Installing virtual images for VMware ESX with IBM Workload Deployer

Start the IBM® WebSphere® Application Server Hypervisor Edition virtual image. 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.

You must have VMWare ESX or ESXi 4.1 or higher to run the WebSphere Application Hypervisor Edition Version image.

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

The IBM WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition virtual image contains the following products:
Table 1. Included products and descriptions
Product Description
Novell SLES or RedHat Enterprise Linux Operating System
  • Mounted at /
  • 12 GB SCSI Disk
  • Root user and virtuser operating system IDs
  • No additional drives (For example CD-ROM or DVD) are configured, but they can be added through the VMware ESX Server console.
IBM Binary Disk
  • Mounted at /opt/IBM
  • 13GB SCSI disk
WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5.x Installed in /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
IBM HTTP Server for WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5.x Installed in /opt/IBM/HTTPServer
IBM HTTP Server plug-in for WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5.x Installed in /opt/IBM/Plugins
IBM Installation Manager Installed in /opt/IBM/InstallationManager
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Profile Installed in /opt/IBM/WebSphere/Liberty
Pre-created profiles for WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5.x Installed in /opt/IBM/WebSphere/Profiles
WebSphere eXtreme Scale Version 8.5.x Client Installed in /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
IBM WebSphere Application Server Web 2.0 and Mobile Toolkit Installed in /opt/IBM/WebSphere/Web20Mobile

The virtual image is set for 1.5 GB of available RAM, which you can increase. The virtual image has NAT networking enabled, which you can change to bridged or host only.

Use the following procedure to install the virtual image product, configure the operating system, and configure the application server product.

Procedure

WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition image must be provisioned through the IBM Workload Deployer. For more information, see the information center for the IBM Workload Deployer.
Table 2. WebSphere environment types
Profile Type Description
Application server Create a stand-alone application server profile.
Custom profile Create a custom profile which belongs to a deployment manager cell, to make applications available to the Internet or to an intranet under the management of the deployment manager. You must federate this node to use it.
Deployment manager Create a deployment manager that provides management capability for multiple federated nodes. The nodes and the deployment manager make up a cell.
Job manager Create a job manager that provides a single console to administer multiple base servers, multiple deployment managers, and do asynchronous job submission.
Administrative agent + n application server profiles Create an administrative agent that provides a single interface to administer multiple unfederated application servers.
IBM HTTP Server Create an IBM HTTP Server profile.
Liberty Profile Server Create a stand-alone Liberty Server Profile.
On-Demand Router Create an On-Demand Router.

Results

You have installed and configured the WebSphere virtual image.

What to do next

Log in with the virtuser user ID and password you configured earlier.

To apply maintenance and service, use the following steps:

  1. From a web browser, log in to the IBM Workload Deployer or PureApplication System console.
  2. Upload the virtual images of an older release and the current release from Calalog > Virtual Images.
  3. Download the testing related auto script packages to your local system.
  4. Create a script package. Select Calalog > Script Packages and upload the packaged files.
  5. Create the desired virtual system pattern. Select Patterns > Virtual Systems.
  6. Edit the pattern and add the script packages to the proper parts. Enter the WebSphere Application Server repository URL.
  7. Save the pattern and deploy the virtual system.
  8. After the virtual system is ready and started, expand Virtual machines. Select the attached script packages.
  9. After the script packages are complete and the logs are displayed on the IBM Workload Deployer or PureApplication System console, click Services on the deployed Virtual System page. Select the service level you want from Select service level or fixes. Click OK.
  10. The update should take several minutes to complete.
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