Manually adding the virtual machine image to the IBM Hardware Appliances image catalog

You can use the administrative console that is supplied with the IBM® Hardware Appliances to add the WebSphere® Message Broker Hypervisor Edition virtual machine image to the image catalog. If you add the virtual machine image in this way, the predefined patterns and script packages are not loaded with the virtual machine image. You must create patterns and script packages manually after loading the virtual machine image.

Before you begin

Before you can manually add the virtual machine image to the image catalog, ensure that you have completed the following tasks:
  • Download the WebSphere Message Broker Hypervisor Edition package from Passport Advantage®.
  • Extract the downloaded package into an empty directory. The package is supplied as a tar file that has been compressed into GNU compressed file format. On Linux, the package can be extracted using the tar command with the -z (gzip) option. Use tar version 1.20 or higher. On Windows, there are a number of commonly available tools which can be used to extract the package. The extracted package is approximately 20% larger than the downloaded package.
  • Configure an HTTP server to either serve or pick up the WebSphere Message Broker Hypervisor Edition OVA file (WMBHVE.ova). The OVA file is located in the root directory where you extracted the package. See your HTTP server documentation for more information about configuring an HTTP server.
  • Verify that you can establish an active connection to your IBM Hardware Appliance, and that you have one of the following permissions necessary to load virtual machine images to the image catalog:
    • Create new catalog content.
    • Cloud administration.

Procedure

Follow these steps to manually add the WebSphere Message Broker Hypervisor Edition virtual machine image to the image catalog:

  1. From the IBM Hardware Appliances user interface, navigate to the Virtual Images panel in one of the following ways:
    • From the menu bar at the top of the IBM Hardware Appliances user interface, click Catalog > Virtual Images.
    • From the Welcome page, click Add virtual images.
  2. Click the Add icon to import the virtual image.
  3. In the OVA file location field, enter the URL for the WebSphere Message Broker Hypervisor Edition image OVA file. This location is determined by your action in Step 2.
  4. If you have set security on the OVA file that is handled by the HTTP server, use the User name and Password fields to enter the required user name and password. Retype your password in the Verify password field.
  5. Click OK.

Results

The WebSphere Message Broker Hypervisor Edition virtual machine image is now available in the IBM Hardware Appliances image catalog.

What to do next

Manually create patterns and script packages that you can use to deploy virtual systems.

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