I tried to install WebSphere Lombardi Edition 7.2 on a windows 32bit virtual machine. If I use the Simple Install option, it should install a db2 instance in the background, with the required databases and settings. The installation is successful and the process center server starts. However, I cannot log in with the default user tw_admin. Hmm, that's strange.
A new install, on a 64 bit windows machine this time. Make sure you got the 64 bit installer, the 32 bit installer gives errors halfway the installation on a windows 64 bit. This time I created two empty databases before installing on my local db2 express installation.
Once again, the installer says the installation was successful, and the process center server starts. Again, I cannot log in with tw_admin. What is wrong with it?
Luckily I came across this post where I learned that if the db2 database settings (pagesize 32k, encoding utf-8) are not correct, the default data (including the usernames and passwords) will not be inserted. Because of that I could not login. If you choose SQLServer as database engine, no specific settings are required, it just works.
The table to check is LSW_USR, which should container 6 entries after installation completes. Entries in LSW_USR + this screen below = success
It is disappointing that the Simple Install does not work.
