A customized installation package (CIP) is a customized
WebSphere Application Server installation image that can include one
or more maintenance packages, a configuration archive from a stand-alone
application server profile, one or more enterprise archive files,
and scripts and other files that help customize the resulting installation.
The IBM Installation Factory for WebSphere Application Server creates
CIPs.
Before you begin
Read through this topic and its
related topics to prepare for creating and installing customized installation
packages (CIPs). Become familiar with CIP installation options before
you start to use the installation tools. Review the hardware and software
requirements on the Supported hardware and software Web site to
get started.
i5/OS users must install the
Installation Factory on a distributed platform. The Installation Factory
does not run on an i5/OS platform.
If you encounter a problem
such as needing more disk space or more temporary space, or missing
prerequisite packages on your system, cancel the installation, make
the required changes, and restart the installation.
Restriction: Remote
installation from a Windows workstation using a CIP is only supported
when performing a scratch installation of a CIP with no interim fixes.
In all other cases, you will need to apply the CIP locally on the
iSeries machine.
You
cannot install a feature pack remotely from a Windows workstation.
To install a feature pack, you must run the CIP locally on an i5/OS
platform.
About this task
This topic introduces the IBM Installation Factory for
WebSphere Application Server, which you can use to create a CIP. Get
started by creating a build definition for the CIP using the Installation
Factory console using the ifgui command. After
defining the build parameters in the wizard, create and install the
resulting CIP.
The following procedure describes how to get
started creating and installing a customized installation package
for your WebSphere Application Server product.
Procedure
- Use the Installation Factory to create a customized installation
package.
See
Creating a build definition and CIP on the processing engine machine for information
about creating and generating a CIP locally.
See Creating a CIP build definition for another machine for information about creating
a CIP definition locally and generating the CIP on another machine.
- Prepare your operating platform for installation.
See Preparing the operating system for product installation.
See Preparing the operating system for installation.
- Install the Network Deployment
product using the CIP.
The CIP Installation wizard
performs the following actions:
- Automatically checks prerequisites.
- Looks for a previous WebSphere Application Server
Version 6.x installation to determine installation options to display.
Options
include adding features and maintenance to the product binaries, and
installing a new set of product binaries at the updated maintenance
level that is included in the CIP.
- Prompts
you to create a cell profile, a deployment manager profile, an application
server profile, or a custom profile.
The cell profile
is new for Version 6.1. A cell profile contains a deployment manager
profile and a federated application server profile on the same machine
or partition.
Choose one of the following installation scenarios to
continue the installation:
- Perform a custom installation with the CIP Installation wizard.
See Installing a CIP for Network Deployment.
The
custom installation lets you select features to install.
- Install maintenance packages and additional features with the
CIP Installation wizard to increment an existing installation.
See Installing CIP features on an existing Network Deployment product.
The
CIP Installation wizard can install maintenance to an existing product
without installing features.
- Perform a silent installation with the CIP Installation wizard
.
See 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, you issue the install command with
the silent parameter from a command window.
The installer program does not support the ISMP-console
installation method at this time.
Results
You can use a CIP to install IBM WebSphere
Application Server Network Deployment by following this procedure.