Installing WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition on System z

IBM® WebSphere® Application Server Hypervisor Edition is available for Novell SLES and RedHat Enterprise Linux on System Z. Use the IBM Workload Deployer to configure, provision, and activate the product.

Before you begin

To familiarize yourself with IBM WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition, see the IBM WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition overview.

The System z image requires 25 GB of free disk space.

Start the IBM WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition virtual image. The owner of all preinstalled IBM WebSphere software is the non-root operating system user named virtuser. To access the operating system environment, you must use the command-line interface through SSH. The x server package is not installed into the operating system. The image is packaged within a single open virtualization appliance (OVA). Only the IBM Workload Deployer can provision the image. For details on provisioning the image, refer to the IBM Workload Deployer documentation.

About this task

IBM WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition is available for Novell SLES and RedHat Enterprise Linux on System Z. Version 8.5 includes IBM WebSphere SDK Java Technology Edition Version 7.0.1.0. The following table displays the products that are included with Version 8.5:
Table 1. Version 8.5 products and descriptions
Product Description
Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server or RedHat Enterprise Linux on System Z Contains root user and virtuser operating system IDs
WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5 64-bit with optional XC10 client /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
IBM HTTP Server for WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5 /opt/IBM/HTTPServer
IBM HTTP Server Plug-in for WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5 /opt/IBM/Plugins
IBM Installation Manager /opt/IBM/InstallationManager
Pre-created profiles for WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5 /opt/IBM/WebSphere/Profiles
IBM WebSphere Application Server Web 2.0 and Mobile Toolkit Installed in /opt/IBM/WebSphere/Web20Mobile
Table 2. Profile types and descriptions
Profile type Description Applicable to Version 8.5
Application server Create a stand-alone application server profile. Yes
Custom profile Create a custom profile that belongs to a deployment manager cell. This profile can make applications available to the Internet or to an intranet under the management of the deployment manager. You must federate this node. Yes
Deployment manager Create a deployment manager that provides management capability for multiple federated nodes. The nodes and the deployment manager make up a cell. Yes
Job manager Create a job manager that provides a single console to administer multiple base servers, multiple deployment managers, and do asynchronous job submission. Yes
Administrative agent + n application server profiles Create an administrative agent that provides a single interface to administer multiple unfederated application servers. Yes
Liberty profiles Create a Liberty profile server that is located on the panel between the deployment manager and the job manager. 8.5 only
IBM HTTP Server Create an IBM HTTP Server profile. When the IBM HTTP Server profile is selected on the blue screens, SLES init.d services is created and started by default for the IBM HTTP Server and adminserver. Yes

The virtual image is set for 2 GB of available RAM, which can be increased. The virtual image has NAT networking enabled, which can be changed to bridged or host only.

Procedure

WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition images on System z® must be provisioned through the IBM Workload Deployer. For more information, see the information center for the IBM Workload Deployer.

Results

You have successfully provisioned WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition on System z.

What to do next

Log in with the user ID and password you configured during image activation.

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