Start the IBM® WebSphere® Application Server Hypervisor Edition virtual image. Use the IBM Workload Deployer to configure, provision, and activate the product.
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.
Product | Description |
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Novell SLES or RedHat Enterprise Linux Operating System |
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IBM Binary Disk |
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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.
Profile Type | Description |
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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. |
You have installed and configured the WebSphere virtual image.
Log in with the virtuser user ID and password you configured earlier.
To apply maintenance and service, use the following steps: