You can install the remote monitor, a stand-alone ObjectGrid, or
both from the WebSphere Extended Deployment graphical user interface (GUI).
Before you begin
Before installing WebSphere Extended Deployment, read the readme file,
which is located in the CD root directory.
About this task
WebSphere Extended Deployment provides a remote monitoring agent
for mixed server environments to provide health monitoring for external nodes,
such as web servers and databases. The remote agent sends average CPU utilization,
node speed, number of CPUs, and several other attributes and values to the
plug-in that polls the remote agent for CPU information.
ObjectGrid
is an extensible transactional object caching framework for Java 2 Platform,
Standard Edition (J2SE) and Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications.
You can use the ObjectGrid API when developing your applications to retrieve,
store, delete, and update objects in the ObjectGrid framework. You can also
implement customized plug-ins that monitor updates to the cache, retrieve
and store data with external data sources, manage eviction of entries from
the cache, and handle background cache functionality for your own ObjectGrid
application environment.
Use the following procedure to install WebSphere
Extended Deployment.
Procedure
- Insert the installation CD into the CD-ROM.
- Run the following command to start the installation:
- Select the type of installation that you want to perform.
Click WebSphere Extended Deployment for Mixed Server Environment to
install the product in a mixed environment and click Next.
- Review the Welcome panel and click Next.
- Read and accept the license agreement and click Next.
- Specify the installation location and click Next.
The default directory is MixedServer. To
install in a different directory, click Browse. The installation directory
that you type must be empty.
- Select Remote Monitor and ObjectGrid.
Click Next.
- Accept or change the resulting summary by clicking Next or Back.
Clicking Next invokes the installation process.
- Review the resulting logs for errors or installation failure.
- Click Finish to complete this part of the installation.
- Start the remote agent.
Results
Additional files and directories now display in your installation
path.
What to do next
You can now create a new profile or augment an existing profile to
make it compatible with WebSphere Extended Deployment.