You can install the Application Client using the Installation
Manager command line.
Before you begin
Important: Before installing the product, you
must read the license agreement that you can find with the product
files. Signify your acceptance of the license agreement by specifying
-acceptLicense in the command as described below.
Install
Installation Manager on each of the systems onto which you want
to install the product.
- 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:
installc.exe -acceptLicense -log log_file_path_and_name
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./installc -acceptLicense
-log log_file_path_and_name
- Non-administrative installation:
userinstc.exe -acceptLicense -log log_file_path_and_name
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./userinstc -acceptLicense
-log log_file_path_and_name
- Group-mode installation:
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./groupinstc -acceptLicense
-dataLocation application_data_location -log log_file_path_and_name -installationDirectory Installation_Manager_home
- 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.
- 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.APPCLIENT.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 specify
for the value of the -repositories parameter so that the imcl command
can access the files in this repository to install the product.
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.
Procedure
- Optional: If the repository requires a username
and password, create a keyring file to access this repository.
For more information on creating a keyring file for Installation
Manager, read the IBM Installation
Manager Version 1.6 Information Center or the IBM Installation
Manager Version 1.5 Information Center.
Note: Starting
in Installation Manager Version 1.6.2, the
-keyring and
-password options
that have been used to access credentials in a keyring file are deprecated.
When you use Installation Manager Version 1.6.2 and later, use the
-secureStorageFile and
-masterPasswordFile options
to store credentials in a credential storage file.
There is no migration
path from keyring files to storage files because of the differences
in the file structures. You must create a storage file to replace
a keyring file.
For more information on using the -secureStorageFile and -masterPasswordFile options
to store credentials in a credential storage file, see the Installation Manager Version 1.6 Information Center.
- Log on to your system.
- Change to the eclipse/tools subdirectory
in the directory where you installed Installation Manager.
- Verify that the product repository is available.
imcl.exe listAvailablePackages -repositories source_repository
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./imcl listAvailablePackages -repositories source_repository
You
should see one or more levels of the offering.
- Use the imcl command to install the
product.
imcl.exe install com.ibm.websphere.APPCLIENT.v85_offering_version,optional_feature_ID
-repositories source_repository
-installationDirectory installation_directory
-sharedResourcesDirectory shared_directory
-accessRights access_mode
-preferences preference_key=value
-properties property_key=value
-keyring keyring_file -password password
-acceptLicense
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./imcl install com.ibm.websphere.APPCLIENT.v85_offering_version,optional_feature_ID
-repositories source_repository
-installationDirectory installation_directory
-sharedResourcesDirectory shared_directory
-accessRights access_mode
-preferences preference_key=value
-properties property_key=value
-keyring keyring_file -password password
-acceptLicense
Notes: - The relevant terms and conditions, notices, and other information
are provided in the license-agreement files in the lafiles or product_name/lafiles subdirectory
of the installation image or repository for this product.
- The offering_version, which optionally can
be attached to the offering ID with an underscore, is a specific version
of the offering to install (8.5.0.20110503_0200 for
example).
- If offering_version is not specified,
the latest version of the offering and all interim fixes for
that version are installed.
- If offering_version is specified, the specified
version of the offering and no interim fixes for that version
are installed.
The offering version can be found attached to the end of the
offering ID with an underscore when you run the following command
against the repository:
imcl listAvailablePackages -repositories source_repository
- You can also specify none, recommended or all with
the -installFixes argument to indicate which interim
fixes you want installed with the offering.
- If the offering version is not specified, the -installFixes option
defaults to all.
- If the offering version is specified, the -installFixes option
defaults to none.
- You can add a list of features that are separated by commas.
In
the following list, the optional feature IDs are enclosed in parentheses:
- IBM Developer Kit, Java 2 Technology Edition
- Java 2 Runtime Environment (javaruntime)
- Developer Kit (developerkit)
- Samples (samples)
- Standalone Thin Clients, Resource Adapters, and Embeddable Containers
- Standalone Thin Clients Runtime (standalonethinclient.resourceadapter.runtime)
- Standalone Thin Clients Samples (standalonethinclient.resourceadapter.samples)
- Embeddable EJB Container (embeddablecontainer)
Tip: If no features are specified, the required
features and those selected by default (javaruntime, developerkit,
and embeddablecontainer) are installed. To install
only the features that you want, specify the list of features explicitly.
- The -accessRights parameter is not required if you previously
specified the mode in which to install Installation Manager.
- The program might write important post-installation instructions
to standard output.
For more information on using the imcl command
to install the product, see the IBM Installation
Manager Version 1.6 Information Center or the IBM Installation
Manager Version 1.5 Information Center.