WebSphere Application Server Version 6.1 Feature Pack for Web Services
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Installing your application serving environment > Distributed operating systems

You can install WebSphere Application Server products on distributed operating systems in two ways, from the discs in the product package or by downloading installation images from the Passport Advantage site, if you are licensed to do so. Distributed operating systems include AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, and Windows systems.

The installation procedure on distributed platforms uses the InstallShield MultiPlatform (ISMP) program to perform the installation. You can use the installation wizard in graphical interface mode or in silent mode. In silent mode, the installation wizard does not display a graphical interface, but instead, reads your responses from a flat file that you prepare beforehand.

Feature pack overview New or updated for this feature pack

Feature packs are optional product extensions. They are available on downloadable installation images, and are not available on disc.

Feature Pack for Web Services
The Web Services feature pack offers a set of Web services standards that support interoperable and reliable Web services applications. Using the feature pack, you can send messages asynchronously, enabling messages to communicate reliably even if one of the parties is temporarily offline, busy, or not available.

For general information on the feature pack, see What is new in the Version 6.1 Feature Pack for Web Services.

For installation instructions, see Installing Feature Pack for Web Services on distributed operating systems or Installing the Feature Pack for Web Services silently.

You install a feature pack on top of an existing WebSphere Application Server Version 6.1 installation. Thus, you first must install one of the following Version 6.1 products before you can install and use a feature pack:
  • WebSphere Application Server - Express
  • WebSphere Application Server, the base product
  • WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment

WebSphere Application Server - Express overview

The Express product creates a standalone application server process during installation. You can create other standalone application servers using the Profile Management tool. Each process is created in a profile, which is the set of files that define the runtime environment for the process. The files include all of the application files, configuration files, data files, and log files that the Application Server can change. Each standalone application server on a machine shares the same set of core product files.

WebSphere Application Server overview - the base product

The base product creates a standalone application server process during installation. You can create other standalone application servers using the Profile Management tool. Each process is created in a profile. The core product files do not change unless you install a maintenance package.

WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment overview

The Network Deployment product lets you create unlimited numbers of the same standalone application servers that you can create with the Express product or the base product. However, the real strength of the Network Deployment product is to create and manage a multimachine environment, where you have installed managed application server nodes on different machines. You can manage all of the application servers as a group, or cell, by using the administrative console of the deployment manager.

Use the Profile Management tool or the manageprofiles command-line tool to create deployment manager profiles, application server profiles, cell profiles, and custom profiles.

Creating multiple application servers on a single machine

You can create any number of application servers on a single machine. Although each profile is unique, with its own configuration, applications, data, logs, and administrative console, all of the servers share one set of command files and other product binary files. Changes that you make to one server profile do not affect the other servers. Configuration documents are maintained within each profile.

The manageprofiles command and its graphical user interface, the Profile Management tool, create multiple standalone application servers.

How to buy IBM WebSphere Application Server software

See your IBM representative for licensing information, or visit the How to buy WebSphere Application Server software Web site.




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