WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus, Version 6.2.0 Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, i5/OS, Linux, Solaris, Windows


Installing the IBM WebSphere Installation Factory

The Installation Factory is provided on the product media. The latest version can also be downloaded from the IBM® support site.

Before you begin

You must be authenticated to your system and all hardware and software requirements must be met. See the software and hardware requirements page.
Procedure
  1. Obtain a copy of the appropriate Installation Factory archive file for your operating system.
    Option Description
    From the product media. Copy the appropriate archive from the /IF directory on the product media to a local directory on your system.
    From the IBM support site.
    1. Download the base Installation Factory tool. Select "WebSphere®" for the category and WebSphere Application Server for the sub category. Click the right arrow button. On the subsequent page click tools and utilities. The Installation Factory download page should be listed. Download the appropriate archive file for the operating system of the workstation on which you intend to work.
    2. Download the Installation Factory plug-in for WebSphere ESB. Select "WebSphere" for the category and WebSphere ESB for the sub category. Click the right arrow button. On the subsequent page click tools and utilities. The Installation Factory download page should be listed. Download the appropriate archive file for the operating system of the workstation on which you intend to work.
    Note: The Installation Factory can be used on one operating system to create installation packages for a different operating system. However not all combinations are supported. Please consult the list of supported operating systems before deciding on which platform to install the Installation Factory.
  2. Extract the archive file to an otherwise empty directory.
  3. Optional: Add the bin directory from your expanded package to your path environment variable. Adding the bin directory to the path variable allows you to access the Installation Factory commands from any directory on your system without qualifying the path to that command.
  4. Optional: Ensure that all users who will need to use the Installation Factory have write permission to the logs directory in the install directory. If you do not make this directory writable to all Installation Factory users, the user will need to use the -logFile and -traceFile options when they invoke Installation Factory commands to change the location of the log and trace files that will be created.

What to do next

The Installation Factory is ready to use.

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