IBM® WebSphere® Application Server Hypervisor Edition is a self-contained virtual machine image that contains a guest operating system and WebSphere Application Server Version 6.1 or Version 7.0. You can run the virtual image on VMware ESX or ESXi hypervisors, IBM PowerVM, and IBM z/VM®.
Virtual images run on a hypervisor, which is the virtualization technology that manages the state of virtual images. A hypervisor product can run on top of a host operating system, or the hypervisor can run as the operating system itself, such as VMware ESX. Some hypervisors also handle load balancing and failover. You can consolidate servers and streamline your environments by deploying virtual images on VMware, IBM PowerVM, and other virtualization technologies. You can use the virtual image as a demonstration, a development system, or a simple quality assurance system. A single virtual image can also act as a single production system for a small department.
Image name | Requirements |
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WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition 6.1 for Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | Requires VMware ESX 4.0.x, 3.5.x, or ESXi 3.5.x, 4.0.x |
WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition 6.1 (with Feature Packs) for Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | Requires VMware ESX 4.0.x, 3.5.x, or ESXi 3.5.x, 4.0.x |
WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition 7.0 (with optional Feature Packs) for Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | Requires VMware ESX 4.0.2, 4.1.1, or ESXi 4.0.x or 4.1.x |
WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition 7.0 (with optional Feature Packs) for Red Hat | Requires VMware ESX 3.5.5, 4.0.2, 4.1.1, or ESXi 3.5.x, 4.0.x, 4.1.x |
WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition 6.1 for IBM AIX | Requires WebSphere Cloudburst Appliance and WebSphere Cloudburst Appliance PowerVM requirements |
WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition 6.1 (with Feature Packs) for IBM AIX | Requires WebSphere Cloudburst Appliance and WebSphere Cloudburst Appliance PowerVM requirements |
WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition v7.0 (with optional Feature Packs) for IBM AIX | Requires WebSphere Cloudburst Appliance and WebSphere Cloudburst Appliance PowerVM requirements |
WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition v7.0 (with optional Feature Packs) for z/VM | Requires WebSphere Cloudburst Appliance and WebSphere Cloudburst Appliance zVM requirements |
The Update Installer for WebSphere Software applies maintenance to the application server inside the virtual image in the same way that it applies maintenance in a native application server environment. Apply maintenance to the application server either through the Update Installer for WebSphere Software or through updated virtual images from IBM. For more information on application server maintenance, see Installing maintenance packages, interim fixes, fix packs, and refresh packs. Apply operating system maintenance to the virtual image through downloadable packages or through updated virtual images from IBM.