Use the centralized installation manager repository
tool to add one or more WebSphere® Extended Deployment products
to the repository. From the administrative console, you can use the centralized installation manager to install your added components
from the repository to the nodes.
Before you begin
- To populate the repository for the first time, ensure that the
destination directory is empty. Additionally, you can add a product
to the repository only if the repository does not already contain
that specific product.
- With an existing installation of WebSphere Virtual Enterprise, use the centralized installation manager repository tool to add
the WebSphere Extended Deployment
Compute Grid installation
image to the repository if you chose not to add it when prompted by
the installation wizard. See Installing the product for
more information.
- The centralized installation manager repository tool itself
is installed only when you install Virtual Enterprise. When you install Compute Grid,
the centralized installation manager and the repository
tool are not actually installed. However, you can still populate the
repository with the installation image for Compute Grid if Virtual Enterprise is installed.
Choose one of the two following ways to populate the repository with
the Compute Grid installation
image:
- Use the installation wizard to add the product to the repository.
To choose this option, you must install Virtual Enterprise first.
- Install Virtual Enterprise,
and choose to populate the repository with the product installation
image, or defer the step and add the installation image later by using
the repository tool.
- Next, install Compute Grid,
and then populate the repository with the specific product installation
image. As with the installation process for Virtual Enterprise, you can choose
to use the repository tool to complete this task later.
- Add the product to the repository by using the centralized installation manager repository tool. This is
the only available option when you install Compute Grid before
you install Virtual Enterprise.
Procedure
- Start the repository tool from the following location:
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install_root/bin/xd_cimgrrepository.sh
install_root/bin/xd_cimgrrepository.bat
- Select one or more products to include in the repository,
and click Next.
Remember: The repository must not
already contain the product that you select to add.
- Click Browse to provide the location
of the product installation image.
If you selected to
add multiple products in step 2, the panel is displayed again to prompt
you for the installation image location for each product.
If you plan to set up a high availability deployment manager
environment, you must specify the location of the repository from
the current installation location. For example, if you install the
product in the C:\ProgramFiles\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer directory,
specify the repository location C:\ProgramFiles\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\repository_folder.
- Optional: You can also install a customized
installation package (CIP) to the centralized installation manager
repository. Manually copy the installation descriptors
from the CIP to the install_root/properties/xdcimgr directory
on the deployment manager workstation:
- For a Virtual Enterprise CIP:
wxdop_package/custom/InstallPackageXD61*.xml
- For a Compute Grid CIP:
wxdcg_package/custom/InstallPackageXD61*.xml
- For an eXtreme Scale Version
6.1.0.x only CIP:
wxddg_package/custom/InstallPackageXD61*.xml
Attention: While you can add a CIP to the centralized
installation manager repository, the repository tool cannot be used
to add an integrated installation package (IIP) to the repository.
Results
The centralized installation manager repository
now contains one or more WebSphere Extended Deployment products.
For information on how to install the repository from the command
line, see Installing the product silently.
What to do next
Use the centralized installation manager to
install the products to the nodes and begin managing your environments.
In the administrative console, click .