Task overview: Installing

Use this procedure to install and customize IBM WebSphere Application Server components on AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, and Windows operating systems.

Before you begin

Obtain the product code for distributed platforms in one of the following ways:

Trial downloads are available for WebSphere Application Server, Application Server Toolkit, IBM HTTP Server, Web server plug-ins for WebSphere Application Server, and WebSphere Application Client.

The launchpad application is available on the product disc and on downloaded installation images. The launchpad is the recommended method of installing components that are on the product disc. See Using the launchpad to start the installation for more information about the launchpad.

A customized installation package does not include the launchpad.

A customized installation package from the Installation Factory has just one installable component in the image:
Installable component Directory Program
WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment WAS install

About this task

Perform the following procedure to learn about and to create a running version of the product components on your machine. Plan to read through the major topics in the Welcome, Learn about, and Product overview sections of the information center before beginning the installation.

If you are planning to migrate from an earlier version, you can install the WebSphere Application Server product before migrating.

See Migrating a Version 5.x managed node to a Version 6.0.x managed node and Using the Migration wizard.

Procedure

  1. Review the installation solution diagrams to help you plan a design for your application serving topology.

    Use the diagrams to identify and select your installation path. See Planning the installation for more information.

    Before you start installing products with the launchpad, verify that your operating system is supported and that you have installed all of the prerequisite patches.

  2. Prepare your operating platform for installation.

    Use the information in Preparing the operating system for product installation to verify that your operating system is able to run the WebSphere Application Server products.

    After preparing your operating system, you are ready to install the WebSphere Application Server products.

  3. Install your WebSphere Application Server product.

    See Installing the product and additional software for specific installation procedures for installing a component.

    See IBM Installation Factory for WebSphere Application Server for information about using the Installation Factory to create and install customized installation packages (CIPs). The rest of the steps in this procedure do not apply to installing the product with the Installation Factory because a CIP can include maintenance and configured profiles.

    Continue to follow this procedure if you are installing one of the components from the product package so that you install the most current maintenance and configure the product.

    After installing the Network Deployment product, you must create a deployment manager and application servers. In Version 6, the runtime environments for server processes are called profiles. Installing the product code establishes the core product files on a machine. Creating profiles creates separate runtime environments without having to reinstall the core product files.

  4. Install the most current product fixes, as described in Installing maintenance packages. The list of recommended updates is maintained on the Support site.
  5. Configure the product after installation.

    See Configuring the product after installation.

    Create server processes after installation by creating profiles. Create a deployment manager first. Then create an application server and add the node into the deployment manager cell.

    The Profile Creation wizard creates and configures profiles.

    See Creating profiles using the graphical user interface and the description of the wasprofile command for more information.

  6. Optional: Consider migrating a previous installation to Version 6.x.

    See Migrating product configurations.

    You can migrate the configuration and applications from a previous installation of another version of WebSphere Application Server. Version 6.x has a utility to help you perform the migration.

Results

You can install the WebSphere Application ServerNetwork Deployment product.

What to do next

Deploy your applications. Go to Fast paths for WebSphere Application Server for a description of how to get started deploying applications.




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