The IBM® Installation
Factory for WebSphere® Extended
Deployment generates an IIP based on the properties that the build definition
file provides, such as which installation packages to include in the IIP,
the order in which the Installation Factory installs each package, and the
location of the IIP.
About this task
From within the Installation Factory, the Build definition wizard
steps you through the process of creating a build definition file.
Procedure
- Launch the Installation Factory by running theifgui.bat | ifgui.sh script
from the IF_home/bin/ directory. Click the Create New
Integrated Installation Package icon to start the Build definition wizard.
- Select Connected or Disconnected to specify the type
of mode that you want to use. Select Connected to create
a build definition file for use, and optionally generate the IIP, from your
current workstation. Select Disconnected to create a build definition
file for use on another workstation.
Select all of the operating systems
that the IIP supports, and click Next.
- Provide the package identification, and click Next.
Specify a unique identifier and a version number for the IIP. The identifier
is combined with the version number to create a full package identifier.
- Specify the locations of the build definition file and the IIP,
and click Next. The build definition file is always saved
to a directory path on the workstation that contains the creation wizard.
- Select the checkbox to display an installation wizard for the IIP,
and click Next. The IIP Installation wizard displays information
about the IIP and the installation options when the IIP runs.
- Select a supported installation package from the list, and click Add
Installer to add the installation package to the IIP. A panel
that displays the package name, the package identifier, and the package properties
now appears.
To view specific information about the selected
package, click View Installation Package Information. Click Modify to
enter the directory path to the installation package for each operating system.
If you are currently adding an installation package for WebSphere Extended
Deployment, select the checkbox, which provides you with the option to use
the same package for all supported operating systems. Click OK and
return to the "Construct the IIP" panel. An invocation is created by default.
- To modify the directory path to an installation package, select
the package from the Installation packages used in this IIP list, and click Modify.
- To modify an invocation, select the invocation, and click Modify.
Specify the default installation location for the invocation on each
operating system. Specify the location to the response file if you select
a silent installation as the default installation mode.
- Click Add Invocation to add an invocation contribution
to the installation package. A panel from which you can specify
properties for the invocation now appears.
- Click Remove to remove installation packages or invocations.
- Optional: Specify additional files and directories
that you want the IIP to contain, and click Next.
- Optional: Provide additional information about the
IIP, such as a description and the organization that created the IIP.
- Review the summary of your selections, select the Save build
definition file and generate integrated installation package option, and
click Finish.
Alternatively, you can choose to save the
build definition file without also generating the IIP. With this option, you
actually generate the IIP outside of the wizard by running the ifcli.bat | ifcli.sh script
from the IF_home/bin/ directory.
Results
You created and customized the build definition file for an IIP, which
is used to generate the IIP.
What to do next
You can now use the IIP installation wizard to install the IIP.