The WebSphere® Application
Server Hypervisor Edition supports the Open Virtualization Format
(OVF) 1.0 specification from the Distributed Management Task Force
(DMTF). It uses this specification as a silent configuration method
for the IBM® WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor
Edition.
Before you begin
Before proceeding with the following steps, see the OVF
1.0 specifications.
About this task
Silent activation provides an alternative method for configuring
your IBM WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor
Edition virtual images. Use the following steps to use silent activation
to configure a single virtual machine on your ESX hypervisor.
Procedure
- Upload the OVF image to your hypervisor.
- Extract the contents of the compressed packages to your
local system. Run the tar -xzf command
against each package:
was.8550.nd.linux.vmware.ovf.binary.sles.x86.tgz
was.8550.nd.linux.vmware.ovf.metadata.sles.x86.tgz
was.8550.nd.linux.vmware.ovf.os.sles.x86.tgz
After the
files are extracted, you have the following files:
- Upload the files to the ESX hypervisor. Transfer
the extracted files to the VMware ESX hypervisor using the VMware
Infrastructure Client. Click File > Deploy OVF Template... In
the first panel, click browse and locate the
WebSphere_V85_ESX_RHEL8632.ovf file extracted in the previous step.
Follow the wizard to name your image, select the appropriate datastore,
and select the network to use. At the conclusion of the wizard, your
disks transfer to the hypervisor and the VM is registered.
- Prepare the silent activation file. The OVF
specification recommends an ISO image to contain a ovf-env.xml file
that specifies multiple configuration parameters for the virtual machine.
See ovf-env.xml file for details on the ovf-env.xml file.
- Create the ISO image. You can create the ISO
image with standard ISO creation software. The following example shows
how to create the ISO with the mkisofs utility.
mkdir /tmp/ovfenv
cp ovf-env.xml /tmp/ovfenv
mkisofs –J –r –o activation.iso /tmp/ovfenv
- Transfer the activation.iso file to
the data store where IBM WebSphere Application Server
Hypervisor Edition virtual image disks are located. Transfer
the activation.iso file to the data store. Click manage
datastores. Click the upload files icon.
- Confirm that the activation.iso file
is attached to the virtual image. Using the VMware Infrastructure
Client, click the virtual machine image to which you want to attach
the .iso. Click settings and go to the CD ROM section and verify that
the activation.iso file is the primary iCD image for the virtual
machine.
- Start the virtual machine by right clicking the virtual
machine name and selecting Power On.
Results
After successfully completing these steps, you have silently
configured a single virtual machine that is running and available
for use.
What to do next
Click the Websphere Administrative Console icon to open
the administrative console. Log in with the virtuser user
ID and password you configured with the ovf-env.xml file.