Installing a CIP

Install a customized installation package (CIP) for WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment.

Before you begin

Before you use the installation tools, read this topic to prepare for installation and to learn about installation options. Also read the hardware and software requirements on the Supported hardware and software Web site to get started.

About this task

This topic describes how to install the product using a CIP. A CIP installation runs the installation wizard in graphical interface mode or in silent mode.

The installation wizard performs the following actions:
  • Automatically checks system prerequisites
  • Looks for a previous WebSphere Application Server Version 6.1 installation to determine whether you can add features to the existing product or to install a new application server product.
  • Installs the necessary product binaries
  • Prompts you to create a cell profile,a deployment manager profile, a standalone application server profile, or a custom profile; or prompts you to start the Profile Management tool to create a profile

You can install the product by running the installation wizard remotely from a Windows workstation, however you cannot install interim fixes remotely. To install the product with interim fixes, you must run the CIP locally on an iSeries machine.

Installing fixes included with the CIP

If you have included any fixes in the CIP whose prerequisites are not satisfied, then the CIP installer will not install those fixes and will continue to run instead of failing. The result of the installation will be a partial success, which allows you to attempt to resolve fix problems individually. If you want the CIP installation to fail if any of the included fixes fail, add the following option to the command line when invoking the installer:
-W installIfixesAsListOfMaintenances.skipPrereqFailure=false

Procedure

  1. Plan your installation.

    See Task overview: installing.

  2. Prepare your operating platform for installation.

    See Preparing the operating system for installation.

  3. Install the Network Deployment product.

    If you cannot use a graphical user interface on your operating system for some reason, use the wizard in silent mode.

    Choose an installation scenario to continue the installation:
    • Graphical user interface: Perform a custom installation with the wizard.

      The custom installation lets you select features to install.

      You can perform a scratch installation remotely from a Windows workstation using a CIP. You cannot install interim fixes remotely using a CIP. The scratch installation of a CIP has no interim fixes. To install the product and interim fixes using a CIP, you must run the CIP locally on your iSeries machine using the command-line interface. For information on installing the product, without any fixes, remotely from a Windows workstation, see Installing a CIP using a Windows workstation graphical interface. Installation using a CIP is similar to installation using the product media.

    • Graphical user interface: Install additional features to an existing installation.

      After installing the product, you can install it again to update the system files by installing previously uninstalled features.

    • Command-line interface: Perform a silent installation as described in Installing a CIP silently.

      A silent installation requires you to edit the response file that contains all of your installation choices. After creating a valid response file, issue the install command with the -silent parameter and the -options parameter from a command window.

    The installer program does not support the ISMP-console installation method at this time.

    If you encounter a problem such as needing more disk space or temporary space or missing prerequisite packages on your system, cancel the installation, make the required changes, and restart the installation.

Results

You can install a CIP for WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment Version 6.x by following this procedure.

What to do next

See Overview of migration, coexistence, and interoperability for information about migrating from a previous version of WebSphere Application Server.

See Fast paths for WebSphere Application Server for information about getting started deploying applications.




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