Obtain the necessary product files and install Installation
Manager before installing WebSphere® Application
Server Version 8.5.
About this task
You can do one of the following:
Procedure
- If you want to use the Installation Manager
that is included with this product, perform the following actions.
- Obtain the necessary files.
There are three basic options for obtaining
and installing Installation Manager and the product.
Notes: - If you do not have a Passport
Advantage ID and password, you must install the product from
the product repositories on the media or local repositories.
- With the Packaging Utility, you can create and manage packages
for installation repositories. You can copy multiple packages into
one repository or copy multiple disks for one product into a repository.
You can copy packages from Passport Advantage or a web-based
repository into a local repository for example. For more information
on the Packaging Utility, go to the IBM Installation
Manager Version 1.6 Information Center or the IBM Installation
Manager Version 1.5 Information Center.
- Change to the location containing the Installation Manager
installation files, and run one of the following commands.
- Administrative installation:
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- Non-administrative installation:
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- Group-mode installation:
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./groupinst
The installer opens an Install Packages window.
- Make sure that the Installation Manager package is selected,
and click Next.
- Accept the terms in the license agreements, and click Next.
The program creates the directory for your installation.
- Click Next.
- Review the summary information, and click Install.
- If the installation is successful, the program displays a message
indicating that installation is successful.
- If the installation is not successful, click View Log
File to troubleshoot the problem.
- If you already have Installation Manager
Version 1.5.2 or later installed on your system and you want to use
it to install and maintain the product, obtain the necessary product
files.
There are three basic options for installing
the product if you already have Installation Manager Version 1.5.2
or later installed.
- Access the physical media, and use local installation.
You
can access the product repositories on the product media. Use Installation
Manager to install the product from the product repositories on the
media.
- Download the files from the Passport Advantage site, and use
local installation.
Licensed customers with a Passport Advantage ID and password
can download the necessary product repositories from the Passport Advantage site.
- Download the product repositories from the Passport Advantage site.
- Use Installation Manager to install the product from the downloaded
repositories.
- Access the live repositories, and use web-based installation.
If
you have a Passport
Advantage ID and password, you can use Installation Manager to
install the product from the web-based repositories. Use Installation
Manager to install the product from the web-based repository located
at
http://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/com.ibm.websphere.ND.v85
Note: This location
does not contain a web page that you can access using a web browser.
This is a remote web-based repository location that you must add to
your Installation Manager preferences before the Installation Manager
GUI can access the files in this repository to install the product.
Tip: This live repository is accessed by using Passport Advantage authentication.
After you have installed Installation Manager, you can set the Passport Advantage preference
to connect to the live repositories. To set Passport Advantage preferences,
follow this procedure:
- Open Installation Manager.
- Open the Passport
Advantage preferences page by selecting File > Preferences
> Passport Advantage.
- Select Connect to Passport
Advantage to connect to the Passport Advantage repository.
The
Password Required dialog box opens.
- Enter a user name and password for Passport Advantage.
- Optional: Select Save password to save the user
name and password credentials.
If you do not save the user name
and password credentials, you are prompted for these credentials each
time you access Passport
Advantage.
- Click OK to close the Password Required dialog box.
- Click OK to close the Preferences window.
For more information on setting your Installation Manager preferences,
see the
IBM Installation
Manager Version 1.6 Information Center or the
IBM Installation
Manager Version 1.5 Information Center.
Whenever possible,
you should use the remote web-based repositories so that you are accessing
the most up-to-date installation files.
Notes: - If you do not have a Passport
Advantage ID and password, you must install the product from
the product repositories on the media or local repositories.
- With the Packaging Utility, you can create and manage packages
for installation repositories. You can copy multiple packages into
one repository or copy multiple disks for one product into a repository.
You can copy packages from Passport Advantage or a web-based
repository into a local repository for example. For more information
on the Packaging Utility, go to the IBM Installation
Manager Version 1.6 Information Center or the IBM Installation
Manager Version 1.5 Information Center.
What to do next
- Add the product repository to your Installation Manager preferences.
- Start Installation Manager.
- In the top menu, click File > Preferences.
- Select Repositories.
- Perform the following actions:
- Click Add Repository.
- Enter the path to the repository.config file
in the location containing the repository files.
- Click OK.
- Deselect any locations listed in the Repositories window that
you will not be using.
- Click Apply.
- Click OK.
- Click File > Exit to close Installation
Manager.
- Use Installation Manager to install the product.