Use the Installation Manager from the wizard console to
install WebSphere® eXtreme
Scale product
offerings.
Procedure
- Start Installation Manager.
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Tip: You can start Installation Manager
in group mode with the
./IBMIM command.
- Click Install.
Note: If
you are prompted to authenticate, use the IBM ID and password that you registered with
on the program website.
Installation Manager searches its
defined repositories for available packages.
- Select one of the following product offerings and the appropriate
version.
- WebSphere eXtreme
Scale in
a stand-alone environment
- WebSphere eXtreme
Scale Client in a stand-alone
environment
- WebSphere eXtreme
Scale for WebSphere Application Server Version 6
- WebSphere eXtreme
Scale for WebSphere Application Server Version 7
- WebSphere eXtreme
Scale for WebSphere Application Server Version 8
- WebSphere eXtreme
Scale Client for WebSphere Application Server Version 6
- WebSphere eXtreme
Scale Client for WebSphere Application Server Version 7
- WebSphere eXtreme
Scale Client for WebSphere Application Server Version 8
If you already have the product installed on your system,
a message indicates that the product is already installed. To create
another installation of the product in another location, click Continue.
Tip: If Search service repositories during installation and
updates option is selected on the Installation Manager Repository
preference page and you are connected to the Internet, you can click Check
for Other Versions and Extensions. By doing so, you can search
for updates in the default update repositories for the selected packages.
In this case, you do not need to add the specific service-repository
URL to the Installation Manager Repository preference page.
- Select the fixes to install.
Any recommended
fixes are selected by default.
If there are recommended fixes,
you can select the option to show only recommended fixes and hide
non-recommended fixes.
- Click Next.
Note: Installation Manager might prompt you to update to the
latest level of Installation Manager when it connects to the repository.
If you are prompted, update to the newer version before you continue.
Read the
IBM Installation
Manager Version 1.5 Information Center for information about
automatic updates.
- Accept the terms in the license agreements, and click Next.
- Specify the installation root directory for the product.
The panel also specifies the shared resources directory and
disk-space information.
Note: The first time that you install a package
using Installation Manager, specify the shared resources directory.
The shared resources directory is where installation artifacts are
located that can be used by one or more package groups. Use your largest
drive for this installation. You cannot change the directory location
until after you uninstall all packages.
Restrictions: - Deleting the default target location and leaving an installation-directory
field empty prevents you from continuing.
- Do not use symbolic links as the destination directory.
Symbolic
links are not supported.
- Do not use a semicolon in the directory name.
If the target
directory includes a semicolon, the WebSphere eXtreme
Scale does not install as
expected.
A semicolon is the character used
to construct the class path on Windows systems.
The maximum path length on the Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 operating systems is 60 characters.
- Click Next.
- Select the languages for which translated should content
be installed.
English is always selected.
- Click Next.
- Select the features that you want to install.
Depending
on which product offering you selected, you can choose from the following
features:
- Client
Available as a required feature if
you install either WebSphere eXtreme
Scale in
a stand-alone environment or WebSphere eXtreme
Scale for WebSphere Application Server product offerings. The
client must be installed for these product offerings.
- Server
Available if you to install either WebSphere eXtreme
Scale in a stand-alone environment
or WebSphere eXtreme
Scale for WebSphere Application Server. You can choose not to
install the server for these product offerings.
- Console
Available for all WebSphere eXtreme
Scale product offerings.
You can choose to install the monitoring console. With the web console,
you can chart current and historical statistics. This console provides
some charts for high-level overviews, and has a custom reports page
that you can use to build charts from the available statistics. You
can use the charting capabilities in the monitoring console of WebSphere eXtreme
Scale to view the overall
performance of the data grids in your environment.
- Samples
Available for all WebSphere eXtreme
Scale product offerings.
- Click Next.
- Review the summary information, and click Install.
- Select which tool you want to start when this installation
is finished.
Restriction: The option to start the Profile Management
Tool is only available when a version of WebSphere Application Server containing
the Profile Management Tool is installed.
- Click Finish.
- Click File > Exit to close Installation
Manager.