Creating and managing Network Deployment cells using the centralized installation manager (CIM)

Use the centralized installation manager (CIM) to create and manage a WebSphere Network Deployment cell.

Before you begin

To create a multiplatform cell using the CIM, you need the following items:

  1. The CDs of all the WebSphere Application Server node platforms within the cell. For example, if your cell is running on Windows, Linux and AIX operating systems, then you need the CDs for those platforms in the WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment edition.
  2. The IBM® WebSphere® Installation Factory, which is available on the installation tools CD. You need this CD for the platform on which your deployment manager is running.
  3. For the CIM repository, you require approximately 3 GB for each platform that you have in the cell. If you plan to create custom installation packages (CIP) for use with CIM, then you must factor in additional disk space required for CIPs. You can delete images that are no longer needed from the repository to make more space available.

About this task

The CIM is capable of creating nodes on remote hosts by installing WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment and federating them to the existing deployment manager.

Prior to CIM, you had to log in to every machine in the potential cell, install the servers manually, create a profile for each node, and federate the nodes to the deployment manager. Now, these steps are all done for you by the CIM. You only select the machine host name, and provide the login credentials.

Procedure

  1. On the deployment manager machine, install WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment with management profile and deployment manager server type.
    1. Launch the WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment Installation Wizard.
    2. From the Welcome Panel, click Next.
    3. From the License Panel, read and agree to the terms of the license, click Next.
    4. From the System Prerequisite Check panel, click Next.
    5. From the Optional Feature Installation panel, select all features, click Next.
    6. From the Installation Directory panel, select a writable folder as the WebSphere installation root, click Next.
    7. From the Environment Selection panel, select Management, click Next.
    8. From the Server Type Panel, select Deployment Manager, click Next.
    9. From the Administrative Security panel, specify a user name and password for logging in to the administrative console. This need not be the same user name and password for logging in to the deployment manager host. Click Next.
    10. From the Repository for centralized installation manager panel, select the option to create a repository and specify the repository location. Select to populate the repository with the installation package. Click Next.
    11. From the Installation Summary panel, click Next.
    12. After the installation is done, click Next.
  2. Start the deployment manager. This can be done from the command line. From app_server_root/profiles/Dmgr01/bin, enter the following command:
    • [AIX] [HP-UX] [Linux] [Solaris] ./startManager.sh
    • [Windows] startManager.bat
  3. Log in to the administrative console.
  4. Add other platform images for WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment to the CIM repository. Refer to "Using the Installation Factory to add installation packages" for more details.
  5. Launch installations of WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment on the remote machines. Refer to "Installing packages" for more details.
  6. You can monitor the status of the installations using CIM. Refer to "Monitoring requests" for more details.

Results

The installation requests are sent via the centralized installation manager to install WebSphere application servers on the remote machines to create the cell.

What to do next

The cell is now ready for management. You can add servers, install applications, and so on.




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