Special procedures are required if you choose to run centralized installation manager (CIM) on IBM® i operating systems. Since IBM WebSphere® Installation Factory is not supported on IBM i operating system, you must create the repository on a Windows operating system and then transfer the repository to the IBM i operating system.
There are two ways to add installation packages into a CIM repository on IBM i. For local installations, the installation image can be added as an optional procedure during the silent installation of WebSphere Application Server. For remote installations, the user can use the Installation Factory to create a repository on a Windows system, and then transfer the packages to the repository that resides on the IBM i system.
Using the silent installer locally on IBM i operating systems
Edit the response file, and set options cimSelected, cimRepositoryLocation, and populateRepository to the appropriate values. See the comments in the response file for more details. The repository is created and populated as part of the installation process. For more information, read the silent installation instructions in the Adding the current installation package to the centralized installation manager (CIM) repository during installation topic.
Use the following procedure to add the installation packages into the CIM repository on the IBM i system using the Windows operating system.
You have added the installation packages into the CIM repository on the IBM i system.
Instead of creating the repository on the disk drive of the Windows system and transferring the file, alternatively, you can map the IBM i file system of the repository onto the Windows system and use it for populating the installation packages. Using this alternative method eliminates transferring the files to the IBM i system.
Use the centralized installation manager to install the components to the nodes and begin managing your environments. In the administrative console, click
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