WebSphere® Application Server
Version 9.0 products are distributed as IBM® Installation Manager repositories. These repositories contain the metadata
and files that are required to create one or more levels of a particular product.
Before you begin
Verify that you can access the product files. If you plan to install the product from the
web-based repositories, you must have an IBM user ID and password. To download the product from the
ShopzSeries website, you must additionally register for access to the site.
About this task

New feature:
This procedure uses several Installation Manager sample jobs to access the
product repositories. These jobs can be found in the GIN.SGINJCL data set that is installed as part
of FMID HGIN140. You can also download the sample jobs by following the instructions on the
Sample jobs for IBM Installation Manager on z/OS® page.
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Procedure
Choose one of the following options to access the product repositories:
- Install from web-based product and service repositories. You can install both the initial product and the latest fix-pack level from the online
repositories.
- Create a master.password file that contains text to be used for an
encryption key, and place the file in your Installation Manager file system. The recommended
location is /InstallationManager/master.password.
- Edit and submit the GIN3CRED Installation Manager sample job to create an
im.ssf credentials file that contains your IBM user ID and password.
If you use a firewall proxy to access the IBM website, the credentials file also contains the
firewall credentials.
- Install from local product and service repositories.
- Edit and submit the GIN3CFS Installation Manager sample job to allocate and mount a local
repository file system at the /InstallationManager/repo location.
- For the initial product level, download the following files from the ShopzSeries website, or
copy them from the product media to your z/OS system. If you
use FTP, be sure to transfer the files in binary format.
- was.repo.9000.zOS.zip
- Initial repository for WebSphere Application Server for z/OS .
- was.repo.9000.plugins.zOS.zip
- Initial repository for Web Server Plug-ins for WebSphere Application Server for z/OS .
- was.repo.9000.ihs.zOS.zip
- Initial repository for IBM HTTP Server for z/OS.
- sdk.repo.8030.java8.zOS.zip
- Initial repository for IBM SDK, Java™ Technology Edition, Version 8.
Note: Files from the ShopzSeries website have names that consist of form numbers, such as
CD770140.ZIP. Decompress each file on your workstation to obtain the listed
files.
Place the listed files in the /InstallationManager/repo directory. These
files do not need to be decompressed, but make sure the Installation Manager user ID or group can
read them.
- Optional: If fix packs are available for the product, download the fix pack repositories from IBM Fix Central,
and copy the repositories to your z/OS system.
In general, you need only the latest fix pack repository for each of the following items. If you
use FTP, be sure to transfer the files in binary format.
- 9.0.0-WS-WAS-ZOS-FPnnn.zip
- Fix pack repository for WebSphere Application Server for z/OS .
- 9.0.0-WS-PLG-ZOS-FPnnn.zip
- Fix pack repository for Web Server Plug-ins for WebSphere Application Server for z/OS .
- 9.0.0-WS-IHS-ZOS-FPnnn.zip
- Fix pack repository for IBM HTTP Server for z/OS.
- ibm-java-sdk-8.0-n.n-zos-s390x-installmgr.zip
- Fix pack repository for IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 8.
Place the files in the /InstallationManager/repo directory. You do not need
to decompress the files, but make sure that the Installation Manager user ID or group can read
them.
Results
You can access the initial product repositories and optional service repositories.
To display the exact contents of the repositories, use the Installation Manager imcl
listAvailablePackages command. See the GIN3LSTA Installation Manager sample job for
web-based repositories and the GIN3LSTL sample job for local repositories.
What to do next
When you use IBM Installation Manager to install WebSphere Application Server
Version 9.0 products, specify the path to the appropriate
web-based or local repositories on the -repositories parameter of the
imcl command.