The IBM Installation Factory for WebSphere Application Server is an Eclipse-based tool which creates installation packages for installing WebSphere Application Server in a reliable and repeatable way, tailored to your specific needs.
The Installation Factory can produce a customized installation package (CIP) which is used to install a WebSphere Application Server product in addition to maintenance, profile customization, and user-defined scripting.
See the Getting Started with the Installation Factory page to begin creating an installation package.
The Installation Factory combines the installation image for a version or release of a WebSphere software product with applicable maintenance packages, a configuration archive, one or more enterprise archive files, customization scripts, and other user files to create a customized installation package. You can significantly reduce the time and complexity of a standard installation process by creating and installing a CIP.
For example, the Installation Factory can combine Version 6 of a WebSphere Application Server product with Refresh Pack 2 to create a customized installation package that installs Version 6.0.2.
The Installation Factory simplifies the process by creating a single installation image, the customized installation package.