Installing virtual images for VMware ESX

You can install the virtual image product, configure the operating system, and configure the application server 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 the appropriate version of VMware ESX or VMware ESXi to run the WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition image.

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
Pre-created profiles for WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5.x Installed in /opt/IBM/WebSphere/Profiles
IBM WebSphere Application Server Web 2.0 and Mobile Toolkit Installed in /opt/IBM/WebSphere/Web20Mobile
WebSphere eXtreme Scale Version 8.5.x client Installed in /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer

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

  1. Upload the .ovf image to your hypervisor. You need to transfer the IBM WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition virtual system disks to the target hypervisor.
    1. Extract the contents of the compressed packages to your local system. Run the tar -xzf command against each package:
      Table 2. Virtual image file names
      Product Files
      VMware ESX
      • was.85xx.nd.linux.vmware.ovf.binary.sles.x86.tgz
      • was.85xx.nd.linux.vmware.ovf.metadata.sles.x86.tgz
      • was.85xx.nd.linux.vmware.ovf.sles.x86.os.tgz
    2. 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 of the wizard, click browse and locate the WebSphere_V8.ovf file extracted in the previous step. 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.
  2. Read the additional notes for the VMware image for more information.
  3. Click the POWER ON button to launch the virtual image on the VMware Infrastructure Client or web-based client. The VMware image starts with a command-line login entry display.
  4. The virtual machine starts and a command-line interface is displayed. Log in to the operating system using the default root credentials.
    • wasvmx login: root
    • Password: password
    Tip: If you make an error while typing in the command-line interface, use the Ctrl+h key combination to backspace.
  5. Read and accept all license statements and agreements for both Novell and WebSphere products. If you do not accept all licenses, the virtual image installation halts. Read each agreement and select I understand and press Enter to continue.
  6. After the license statements are accepted, the language and keyboard selection panel is displayed. Specify your values, select Accept, and press Enter. Although the operating system supports additional languages, the installation panels are only available in the languages supported by WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition. The following table lists the supported languages:
    Table 3. WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition Supported Languages
    Locale Country Language (UTF-8)
    en_US United States English
    de_DE Germany German
    ja_JP Japan Japanese
    ko_KR Korea Korean
    zh_CN China Simplified Chinese
    zh_TW China Traditional Chinese
    fr_FR France French
    it_IT Italy Italian
    es_ES Spain Spanish
    pt_BR Brazil Portuguese
    cs_CZ Czech Republic Czech
    hu_HU Hungary Hungarian
    pl_PL Poland Polish
    ru_RU Russia Russian
  7. You can create a pattern from the IBM Workload Deployer or PureApplication System console. Select Patterns >Virtual Systems.
  8. Select the plus icon to create a new pattern. Enter a name for the pattern. Click OK.
  9. To edit the pattern, select edit. The panel displays the parts from your WebSphere Application Server imported image. You can select and drag parts. To complete the pattern, select Done editing. For more details on Advanced Options, see the IBM Workload Deployer Information Center.
  10. Select one of the pre-configured WebSphere Application Server profiles, or select None if you prefer to create a profile using the Profile Management Tool or the manageprofiles command after you start up the virtual image. Select one of the pre-configured WebSphere profile types that are described in the following table:
    Table 4. 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.
    Cell Create a cell with two profiles: a deployment manager and an application server node that is already federated into the deployment manager cell. This is useful for development environments.
    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.
    Liberty profile server Create a Liberty profile server.
    ODR Create a demand router.
  11. To deploy the pattern, select Deploy. Enter a Virtual System Name and select the check box.
  12. You have the option to choose an environment from the cloud group. Select Configure virtual parts > Profile type.
  13. Enter and confirm your root password and virtuser password. Click OK.
  14. Deploy the virtual application pattern. Click OK.

Results

You have installed and configured the WebSphere virtual image. Start your profile environment with the available desktop icons if the environment has not started. If there are problems during activation, you can view the activation logs at /opt/IBM/AE/AR/ConfigWAS.traceout and /opt/IBM/WebSphere/Profiles/.ibm/ConfigWAS.summary.

Resetting the image:

To reset the image after WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition has been configured, complete the following operation:
  • su - root
    /var/adm/ibmvmcoc-postinstall/resetvm.sh -notools –resetip
  • Stop the image and delete the directory where you extracted the .tgz files. Do not delete the original .tgz files. Start again by following the installation instructions at the beginning of this document.

What to do next

Start your profile environment with the available desktop icons if the environment has not been started already. Click the Websphere Administrative Console icon to open the administrative console. Log in with the virtuser user ID and password you configured earlier.

For information about applying maintenance and service, see WebSphere Application Server Hypervisor Edition overview.

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