Use the Installation Manager from the command line to install WebSphere® eXtreme Scale Client product
offerings.
Procedure
- Log on to your system.
- Change to the eclipse/tools subdirectory
in the directory where you installed Installation Manager.
- Verify that the product repository is available.
imcl.exe listAvailablePackages -repositories source_repository
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./imcl listAvailablePackages -repositories source_repository
You
should see one or more levels of the offering.
- Use the imcl command to install the
product.
imcl.exe install com.ibm.websphere.v85_offering_version,optional_feature_ID
-repositories source_repository
-installationDirectory installation_directory
-sharedResourcesDirectory shared_directory
-accessRights access_mode
-preferences preference_key=value
-properties property_key=value
-keyring keyring_file -password password
-acceptLicense
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./imcl install com.ibm.websphere.offering_version,optional_feature_ID
-repositories source_repository
-installationDirectory installation_directory
-sharedResourcesDirectory shared_directory
-accessRights access_mode
-preferences preference_key=value
-properties property_key=value
-keyring keyring_file -password password
-acceptLicense
Tips: - The offering_ID is the
offering ID that is listed in Offering IDs for WebSphere eXtreme Scale Client product offerings.
- The offering_version, which optionally can
be attached to the offering ID with an underscore, is a specific version
of the offering to install (8.5.0.20110503_0200 for example).
- If offering_version is not specified,
the latest version of the offering and all interim fixes for
that version are installed.
- If offering_version is specified, the specified
version of the offering and no interim fixes for that version
are installed.
The offering version can be found attached to the end of the
offering ID with an underscore when you run the following command
against the repository:
imcl listAvailablePackages -repositories source_repository
- You can also specify none, recommended or all with
the -installFixes argument to indicate which interim
fixes you want installed with the offering.
- If the offering version is not specified, the -installFixes option
defaults to all.
- If the offering version is specified, the -installFixes option
defaults to none.
- You can add a list of features that are separated by commas. An
example follows:
imcl -acceptLicense install com.ibm.websphere.WXS.v85,xs.console.feature,xs.samples.feature
imcl -acceptLicense install com.ibm.websphere.WXS.v86,xs.console.feature,xs.samples.feature
- xs.console.feature Available for all 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 preconfigured 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
- xs.samples.feature Available for all product
offerings. You can choose to install samples.
Notes:
- If you previously specified the mode in which to install Installation
Manager, the -accessRights parameter is not required
- If you experience issues later, Installation Manager can save
earlier versions of a package to roll back to. When Installation Manager
rolls back a package to a previous version, the current version of
the files is uninstalled and the earlier versions are reinstalled.
If you choose not to save the files for rollback, you can prevent
the files from being saved by specifying a preference:
-preference com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.preserveDownloadedArtifacts=False
For
more information about setting your Installation Manager preferences,
see the IBM Installation
Manager Version 1.5 Information Center.
Tip: Even
if you choose not to save files for rollback, you can still access
product files for rollback from the repository.
- The program might write important post-installation instructions
to standard output.
For more information about using the imcl command
to install the product, see the IBM Installation
Manager Version 1.5 Information Center.