Determine whether or not WebSphere Application Server - Express is preinstalled on your iSeries server

You might have WebSphere Application Server - Express for iSeries preinstalled on your V5R2, V5R3, or V5R4 iSeries server. To verify whether or not WebSphere Application Server - Express is already installed on your machine, perform these steps:

  1. To access the License Program menu, enter this command at your CL command prompt: 
    go licpgm
  2. Select option 10 (Display Installed License Programs).
  3. Press F11 twice to display the options.
  4. This is what you should see if option *Base is installed: 
    	5722E51    *BASE   WebSphere Application Server - Express
    This is what you should see if option 2 is installed: 
    	5722E51    2       IBM WebSphere Application Server Express V5.1

If you have a preinstalled system, WebSphere Application Server - Express is already installed and an instance has been created and configured. To finish the configuration of WebSphere Application Server - Express and start your instance, see Administration considerations for preloaded systems in the Administration topic.

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