Accessing product repositories on z/OS

WebSphere® Application Server for z/OS® Liberty offerings are distributed as IBM® Installation Manager repositories. These repositories contain the metadata and files that are required to create one or more levels of a particular product.

About this task

Note: This procedure uses several Installation Manager sample jobs to access the product repositories. These jobs can be found in the GIN.SGINJCL data set that is installed as part of FMID HGIN140. You can also download the sample jobs by following the instructions on the Sample jobs for IBM Installation Manager on z/OS page.

Procedure

Choose one of the following options to access the product repositories:

Results

To display the exact contents of the repositories, use the Installation Manager imcl listAvailablePackages command. See the GIN3LSTA Installation Manager sample job for web-based repositories and the GIN3LSTL sample job for local repositories.

These repositories can be supplemented with materials from the web-based service repository or from downloaded service repositories. Service repositories can be obtained from Fix Central.

These repositories contain the necessary files to install the product code for WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Liberty, including IBM HTTP Server for z/OS, Web Server Plug-ins for WebSphere Application Server for z/OS, and IBM SDK Java Technology Edition.

What to do next

When you use IBM Installation Manager to install WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Liberty, specify the path to the appropriate repository in the -repositories parameter of the imcl command.


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