Simply the product installation process by install a customized
installation package (CIP), which is a single product installation image that
can include one or more maintenance packages, configuration scripts, and other
files.
Before you begin
Before you can install a customized installation package (CIP),
you must create a build definition file to specify what options to include
in the CIP. See Creating a build definition file and generating a CIP
for more
information.
Read the readme file, which is located in the CD root directory,
and prepare your environment to support an installation. Exit the WebSphere® Application
Server Network Deployment directory. Installation errors can occur if you
inadvertently leave a command line or browser instance open in the profile_root/installedApps directory. To install a customized installation package using the IBM® Installation
Factory for WebSphere Extended
Deployment 6.0.1, you must first install the IBM Installation Factory for WebSphere Application
Server 6.0.2. To install a customized installation package using the IBM Installation
Factory for WebSphere Extended
Deployment 6.0.2, you must first install the IBM Installation Factory for WebSphere Application
Server 6.0.2.
About this task
For WebSphere Extended
Deployment 6.0.2, the installation process is similar to a typical WebSphere Extended
Deployment installation except for two new panels:
- One panel displays the specified customization options.
- The other panel prompts you to choose between installing WebSphere Extended
Deployment or applying maintenance. Choose to install the product.
Procedure
- Insert the installation CD that contains the customized installation
package (CIP) into the CD-ROM, or access the directory in which the CIP is
located.
- Stop all WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Extended
Deployment processes that are running on the machine that you are preparing
for installation.
To stop the deployment manager, issue the
following command:
profile_root/bin/stopManager.bat
profile_root/bin/stopManager.sh
To stop
the nodes, issue the following command:
profile_root/bin/stopNode.bat
profile_root/bin/stopNode.sh
Verify
that all the processes are stopped by verifying the running Java™ processes.
The graphical user interface (GUI) provides a message of completion.
- Run the following command to start the installation:
- Review the characteristics of the CIP , and click Next.
- Select the type of installation to perform.
Click WebSphere Extended Deployment or WebSphere Extended
Deployment for mixed server environment, and click Next. This panel
does not display if you customize the CIP not to include both types of installations.
- Review the Welcome panel, and click Next.
- Accept the license agreement, and click Next. After the
license is accepted, the prerequisite checking automatically begins. If your
system does not have the prerequisites, a window displays the missing prerequisites.
Cancel the installation, make the required changes, and restart the installation.
- Choose
between completing a new WebSphere Extended Deployment installation or applying
maintenance to an existing installation. Select a new installation.
- Specify the installation location, and
click Next. From
the list, select the WebSphere Application Server installation that
you are extending. If you use another installation path, and it does not display
in the table, type the WebSphere Application Server installation directory
path in the Installation Location field. A window displays a summary of your
installation foundation.
- Select the existing profiles for your
installation to augment, and click Next. You
can also augment a profile later by using the Profile wizard or the wasprofile command.
Augment the deployment manager and custom profiles to work for the product.
- Click Next to accept the resulting
summary of your selections.
- Click Next to start the installation
process.
- Review the confirmation panel, and click Finish to
exit the wizard or to review the log files if the installation fails.
- Repeat this process for each node in the
cell.
Results
You successfully installed the CIP. You can uninstall the product
from the install_root/_uninstXD subdirectory.
What to do next
After you install the CIP, create a new profile or augment an existing
profile by using the WebSphere Extended Deployment Profile
wizard . You can omit
this task if you augmented the profile through the Installation wizard.