e Process Server for WIndows, V6.0.1.1 (W-2) Multilingual (C93LRML)

<B>Linux specific</B>
Umm, I forgot the names, but they are named like the windows specific ones..
.


Follow the install guide for a complete install progress.

/Jonas V

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Hi Jonas,
Thanks again. I got all the files you pointed out and I have put them for do
wnload. Just a quick question. Will the installation instructions be in the 
zip files or it will have to be downloaded separately. Can you send that to 
me if you have it?

Regards
Jay Kapadia

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Hi Jay,

I don't recall seeing one. But there's a really good online document
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infoc.../v6r0/index.jsp

It's a bit intimidating at first, but it is the number one source for portal
 info.
Each chapter are also downloadable as a pdf.
There are a couple of catches when installing (mostly to do with configurati
on) but if you read it <i>in advance</i> you'll be safe enough.

For info regarding tutorials and such:
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerwor...al/proddoc.html


Btw, welcome to the portal, prepare for a world of hurt ;-)

/Jonas V

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Hi Jonas,
I am getting an error when I trying to install portal from the downloaded fi
les. Please see the attached. Please help me on this as I am trying to this 
since a week now.

Regards
Jay Kapadia

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Hi Jonas,
Also attached are the other steps for installation.

Regards
Jay Kapadia

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Ok, this is a common mistake, since its cause is omitted from the installati
on documentation...

Some of the imagefiles are .exe files. These are <b>self-extracting zip-file
s</b>.
Those need to be extracted as well.

Also a tip - you can extract all of them in to the same directory, no files 
will be overwritten, though some share folders.

/Jonas V

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Hi Jonas,
Thanks for the solutions. Everything has worked out and the server is instal
led. Do you do development in this environment? If yes what do you use for d
evelopment. I have downloaded RAD tool for that. But there is a problem in i
t. I am not able to configu
re it for remote development. Meaning I cant have it on my PC and give the s
erver settings in such a way that it is a remote machine. Can you shed some 
light on how do you guys setup your development env?
Once again thanks for all the help.


Regards
Jay Kapadia

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