Use the Installation Manager with a response file to install WebSphere® eXtreme Scale Client product
offerings.
About this task
Using Installation Manager, you can work with response
files to install the product in various ways. You can record a response
file using the GUI.
Procedure
- From a command line, change to the Eclipse subdirectory
in the directory where you installed Installation Manager.
- Start Installation Manager from the command line using
the -record option.
For example:
Administrator or non-administrator:IBMIM.exe -skipInstall "C:\temp\imRegistry"
-record C:\temp\install_response_file.xml
![[Unix]](./images/ngunix.gif)
Administrator: ./IBMIM -skipInstall /var/temp/imRegistry
-record /var/temp/install_response_file.xml
![[Unix]](./images/ngunix.gif)
Non-administrator: ./IBMIM -skipInstall user_home/var/temp/imRegistry
-record user_home/var/temp/install_response_file.xml
Tip: When you record a new response file, you can
specify the -skipInstall parameter. Using this parameter has the
following benefits:
For more information, read the
IBM Installation
Manager Version 1.5 Information Center.
- Add the appropriate repositories to your Installation Manager
preferences.
- In the top menu, click File > Preferences
- Select Repositories
- Perform the following actions for each repository:
- Click Add Repository.
- Enter the path to the repository.config file
in the remote web-based repository or the local directory into which
you unpacked the repository files.
- Click OK.
- Click Apply.
- Click OK.
- Click Install.
Note: If you are prompted
to authenticate, use the IBM ID
and password that you registered with on the program website.
Installation
Manager searches its defined repositories for available packages.
- Select one the following product offerings and the appropriate
version:
- WebSphere eXtreme Scale Client in a stand-alone
environment
- WebSphere eXtreme Scale Client for WebSphere Application Server Version 6.1
- WebSphere eXtreme Scale Client for WebSphere Application Server Version 7
- WebSphere eXtreme Scale Client for WebSphere Application Server Version 8
If you already have the product installed on your system,
a message indicates that the product is already installed. To create
another installation of the product in another location, click Continue.
Tip: If Search service repositories during installation and
updates option is selected on the Installation Manager Repository
preference page and you are connected to the Internet, you can click Check
for Other Versions and Extensions. By doing so, you can search
for updates in the default update repositories for the selected packages.
In this case, you do not need to add the specific service-repository
URL to the Installation Manager Repository preference page.
- Select the fixes to install.
Any recommended
fixes are selected by default.
If there are recommended fixes,
you can select the option to show only recommended fixes and hide
non-recommended fixes.
- Click Next.
- Accept the terms in the license agreements, and click Next.
- Specify the installation root directory for the product.
The panel also specifies the shared resources directory and
disk-space information.
Note: The first time that you install a package
using Installation Manager, specify the shared resources directory.
The shared resources directory is where installation artifacts are
located that can be used by one or more package groups. Use your largest
drive for this installation. You cannot change the directory location
until after you uninstall all packages.
- Click Next.
- Select the languages for which translated content should
be installed.
English is always selected.
- Click Next.
- Select the features that you want to install.
- Console
Available for all WebSphere eXtreme Scale product offerings.
You can choose to install the monitoring console. With the web console,
you can chart current and historical statistics. This console provides
some charts for high-level overviews, and has a custom reports page
that you can use to build charts from the available statistics. You
can use the charting capabilities in the monitoring console of WebSphere eXtreme Scale to view the overall
performance of the data grids in your environment.
- Samples
Available for all WebSphere eXtreme Scale product offerings.
- Click Next.
- Review the summary information, and click Install.
- Click Finish.
- Click File > Exit to close Installation Manager.