Performing identical installations on multiple machines
If you are installing WebSphere Application Server on multiple machines,
and want them to have identical configurations, you can use XML export/import facility
and silent installation functionality to do so. Installing WebSphere Application Server
in this manner will result in identical, but separate installations of WebSphere. In other
words, the application servers will not recognize each other.
Note: Performing identical installations of WebSphere Application Server on
multiple machines does not prepare your system for purposes such as configuring a
server group, which requires that all machines in the group be part of the same
administrative domain. See the article Using server groups and clones
for more information about configuring server groups.
Perform the following steps to install identical configurations of
WebSphere Application Server on multiple machines:
- Perform a silent installation on the first machine by customizing the default
response file and running the installation program (which is the install.sh script on Linux and UNIX-based platforms and the setup.exe program on Windows platforms) at the command-line,
supplying the response file as a command-line parameter. See the article
Selecting steps for silent installation, which directs you
to specific instructions for performing a silent installation on your platform.
The customized response file will be used to install WebSphere Application Server from
the command-line on the other machines you want to configure.
- Start the WebSphere Application Server, open the Administrative Console, and
configure your system.
- Export an XML file that details the WebSphere Application Server configuration
existing on the first machine. You can export the XML file by doing one of the following:
The XML file will be imported and used to configure WebSphere Application Server
on the other machines you want to configure.
- Copy your custom response file to the root directory on the machine you want to configure next.
- Copy the exported XML file to the machine you want to configure next.
- Edit the exported XML file to include variable substitutes. This enables
each server to specify a particular variable unique to that machine, such as the node name.
See the article
XMLConfig - Using the tool programmatically for more information.
- Install WebSphere Application Server by performing a silent installation.
- Import the configuration stored in the XML file to the new application server.
Performing identical installations on multiple machines
If you are installing WebSphere Application Server on multiple machines,
and want them to have identical configurations, you can use XML export/import facility
and silent installation functionality to do so.
Perform the following steps to install identical configurations of
WebSphere Application Server on multiple machines:
- Perform a silent installation on the first machine by customizing the default
response file and executing the install.sh script at the command-line,
supplying the response file as a command-line parameter. See the article
Selecting steps for silent installation, which directs you
to specific instructions for performing a silent installation on your platform.
The customized response file will be used to install WebSphere Application Server from
the command-line on the other machines you want to configure.
- Start the WebSphere Application Server, open the Administrative Console, and
configure your system.
- Export an XML file that details the WebSphere Application Server configuration
existing on the first machine. You can export the XML file by selecting
Console/Export... from the Administrative Console menu.
The XML file will be imported and used to configure WebSphere Application Server
on the other machines you want to configure.
- Copy your custom response file to the root directory on the machine you want to configure next.
- Copy the exported XML file to the machine you want to configure next.
- Edit the exported XML file to include variable substitutes. This enables
each server to specify a particular variable unique to that machine, such as the node name.
- Install WebSphere Application Server by performing a silent installation.
- Import the configuration stored in the XML file to the new application server.
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