Use the installation procedures to register WebSphere Application Server and the associated products with the native operating system registry. Associated products include the IBM HTTP Server, the Web server plug-ins, the Application Client, the Application Server Toolkit, and the Edge Components. This topic describes possible registry key values.
Installations are registered with the native operating system registries, such as the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) on Linux systems. The InstallShield for Multiplatforms (ISMP) installation wizard also creates the vpd.properties file that contains a list of product codes that ISMP uses to track installations that it has performed.
See Limitations of non-root installers for
more information about registry entries.
Registry file location | WebSphere Application Server | Application Client | IBM HTTP Server | Web Server Plug-ins | Application Server Toolkit | Edge Components | Update Installer (UPDI) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
vpd.properties | WSBAA61 | WSCAA61 | WSIHS61 | WSPAA61 | WSAST61 | WSEDG61 | WSUPD61 |
AIX | WSBAA61 | WSCAA61 | lslpp -L|grep WSIHS61 | lslpp -L|grep WSPAA61 | N/A | WSEDG61 | WSUPD61 |
HP-UX | WSBAA61 | WSCAA61 | swlist|grep WSIHS61 | swlist|grep WSPAA61 | N/A | WSEDG61 | WSUPD61 |
Linux | WSBAA61Licen singComponent | WSCAA61 | rpm -qa|grep "WSIHS61" | rpm -qa|grep "WSPAA61" | rpm –q|grep "WSAST61" | WSEDG61 | WSUPD61 |
Solaris | WSBAA61 | WSCAA61 | WSIHS61 | WSPAA61 | N/A | WSEDG61 | WSUPD61 |
Windows | HKEY_ CURRENT_ USER\ SOFTWARE\ IBM\WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment\6.1.0.0 | HKEY_ CURRENT_ USER\ SOFTWARE\ IBM\Application Client for WebSphere Application Server\6.1.0.0 |
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HKLM\SOFTWARE\IBM\ Web server Plug-ins for IBM WebSphere Application Server\6.1.0.0 | HKEY_ CURRENT_ USER\ SOFTWARE\ IBM\WebSphere Application Server Toolkit\6.1.0.0 | N/A | HKLM\ SOFTWARE\ IBM\ WAS Update Installer\6.1.0.0 |
In addition to the vpd.properties file, the WebSphere Application Server installation programs also create a record of installed products in an install registry file. The WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment installation program also creates a catalog signature file for use by IBM Tivoli License Compliance Manager.
The install registry file
Version 6.1 does not use the .WASRegistry file that is used in Version 6.0.
The catalog signature files
Packages installed by a non-root installer might not register using native operating system mechanisms.
For example, a WebSphere Application Server version
6.1 product installed as a non-root user on an AIX version 5.3 operating system
cannot register to the AIX lpp command. Thus, running the ls
lpp command does not list the current WebSphere Application Server version
that is installed.
You can use the IBM Tivoli License Compliance Manager to manage the WebSphere Application Server license and version.
To enable the IBM Tivoli License Compliance Manager to detect and monitor WebSphere Application Server software components, obtain the ITLMReadinessOfferings.xml catalog file. This file is also referred to in IBM Tivoli License Compliance Manager as the IBMUseOnlySoftwareCatalog_****-**-**.xml or IBMSoftwareCatalog_****-**-**.xml file. The IBMUseOnlySoftwareCatalog_****-**-**.xml file is used with the Sub-Capacity version. The IBMSoftwareCatalog_****-**-**.xml file is used for the Full version.
The catalog file lists software signature recognition and usage files in XML format that are used by the IBM Tivoli License Compliance Manager components to identify and monitor software found on the agents. You can obtain the catalog file from http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliLicenseManager.html.
rpm -qa | grep WS