Planning the product installation

Use this information to install and configure product packages on AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, and Windows operating systems.

Before you begin

About this task

As part of the installation process, review common installation scenarios, determine your product topology, and prepare your existing environments to begin establishing application serving capability and extended manageability.

Procedure

  1. Determine what product components you want to include in your environment. See Installation scenarios for more information.
  2. Establish your product topology. See Virtual Enterprise topology for more information.
  3. Prepare the environment in which you plan to install the product.
    • You can install the product in an environment that contains an existing installation of WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment. You can configure one or more nodes that comprise your Network Deployment cell. See Setting up the WebSphere Application Server environment for more information.
    • You can install the middleware agent if you want to run the product in an environment that does not contain WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment. The middleware agent is located on a node that is running other middleware servers. See Installing in other server environments for more information.
  4. Use the installation wizard or install the product silently. See Installing the product for more information.
  5. Augment existing WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment profiles to use the features of the product. See Creating and augmenting profiles for more information.
  6. Create a customized installation package (CIP) or an integrated installation package (IIP) if you want to install multiple installation packages. See Using the Installation Factory plug-in to create and install customized packages for more information.

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