Adding installation packages with the Installation Factory to the centralized installation manager (CIM) repository

Use IBM® WebSphere® Installation Factory to add WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment Version 7 installation packages or customized installation packages (CIPs) of WebSphere Application Server Version 7 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. Each WebSphere Application Server installation has only one associated repository. The repository is shared among all the deployment managers of the installation.

Before you begin

To populate the repository, ensure you have write permission to the specified repository directory. To configure the WebSphere Application Server installation to associate with the repository, ensure you have write permission to the app_server_root/properties directory.

Procedure

  1. Launch the Installation Factory from the following location, where if_root is the Installation Factory root directory.
  2. Click Manage Repository for Centralized Installation Manager.
  3. On the WebSphere Application Server installation directory page, you can optionally enter the directory path to a WebSphere Application Server installation to associate the repository with the installation. Click Next.
  4. On the Repository and Installation Package page, enter the directory path to the repository, and enter the directory path to an installation package. Click Next.

    The specified installation package is populated to the repository when the procedure is complete. If you only want to configure the WebSphere Application Server installation to associate the repository, then enter the directory path to the WebSphere Application Server installation on the previous page and leave the directory path to installation package to empty.

    To change your selections, click Back.

  5. Review the preview page, and click Finish to begin the procedure on the repository.
  6. Optional: You can also add a CIP to the repository from the Installation Factory command line interface. Run the ifcli command using the options in table.
    Table 1. ifcli command-line options for centralized installation manager .

    This table describes command-line options for centralized installation manager.

    Option Description
    -wasPath wasInstallationPath Specifies the directory path of the WebSphere Application Server installation.
    -repositoryPath repositoryPath Specifies the directory path of the repository.
    -installationPackagePath installationPackagePath Specifies the directory path of the installation package.
    -overwrite Overwrites the existing installation package in the repository.

Results

The centralized installation manager repository you specified now contains one or more WebSphere Application Server installation packages. Alternatively, you can add the installation package to the repository as you install the installation package on the deployment manager workstation. Read the "Adding the current installation package during installation" topic for more information.

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