This topic explains the directory structure of the centralized
installation manager (CIM) repository and outlines the steps to download
CIM descriptor files for Version 7.0 fix packs.
Before you begin
To use the centralized installation manager (CIM) download
function the deployment manager must have access to the IBM® websites. When the deployment manager workstation
does not have Internet access, you must first download the descriptors
and files to a separate workstation that has Internet access. Then,
you must manually transfer those files to the CIM repository before
you can use CIM to install the respective maintenance on remote nodes.
Before
you complete this task, consider the following issues:
- If you have indirect access to the Internet through another machine,
then you can set up an FTP gateway and perform the download indirectly
through the gateway instead of manually adding files to the repository.
Read the "Using CIM download function when the deployment manager
does not have direct Internet access" topic for more information.
- If your deployment manager has direct Internet access, see the
information on using the centralized installation manager repository
instead of completing the steps in this topic.
- Steps 1 - 4 in this document apply when you have a mixed cell
environment, which can consist of Version 6.1.x, 7.x, and 8.x nodes
in the same cell. The steps in this task enable you to obtain the
centralized installation manager descriptors for Version 7.0 fix packs
within this mixed cell environment. If you do not have a mixed cell
environment or you do not intend to install fix packs for your Version
7.0 nodes in a mixed cell environment, you do not need to download
these descriptors.
Important: In a mixed cell environment,
the deployment manager must be at the highest version level in the
environment. For example, a Version 7.x deployment manager cannot
manage both Version 7.x and 8.x nodes. However, a Version 8.x deployment
manager can manage both Version 7.x and 8.x nodes.
- When you use the Update Installer to install a fix pack on the
deployment manager, the process does not add the binary *.pak files
to the CIM repository. You still need to copy those binary files to
the appropriate directory as indicated in the following section.
When you installed Version 8.x, the product installed
most of the descriptors for the centralized installation manager that
are needed in a mixed cell environment. These previously installed
descriptors enable you to install the interim fixes for both Version
6.1 and 7.0. However, the Version 8.x product does not install the
Version 6.1.x and 7.x fix-pack descriptors for the centralized installation
manager. These steps enable you to obtain those Version 6.1.x and
7.x descriptors when direct Internet access is not available.
You
must first create the CIM repository on the host workstation. For
more information, read the "Adding the current installation package
during installation" topic.
Alternatively, you can use the IBM WebSphere® Installation Factory to create
the CIM repository and add one or more product packages to the repository.
The Installation Factory is included in one of the WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
discs, which you must install separately. For more details about the
Installation Factory, read the "Adding installation packages with
the Installation Factory" topic.
If the CIM repository was previously
created, find out the directory root path to the repository from the
administrator who created it. You need that path information to manually
copy files to subdirectories under that directory root path. Alternatively,
you can obtain the repository directory root path by looking at the
value of the CENTRALIZED_INSTALL_REPOSITORY_ROOT property in the install_root/properties/cimgr.props file
for the deployment manager profile.
About this task
The Update Installer and the maintenance files that are
required by the CIM to remotely install maintenance are the same tool
and files that are used to apply maintenance to the deployment manager
workstation. Complete the steps to download the Update Installer and
maintenance files without using the CIM.
The repository consists
of directories where the installation image for the Update Installer
and maintenance files are located. The following information lists
the directories and their content. Use a browser on a machine that
has internet access to download the binaries for the various WebSphere
maintenance files from the following URL: http://www.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/was/support/download.html
After
you download the respective maintenance files to the file system of
the machine, the information in this section enables you to determine
the directory in the CIM repository to which you must transfer the
files.
- WAS70Updates
- This directory contains all the interim fixes for WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
Version 7.0. Copy the .pak files for all your WebSphere Application Server
Network Deployment Version 7.0.0 interim fixes to this directory.
You can also remove any .pak files that you no
longer need from this directory.
- WAS70FPn
- This directory contains various .pak files
that make up a specific fix pack for WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0.
Refer to the WebSphere Application
Server Version 7.0.0 support website for the list of files that are
required for each fix pack.
For example, for WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
Version 7.0.0 Fix Pack 1, copy the following
.pak files
to the
WAS70FP1 directory.
- 7.0.0.0-WS-WAS-platform_architecture-FP0000001.pak
- 7.0.0.0-WS-WASSDK-platform_architecture-FP0000001.pak
- ND61Updates
- This directory contains all the interim fixes for WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
Version 6.1. Copy the .pak files for all your WebSphere Application Server
Network Deployment Version 6.1 interim fixes to this directory. You
can also remove any .pak files that you no longer
need from this directory.
- ND61FPn
- This directory contains the .pak files that
make up a specific fix pack for WebSphere Application
Server Version 6.1. Refer to the WebSphere Application
Server Version 6.1 support website for the list of files required
for each fix pack.
For example, for WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
Version 6.1 Fix Pack 25, copy the following .pak files into the
ND70FP25 directory:
- 6.1.0-WS-WAS-platform_architecture-FP0000025.pak
- 6.1.0-WS-WASSDK-platform_architecture-FP0000025.pak
- 6.1.0-WS-WASWebSvc-platform_architecture-FP0000025.pak
- 6.1.0-WS-WASEJB3-platform_architecture-FP0000025.pak
Note: If you do not plan to install interim fixes
or fix packs for a particular release, you do not need to populate
the directory.
You can either download the descriptors from
an IBM ftp site or import descriptors from a fix pack. Choose one
of the following options to manually add the CIM descriptors for Version
6.1 and 7.0 fix packs to the CIM repository:
Procedure
- Download the descriptor from an IBM ftp site.
- In the administrative console, click . Click Add Packages. The Download
Descriptors panel is displayed.
- Determine the location of the FTP site from which you
download the descriptors. Expand Download Options to
view the FTP URL that is used by the CIM. The URL format is ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/websphere/appserv/support/tools/UpdateInstaller/7.0.x/_yyyymmdd. If
the deployment manager workstation does not have Internet access,
an error message is displayed indicating that the host name, public.dhe.ibm.com,
is not known. You can either download the descriptors from another
workstation that has internet access or use descriptors from a previously
downloaded fix pack (see Import descriptors from a previously downloaded
fix pack).
- Use the URL from the previous step to download the available
descriptors from a separate workstation that has internet access.
- Transfer the downloaded descriptors to the CIM_REPOSITORY_ROOT/descriptors directory
on the deployment manager workstation, where CIM_REPOSITORY_ROOT is
the root directory of the CIM repository, such as /opt/IBM/WebSphere/cimrepos.
- Import descriptors from a previously downloaded fix pack.
- Extract the InstallPackageND70FPXX.xml file from the
.pak file.
- Place the InstallPackageND70FPXX.xml file in the cimrepos/descriptors
folder.
Results
The CIM repository now contains maintenance files to install
later on the target workstations in the cell.