WebSphere Extended Deployment Compute Grid, Version 6.1
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Using the centralized installation manager repository tool to add products

Use the centralized installation manager repository tool to add one or more WebSphere® Extended Deployment Version 6.1 product components to the repository. From the administrative console, you can then use the centralized installation manager to install your added components from the repository to the nodes.

Before you begin

To populate the repository for the first time, ensure that the destination directory is empty. Additionally, you can add a product to the repository only if it does not already contain that specific product.

With an existing installation of WebSphere Extended Deployment Operations Optimization, use the centralized installation manager repository tool to add the WebSphere Extended Deployment Compute Grid installation image to the repository if you chose not to add it when prompted by the Installation wizard. See Installing the product for more information.

The centralized installation manager repository tool itself is installed only when you install WebSphere Extended Deployment Operations Optimization. When you install WebSphere Extended Deployment Compute Grid, the centralized installation manager and the repository tool are not actually installed. However, you can still populate the repository with the installation image for WebSphere Extended Deployment Compute Grid if the Operations Optimization component is installed. Choose one of the two following ways to populate the repository with the WebSphere Extended Deployment Compute Grid installation image:
  • Add the product to the repository by completing the steps in the Installation wizard. To choose this option, you must install the Operations Optimization component first.
    • Install WebSphere Extended Deployment Operations Optimization, and choose to populate the repository with the product installation image, or defer the step and add the installation image later by using the repository tool.
    • Next, install WebSphere Extended Deployment Compute Grid, and then populate the repository with the specific product installation image. As with the installation process for the Operations Optimization component, you can choose to use the repository tool to complete this task later.
  • Add the product to the repository by using the centralized installation manager repository tool. This is the only available option when you install WebSphere Extended Deployment Compute Grid before you install the Operations Optimization component.

Procedure

  1. Launch the repository tool from the following location:
    • [For Windows operating system] install_root/bin/xd_cimgrrepository.bat
    • [For Unix operating system] [For Linux operating system] install_root/bin/xd_cimgrrepository.sh
  2. Select one or more products to include in the repository, and click Next.
    Remember: The repository must not already contain the product that you select to add.
  3. Read the summary of your selections, and click Next.

    To change your selections, click Back.

  4. Click Browse to provide the location of the product installation image, and click Next.

    If you selected to add multiple products in step 2, this panel displays again to prompt you for the installation image location for each product.

    If you plan to set up a high availability deployment manager environment, you must specify the location of the repository from the current installation location.
    • For example, if you install the product in the c:\ProgramFiles\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer directory, specify the repository location as c:\ProgramFiles\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\repository_folder.
  5. Review the confirmation panel, and click Finish to exit the tool.

Results

The centralized installation manager repository now contains one or more WebSphere Extended Deployment products. For information on how to install the repository from the command line, read about silently installing the product.

You can also install a customized installation package (CIP) to the centralized installation manager repository. Manually copy the installation descriptors from the CIP to theinstall_root/properties/xdcimgr directory on the deployment manager workstation:
  • For an Operations Optimization CIP:

    [Version 6.1 only] wxdop_package/XD/xd.primary.ext.pak/repository/cii_identifier/properties/xdcimgr

    [Version 6.1.0.3 and later] wxdop_package/custom/InstallPackageXD61*.xml

  • For a Compute Grid CIP:

    [Version 6.1 only] wxdcg_package/XD/xd.primary.compute.pak/repository/cii_identifier/properties/xdcimgr

    [Version 6.1.0.3 and later] wxdcg_package/custom/InstallPackageXD61*.xml

  • For a Data Grid CIP:

    [Version 6.1 only] wxddg_package/XD/xd.primary.data.pak/repository/cii_identifier/properties/xdcimgr

    [Version 6.1.0.3 and later] wxddg_package/custom/InstallPackageXD61*.xml

Alternatively, you can add the CIP to the repository as you install the CIP on the deployment manager workstation. For more information, see Installing the product .

What to do next

Use the centralized installation manager to install the products to the nodes and begin managing your environments. In the administrative console, click System administration > Centralized Installation Manager.




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Last updated: Oct 30, 2009 6:21:02 PM EDT
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