To enhance your product environment, download additional
installation packages and maintenance files to the centralized installation manager repository to install later
on installation targets. Use this topic to manage the installation
packages and maintenance files that are located in your centralized installation manager repository.
Before you begin
You must first install the centralized installation manager
repository, and add one or more product packages to the repository,
on the host workstation. Complete this task during the installation
process of WebSphere® Virtual Enterprise. For
more information, see Installing the product.
Alternatively, you can use the centralized installation manager repository tool to add
one or more product packages to the repository. This tool is automatically
installed when you install WebSphere Virtual Enterprise only.
For further details about the repository tool, see Using the centralized installation manager repository tool to add products.
About this task
In the administrative console, download the descriptor
files, and any associated binary files, of new or additional installation
packages to the
centralized installation manager repository.
You can selectively download only the binary files of the platforms
that you might need, or download specific maintenance files from the IBM® support
Web site. The following list provides the four types of installation
packages:
- Product installation
- This type includes any of the three WebSphere Extended
Deployment products: WebSphere Virtual Enterprise,
WebSphere Extended Deployment
Compute Grid, or WebSphere eXtreme Scale. The descriptor
and binary files for this installation type are not available to download,
because the files are included during the product installation.
- Refresh packs or fix packs
- You can download the binary files for this type based on specific
platforms.
- Maintenance tool
- This type includes the IBM Update Installer for WebSphere Software, which is the tool
that you use to apply maintenance to your WebSphere Virtual Enterprise and WebSphere Application Server
Network Deployment environments. Before
you can use the centralized installation manager to
apply maintenance to your remote workstations, you must download the
latest level of the Update Installer.
Note: You must use the Update Installer to install maintenance
on the deployment manager.
First apply maintenance to the deployment
manager before you apply maintenance to the cell. Begin by using the
centralized installation manager to download the required
files, which are then stored in the repository that you specify during
the initial installation process. Alternatively, you can find the
repository location in the
CENTRALIZED_INSTALL_REPOSITORY_ROOT property
in the
WAS_HOME/properties/cimgr.props file.
- Interim fix
- Search for the identifying Authorized Program Analysis Report
(APAR) number, and click Search to download
a specific interim fix.
To access this page, click .
Procedure
- Click Add Packages to download a
new installation package descriptor to the centralized installation manager repository if the descriptor
is not included in the table. The Download Descriptors
panel is displayed.
Tip: Ensure that the
descriptor file for the type of package that you choose is not included
as part of the product installation. The installation package descriptors
that are included during the product installation are provided in
the following list:
- Maintenance for WebSphere Application Server
Network Deployment
- Maintenance for WebSphere Extended Deployment
- Update Installer for WebSphere Software
- WebSphere Virtual Enterprise, if the package
is installed
- WebSphere Extended Deployment
Compute Grid, if the package
is installed
- Select one or more descriptor files from the list, and
click Download.
After the
descriptor file is downloaded, you can view it from the Installation
Packages panel. If the downloaded file does not appear immediately,
click the refresh icon to refresh the contents of the table.
To
download the binary files for the installation packages in the preceding
list, click the name of the descriptor, and proceed to step 3. To
download additional package descriptors from the IBM support
Web site, click Add packages.
- Download the binary files from the Installation Packages
panel. You can download the associated binary files of
the specific descriptor file that you just downloaded, or you can
also download the binary files of another package type, which might
already contain the descriptor file.
Determine the
type of installation package to download by the viewing the descriptions
of each type in the table. The steps to download the binary files
differ, depending on the package type.
- To download the binary files for a Refresh pack,
fix pack, or maintenance tool package type, which includes
the Update Installer, complete
the following steps:
- Click the name of the package in the table. A new panel is then
displayed.
- Select one or more platforms in the table, and click Download.
- Click Download on the confirmation page
to start downloading the binaries. After the download process begins,
the previous panel is displayed, from which you can check the download
status of the files. Click the refresh icon to refresh the contents
of the table if necessary.
- To download the binary files for an Interim fix package
type, complete the following steps:
- Click the name of the package in the table. A new panel is then
displayed.
- Click Add Files to navigate to the Download
Files panel.
- Either type the specific APAR, and click Search to
navigate directly to the corresponding FTP location. You can also
specify the ftp URL directly, and click Go from the Download
Options section.
- Click the APAR number, select the individual maintenance files
that are contained in the directory, and click Download.
The binary files are then downloaded to the centralized installation
manager repository.
- Click Download on the confirmation page
to start downloading the binaries. After the download process begins,
the previous panel is displayed, from which you can check the download
status of the files. Click the refresh icon to refresh the contents
of the table if necessary.
Results
The Update Installer repository
now contains maintenance files to install later on the remote workstations.
What to do next
Install interim fixes, refresh packs, or other maintenance
files to specific installation targets to update your product environment.