Managing enterprise installations
WebSphere® Application Server offers a number of tools to help you customize and manage product installations across a large enterprise.
Procedure
Create custom installation repositories with IBM Packaging Utility.
You can use IBM Packaging Utility to create custom Installation Manager repositories that contain specific products and maintenance levels that fit the needs of your business. As an administrator, you can control the content of your enterprise repository, which then can serve as the central repository to which your organization connects to install and update the product.
Switch between product service levels by swinging profiles.
You can configure your environment to use a common set of profiles that you associate with multiple installations. With this configuration, you can quickly change profiles and associated application servers to new service levels, or swing profiles.
- Manage offerings on remote machines using centralized
installation manager (CIM).
With centralized installation manager, you can use the job manager to submit jobs to install, update, and uninstall Installation Manager instances, WebSphere Application Server products, and more.
Subtopics
Creating custom installation repositories with IBM Packaging Utility
IBM WebSphere Application Server uses IBM Installation Manager for product installation and lifecycle management. Installation Manager accesses source repositories that contain the content for a software product installation. Repositories are available on product media, in IBM-hosted web-based repositories, and from Passport Advantage. IBM Packaging Utility can help you create and customize enterprise repositories that contain the correct combination of products and maintenance levels needed for all aspects of your business.Swinging profiles between product installations
By configuring your environment to use a common set of profiles that are associated with multiple product installations, you can swing profiles between service levels.Submitting centralized installation manager jobs
In a flexible management environment, you can submit jobs to install Installation Manager instances, update Installation Manager with a repository (not supported on z/OS targets), manage Installation Manager offerings, and install WebSphere Application Server products.


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