Use the centralized installation manager to install one
or more packages to specified installation targets.
Before you begin
To successfully install a package, you must first define
an
installation target, which is the remote workstation on
which selected software packages might be installed. By default, all
of the workstations that contain nodes that are defined in the cell
appear as installation targets.
Important: The centralized
installation manager does not install maintenance on the deployment
manager. Instead, use the IBM
Update Installer for WebSphere Software to apply maintenance
to the deployment manager. For more information, see
Downloading the Update Installer for WebSphere Software.
During
the installation process, the wizard prompts you to select an authentication
method: user name and password or Secure Shell (SSH) public/private
key. If you choose to use the SSH public/private key method, you must
first create a pair of keys and install the public key on all the
installation targets to successfully complete this task. For more
information, see Installing the Secure Shell public key to access installation targets.
Ensure
that the latest version of WebSphere® Virtual Enterprise is
installed and operational on the deployment manager workstation, and
the centralized installation manager repository is populated with
the installation image for the product packages that you want to install
on the remote workstations. For more information on the steps to install
the product and the centralized installation manager repository, see Installing the product.
You
must first install the repository to use the features of the centralized
installation manager. For example, if you plan to install WebSphere Extended Deployment
Compute Grid or WebSphere eXtreme Scale on the remote workstations
by using the centralized installation manager, you must also install
each product component on the deployment manager workstation. If you
did not install the repository during the product installation, you
can still set up the repository and install the binary installation
images. For more information, see Using the centralized installation manager repository tool to add products.
About this task
The number of steps to complete this task can vary depending
on the type of installation package that you choose to install.
Procedure
- Access the wizard from the administrative console:
- Click .
- Select a package type, which is the type of installation
you want to perform. For example, you can choose to
complete a product installation, or an installation that applies various
types of maintenance files.
Next, select an installation
package. If you choose a package that includes available features,
select each feature from the Select one or more features list.
This list does not appear if you choose an installation package that
does not include available features.
- Click Show installation targets to
populate the table with a list of applicable target workstations on
which to install the selected software package.
- Select one or more installation targets from the list,
and click Install to start the Installation
wizard.
- Accept the license agreement. Click View
License Agreement to read the agreement, accept the terms,
and click Next to continue.
- Select an authentication method to access the installation
target, and click Next. You can
choose to use either the Secure Shell (SSH) public/private key method,
or the user name and password method to authenticate.
- Provide the authentication settings, and click Next. Depending on the authentication method that you choose in step
3, provide the appropriate user name and password for one or more
installation targets, or provide the location of the SSH private key
file and password on the deployment manager.
If you choose to authenticate
by using the user name and password method, you can provide a common
user name and password to access all of the installation targets,
or you can configure unique user names and passwords for each target.
- Specify the installation location and the working location
of each installation target, and click Next. The installation location is the remote location of the installation
target in which the packages are installed. You might also specify
additional installation locations if you choose to install certain
packages that require more than one installation location, such as
WebSphere Application Server
Community Edition. When you install
packages that require an empty location, the following reminder is
displayed in the column:
- Specify an empty directory
The working location specifies the directory on the remote
target that contains the installation files.
- Optional: Select a node from the list, augment
the profile of the selected node, and click Next. By default, all nodes on the target installation location are
selected.
This step is presented only when the wizard detects a
package that requires profile augmentation. If you choose not to augment
the profile, you must manually perform the profile augmentation by
issuing the manageprofiles command on the target
host.
- Specify additional parameters that are required to successfully
install the specified package. This step appears only with
certain installation package types. Also, some installation
packages might have more than one additional parameter that you specify.
Attention: By default, the
centralized installation manager selects the appropriate version of
the installation package to install based on the version of the operating
system. For example, if both 32-bit and 64-bit binaries are included
for a certain operating system and processor architecture, the centralized
installation manager installs the 64-bit installation binaries on
64-bit operating systems. To override the default behavior and use
the 32-bit installation binaries on 64-bit operating systems instead,
select the appropriate check box.
- Read the installation summary, and click Finish to
submit the installation request to the centralized installation manager
for processing.
Results
You completed the steps to install one or more packages
to the specified target workstations. The centralized installation
manager receives your installation request, processes the information
that you provided, and then installs the package to the workstations.
What to do next
In the administrative console, check the status of your
pending requests on the Installations in Progress panel, and review
the log files of your submitted installation requests from the Installation
History panel. Read the details about the options that you can use
to further monitor the progress of each request.