This topic describes one of several options for installing a customized
installation package (CIP) that includes the IBM WebSphere Application Server,
Version 6 product and one or more maintenance packages. This topic describes
how to use the CIP Installation wizard to install features that are included
in the CIP. The Installation wizard also installs maintenance packages that
are included in the CIP.
- Log on to the operating system.
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When installing on a Windows
® system, a Windows service is automatically created
to autostart the application server if your installer user account
has the following advanced user rights:
- Act as part of the operating system
- Log on as a service
For example, on some Windows systems,
click
Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy > User
Rights Assignments to set the advanced options. See your Windows documentation for more
information.
If you
plan to run the application server as a Windows service, do not install from a user
ID that contains spaces. A user ID with spaces cannot be validated.
Such a user ID is not allowed to continue the installation. To work
around this problem, install with a user ID that does not contain
spaces.
- Insert the CD-ROM or DVD with the customized
installation package (CIP). Or access the directory where the CIP
is located. If necessary, mount the disc drive as described in Mounting disc drives on operating systems such as AIX or Linux.
- Start the installation directly with the install command.
- Change to the WAS directory.
- Run the install command.
- ./install
install
After launching the CIP installation wizard from the command
line, the wizard initializes and then displays the Welcome panel.
Click About this custom installation package to
display detailed information about the current custom installation
package, such as the edition and version.
- Click Next to continue.
The license agreement displays.
- Read the license agreement and accept its terms.
Click the radio button beside the message I
accept both the IBM and the non-IBM terms to agree to
the license agreement and click Next to continue.
After you accept the licensing terms, the installation
wizard checks for a supported operating system and prerequisite patches.
If you encounter a problem such as not having the right prerequisite
updates on your system, cancel the installation, make the required
changes, and restart the installation.
Although
the installation wizard automatically checks for prerequisite operating
system patches with the prereqChecker application, review the prerequisites
on the WebSphere® Application
Server detailed system requirements web site if you have not
already done so.
Although the installation process
verifies that the minimum required version of the operating system
is available, the installation process might not correctly flag a
maintenance upgrade of that operating system version as being a supported
configuration. If you have upgraded your supported operating system
version to a higher maintenance level and you receive the following
error message, then you can ignore the message and click
Next.
Avoid trouble: Although maintenance upgrades of the same
major release are supported, subsequent
major releases of the
operating system might not be supported.
gotcha
Failed : Your operating system failed the
prerequisites check.
A supported operating system was not detected. Support for your
operating system might have been added after the release of the
product.
The Web site lists all supported
operating systems and the operating system fixes and patches that
you must install to have a compliant operating system.
Refer to the documentation for non-IBM prerequisite and
corequisite products to learn how to migrate to their supported versions.
- After confirming that your operating system is supported and that
you have installed all necessary patches, click Next to
continue.
The installation wizard checks
for a previous installation at the same major product level.
If the wizard detects a previous installation, it
displays the Existing installation panel, where you can:
- Add maintenance to the existing installation
- Add features to the existing installation
- Add files, directories, enterprise application archive (EAR) files,
and configuration archive (CAR) files to the existing installation
- Use scripts to configure the existing system
- Perform a new installation to another directory
- Perform an upgrade of a trial installation to the full
product
- Perform an upgrade of an Express® installation to the
full product
This task describes
the scenario where a previous installation exists and you are adding features
with an incremental installation.
- Select the option to install additional features,
then click Next to continue to the Features selection
panel.
Do not change the installation directory unless another
existing installation is in another directory. An incremental installation
adds features to the shared binaries identified in the location field.
You
can add available CIP features to the binaries at any time, by running the
CIP Installation wizard again. Installing additional features does not affect
profiles that you might have already created. (Profiles are run-time environments
that are described in a later step.)
When adding features during an
incremental installation, the wizard displays the Features selection panel
next.
- Select features to install and click Next.
In Version 6.1, just one feature is available,
which installs the Samples Gallery.
A CIP might
not have the Samples feature. You can install only what was included
in the CIP.
Note: If an existing installation
is at a lower level than the CIP or at the same level as the CIP,
the core product will be updated to the CIP level automatically. If
an existing installation is at a higher level than the CIP, the core
product will not be down leveled. The feature panel only shows the
features you are missing, if you select to install the new feature
from CIP, the installed features will be at the same level of CIP,
which is lower than existing installation. Thus incremental install
on a higher level of existing installation is not recommended.
Table 1. Features for the WebSphere Application Server product
Feature |
Description |
Application
Server Samples |
Installs the Samples Gallery
and Plants By WebSphere applications. |
For better performance in either a development or production
environment, do not install the Samples. By omitting the Samples,
you can improve application server startup time by 60 percent and
save 15 percent of disk space. You can save up to 30 percent of process
footprint (based on a maximum heap size of 256 MB).
The installation
wizard displays a confirmation panel.
- Review the summary information and click Next to
install the product code or Back to change
your specifications.
The disk space shown on the pre-installation
summary panel includes space for the Java Virtual
Machine (JVM). Subtract the size of the JVM for your operating system
to determine the installed size on disc for the features that you
selected.
Table 2. JVM sizes
AIX® |
HP-UX |
Linux® |
Solaris |
Windows |
59 MB |
pa-risc: 109 MB 64 bit: 137 MB
|
ia32: 83 MB 64 bit: 133 MB
|
81 MB |
ia32: 75 MB 64 bit: 71 MB
|
Verify that you have the total amount of free space
shown before installing. Space is required for a working copy of the
JVM during the installation.
The installation
wizard creates the uninstaller program and then displays a progress
panel that shows which components are being installed. At the end
of the installation, the wizard displays the Installation completion
panel.
At the end
of the installation, the wizard displays the Installation completion
panel.
- Verify the success of the installer program
by examining the completion panel and the log.txt file
for installation status.
Examine the app_server_root/logs/install/log.txt file
to verify that there were no file system or other unusual errors while
installing. If there are problems, correct them, and reinstall the
product.
The slip install log for the Installation Factory
is located in the app_server_root/logs/install/log.txt file,
which is the same log file as for a normal installation. If the file
already exists, new log messages are appended to the file.
If you use the Update Installer to uninstall
maintenance packages that the Installation Factory installed in a
slip installation, the results are in a log in the app_server_root/logs/update directory.
If
problems occur, consult the following applicable logs:
Log files for WebSphere Application
Server: The following
table shows the installation logs, content, and indicators of success
and failure for WebSphere Application
Server for Version 6.1:
Table 3. Installation
and profile creation logs for WebSphere Application
Server
Log |
Content |
Indicators |
app_server_root /logs/install/log.txt |
Logs all installation events |
- Return code
- Meaning
- 0
- Success
- 1
- Failure
- 2
- Partial Success
|
app_server_root/logs/manageprofiles/profile_name_create.log |
- Traces all events that occur during the creation of the named
profile
- Created when using the Profile Management tool or the manageprofiles command
|
- INSTCONFFAIL
- Total profile creation failure.
- INSTCONFSUCCESS
- Successful profile creation.
- INSTCONFPARTIALSUCCESS
- Profile creation errors occurred but the profile is still functional.
Additional information identifies the errors.
|
app_server_root/logs/manageprofiles/profile_name_delete.log |
- Traces all events that occur during the deletion of the named
profile
- Created when using the Profile Management tool or the manageprofiles command
|
- INSTCONFFAIL
- Total profile deletion failure.
- INSTCONFSUCCESS
- Successful profile deletion.
- INSTCONFPARTIALSUCCESS
- Profile deletion errors occurred but the profile is still deleted.
Additional information identifies the errors.
|
app_server_root/logs/install/
installconfig.log.gz |
- Logs the activities of ANT configuration scripts that run at the
end of the installation procedure
- Gzip file
|
- Configuration action failed:
- Unsuccessful ANT script configuration.
- Configuration action succeeded:
- Successful ANT script configuration.
|
If the installation of the core product files fails,
fix the error and reinstall.
If the creation
of a profile fails, fix the error and run the Profile Management tool to
recreate the profile.
Troubleshoot the installation if
the app_server_root/logs/install/log.txt file
or the app_server_root/logs/manageprofiles/profile_name_create.log file
does not contain a record of any problems, but problems exist.
See Troubleshooting installation and Installation component troubleshooting tips for more information.
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Examine the Start menu entry. The menu is an indication
of a successful installation:
- [All] Programs >
IBM WebSphere > Application Server v6.1
If problems exist that cause you to reinstall the product,
correct the errors, uninstall the product as described in Uninstalling the product, reboot a Windows machine or log off and back on as
root on a machine with an operating system such as AIX or Linux,
and reinstall.
- Click Finish to close
the installation wizard.
See Creating profiles using the graphical user interface for
more information.
Select the check box to
open the First Steps console, then click Finish.
Results
The Installation wizard installs the new features in the existing
installation root directory. The Installation wizard configures the WebSphere
Application Server product for the new features. Further configuration is
not necessary at this time.
The Installation wizard updates selected
features to the new maintenance level. If any maintenance package includes
service for an existing profile, the profile is updated to the new service
level.
Further configuration
is not necessary at this time. However, you can create additional
stand-alone application servers with the Profile Management tool. Each profile is
created in the profile_root directory
by default.
See Creating profiles using the graphical user interface for more information.