Installing the WebSphere Customization Tools

Install the WebSphere® Customization Tools Version 7.0.0.x to customize WebSphere Virtual Enterprise and WebSphere Extended Deployment Compute Grid for z/OS®.

Before you begin

You must use the latest version of the WebSphere Customization Tools to successfully install the product extension files.

About this task

The WebSphere Customization Tools is a workstation based graphical tool you use to create customized jobs that build Virtual Enterprise and Compute Grid runtime environments for z/OS.

Procedure

  1. Use FTP to copy the Virtual Enterprise and Compute Grid extension files, which are wve.wct and wcg.wct, from your z/OS system to the workstation on which you are installing the WebSphere Customization Tools. The extension files are in the /usr/lpp/zWebSphere/V6R1M1/util/WCT directory on your z/OS system.
  2. Download and install the latest version of the WebSphere Customization Tools from the appropriate Web site:
  3. Install the wve.wct extension file for Virtual Enterprise into the WebSphere Customization Tools application.
    1. Start the WebSphere Customization Tools application on your workstation.
    2. Click Help > Software Updates > Install Extension.
    3. From the WebSphere Customization Tools Extension Locations panel, click Install new extension location.
    4. From the Source Archive File panel, click Browse, navigate to the directory in which you copied the wve.wct file in step 1, and click Open.
    5. Click Next on the Summary panel.
      Note: The Install Successful panel is displayed. Before you can click Finish, you must copy and save the data from the location field:
      C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\WCT\workspace\configuration\
      com.ibm.ws.pmt.update\com.ibm.ws390.pmt.wve_6.1.1.0\eclipse
    6. From the Product Configuration panel, click Add an extension location. Paste the data you copied in the previous step into the Location field, and click OK.
    7. Click Yes to restart the WebSphere Customization Tools.
  4. Install the wcg.wct extension file for Compute Grid into the WebSphere Customization Tools application.
    1. Click Help > Software Updates > Install Extension.
    2. From the WebSphere Customization Tools Extension Locations panel, click Install new extension location.
    3. From the Source Archive File panel, click Browse, navigate to the directory in which you copied the wcg.wct file in step 1, and click Open.
    4. Click Next on the Summary panel.
      Note: The Install Successful panel is displayed. Before you can click Finish, you must copy and save the data from the location field:
      C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\WCT\workspace\configuration\
      com.ibm.ws.pmt.update\com.ibm.ws390.pmt.wcg_6.1.1.0\eclipse
    5. From the Product Configuration panel, click Add an extension location. Paste the data you copied in the previous step into the Location field, and click OK.
    6. Click Yes to restart the WebSphere Customization Tools.

What to do next

You can use the Profile Management Tool to generate customization definitions for Virtual Enterprise and Compute Grid.