WebSphere Application Server installation information

Installation requirements, examples, and other information for installing and uninstalling WebSphere® Application Server. The WebSphere Application Server offering is the main product offering and provides the application server, which uses Java™ technology to extend web server capabilities to handle web application requests.

About WebSphere Application Server

IBM® WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment is an integrated platform that contains an application server, web development tools, a web server, and additional supporting software and documentation. IBM WebSphere Application Server for z/OS® extends the Network Deployment model to the z/OS platform.

Before you install the product, plan what other optional components you want to install and determine where to install each component.

The installation of the application server product installs a shared set of core product files. Afterward, you create at least one profile, which is a separate file system that includes the files that define a runtime environment for an application server process, such as a deployment manager or an application server.

After installation, you can create an application server profile, a management profile, a cell set of profiles that contains a deployment manager and a federated application server, or a custom profile. At least one profile must exist to have a functioning application server environment. You can use the manageprofiles command or the Profile Management Tool to create profiles. For z/OS, use the Profile Management Tool (z/OS only), which is installed as part of the WebSphere Customization Toolbox on distributed operating systems, or the zpmt.sh command.

Requirements

In addition to the following requirements, your system might require other prerequisites so that you can install WebSphere Application Server offerings.

  • For transitioning users For transitioning users: IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition is no longer embedded with any WebSphere Application Server offerings. The Java SDK is available as a separate offering that must be installed when you install the product.IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 8 is the Java SDK version for WebSphere Application Server Version 9.0.trns
  • WebSphere Application Server requires up to 2 GB of disk space, depending on how many features you install.

Repositories and offering IDs

To install WebSphere Application Server from the online service repository, use the following repository URL with Installation Manager:
http://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/com.ibm.websphere.zOS.v90
When you use the command line or response files to install, uninstall, or otherwise modify WebSphere Application Server, specify the main offering ID. You can also add a comma-separated list of optional features to install. If you do not specify optional features, a default set of features is installed. To install only the features that you want, specify the list of features explicitly.
Table 1. Offering and optional feature IDs
Offering ID Optional feature IDs Default features
WebSphere Application Server for z/OS
com.ibm.websphere.zOS.v90
  • core.feature: WebSphere Application Server
    This feature must be specified to specify the following optional subfeatures:
    • samples: Sample applications
    • thinclient: Standalone thin clients and resource adapters
    • embeddablecontainer: Embeddable EJB container
    • ejbdeploy: EJBDeploy tool for pre-EJB 3.0 modules
Note: You cannot use Installation Manager to modify, update, or rollback functions to later add or remove core.feature. Only the subfeatures can be added or removed.
  • core.feature
    • thinclient
    • embeddablecontainer
    • ejbdeploy

For a complete list of product repositories and offering IDs, see Online product repositories for WebSphere Application Server offerings and WebSphere Application Server product offerings for supported operating systems.

Installation examples

All WebSphere Application Server offerings are installed by using IBM Installation Manager. For step-by-step instructions for installing product offerings, see Installing the product offerings.

New: As an alternative to manually running the imcl command, you can edit and submit sample jobs that install the WebSphere Application Server for z/OS . For more information, see Installing WebSphere Application Server for z/OS.
Command-line examples
  • imcl install com.ibm.websphere.zOS.v90 com.ibm.java.jdk.v8
      -installationDirectory /InstallationManager/products/WebSphere/AppServer/V9R0
      -repositories http://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/com.ibm.websphere.zOS.v90 
      -sharedResourcesDirectory /InstallationManager/sharedResources 
      -acceptLicense
      -secureStorageFile  /InstallationManager/im.ssf [-masterPasswordFile /InstallationManager/master.password]
      [-useServiceRepository]
      [-installFixes  <all | recommended | none> ] 

Usage notes

The versionInfo and historyInfo commands return version and history information for the WebSphere Application Server based on all of the installation, uninstallation, update, and rollback activities performed on the system.

After you install the product, create the profiles that define the application server runtime environment. For z/OS, use the Profile Management Tool (z/OS only), which is installed as part of the WebSphere Customization Toolbox on distributed operating systems, or the zpmt.sh command. See Setting up the application serving environment.

Uninstallation examples

All WebSphere Application Server offerings are uninstalled by using IBM Installation Manager.

New: As an alternative to manually running the imcl command, you can edit and submit sample jobs that uninstall WebSphere Application Server for z/OS . For more information, see Uninstalling the product on z/OS.
Avoid trouble Avoid trouble: IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition (com.ibm.java.jdk.v8) must be uninstalled at the same time that you uninstall the product offering. gotcha
Command-line examples
  • imcl uninstall com.ibm.websphere.zOS.v90 com.ibm.java.jdk.v8
      -installationDirectory /InstallationManager/products/WebSphere/AppServer/V9R0

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