Install the application server product on AIX®, HP-UX, Linux®,
Solaris, or Windows® operating systems.
Before you begin
Before you use the installation tools, read this topic
to prepare for installation and to learn about installation options.
Also read the hardware and software requirements on the Supported hardware and software Web site.
The launchpad
is the preferred method of starting the installation. Use the launchpad
console to access the product overview, the installation guide, and
the readme file. Use the launchpad to launch each installation procedure.
Read Using the launchpad to start installations for more information.
The installation procedure requires the installer
ID to have the following advanced user rights, Act as part
of the operating system and Log on as a service to
install Windows services.
You
can install as a root or non-root user. For detailed information on
non-root installation considerations, read Non-root installations.
About this task
Use the information in this topic to learn about the types
of installation available. This topic has links to more detailed installation
topics.
You can install a product using the installation wizard
GUI or silent mode. The installation wizard performs the following
actions:
- Automatically checks prerequisites
- Looks for a previous WebSphere® Application Server
Version installation to determine whether to let you add features
to the product binaries or to install a new set of product binaries
- Looks for a previous installation to determine whether to let
you upgrade from a trial installation to the real product
- Installs the necessary product binaries
- Prompts you to create a cell profile, a management profile, a
standalone application server profile, a custom profile, or a secure
proxy profile; or prompts you to start the Profile Management Tool to create a profile
Procedure
- Plan your installation as described in Planning the WebSphere Application Server product installation.
- Prepare your operating platform for installation as described
in Preparing the operating system for product installation.
- Review the roadmap for installing the
base product, as described in Roadmap: Installing the base product.
- Install the base product.
If
you cannot use a graphical user interface on your operating system
for some reason, use the wizard in silent mode.
Choose an installation
scenario:
Restriction: Do not use the for InstallShield
Multi-Platforms (ISMP) -console option when invoking the installation
or update installer programs. It is an undocumented and unsupported
option. If it is necessary to install WebSphere Application Server
products at a console, refer to
Installing silently.
If you encounter a problem such
as needing more disk space or temporary space or missing prerequisite
packages on your system, cancel the installation, make the required
changes, and restart the installation.
- Optional: Install optional components for use
with the application server.
Many of these components
are included on the Supplements disk included with the application
server. Use the Supplements disk to access installation programs and
documentation for Application Client for WebSphere Application
Server, IBM® Support Assistant Agent, Update Installer,
GSKit, IBM HTTP Server, Installation Factory, and Web
server plug-ins. You can also use the migration tools or copy the
tools to your system from this disk.
Read
the migration documentation for information about how to use the migration
tools on this disk.
The launchpad application in the root directory
of the Supplements disk lets you install and view information about
many of the components on the disk.
The Supplements disk also
has World Type and Devanagari fonts on Linux.
Use your Linux system utilities to install the World
Type fonts or the Devanagari fonts. Use your operating system utilities
to install the Devanagari fonts on other operating systems. The Devanagari
fonts support Hindi, Sanskrit, and some other languages.
- Optional: Install IBM HTTP
Server.
After installing a WebSphere Application
Server product, you can use the application server to serve applications
over the Internet. It is not necessary to install the IBM HTTP
Server or another Web server.
The installation solution diagrams
in Planning the WebSphere Application Server product installation show the components
that are present in different types of environments.
Read Installing IBM HTTP
Server for more information about installing IBM HTTP
Server.
- Optional: Install Web server plug-ins for IBM HTTP
Server or another supported Web server.
If you install
the IBM HTTP Server or another Web server, you must
then install a binary module for the Web server to enable it to communicate
with WebSphere Application Server products.
After
installing a Web server plug-in, the Plug-ins installation wizard
configures a new element in the application server configuration called
a Web server definition. You can then manage applications
for the Web server using the administrative console.
Read Installing Web server plug-ins for more information.
- Optional: Install the application clients.
You do not need to install the Application Client for WebSphere Application Server unless an
application that you are deploying was designed to run as a client
application.
Read Installing application clients
for more information.
- Optional: Install the Update Installer for WebSphere Software.
Use the
Update Installer to install maintenance packages for any of the installable WebSphere software components in the product
package. Read Installing the Update Installer for more information.
- Optional: Install the IBM Support
Assistant Workbench on a local workstation running the Windows or Linux Intel® operating system.
IBM Support
Assistant allows you to search multiple knowledge repositories and
gives you access to the latest product information. You can choose
to be guided through your problem symptoms or view a complete listing
of advanced tooling for analyzing everything from logs to memory dumps.
You
can troubleshoot a local system using the workbench, or you can troubleshoot
a remote system from a local workstation using the IBM Support
Assistant Agent. You can connect to the IBM Support
Assistant Agent installed on a remote system running on the AIX, Linux, Windows, or Solaris operating system by using
the IBM Support Agent Manager installed on a local
workstation running the Windows or Linux Intel operating system. You can use IBM Support
Assistant to run automated, symptom-specific data collectors. This
data can then be attached to an IBM Service
Request so that you can get help from IBM Support.
Results
You
can install IBM WebSphere Application Server
Version 7.0 by following this procedure.
You can also
install IBM HTTP Server, the Web server plug-ins, and
the Application Client for WebSphere Application Server.
What to do next
Read Migration Overview for information
about migrating from a previous version of WebSphere Application
Server.
Read Fast Paths for WebSphere Application
Server for information about getting started deploying applications.