Operating Systems: i5/OS
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Develop and installing customized installation packages

 

A customized installation package (CIP) is a customized WebSphere Application Server installation image that can include one or more maintenance packages, a configuration archive from a stand-alone application server profile, one or more enterprise archive files, and scripts and other files that help customize the resulting installation. The IBM Installation Factory for WebSphere Application Server creates CIPs.

Read through this topic and its related topics to prepare for creating and installing customized installation packages (CIPs). Become familiar with CIP installation options before you start to use the installation tools. Review the hardware and software requirements on the Supported hardware and software Web site to get started.

i5/OS users must install the IBM Installation Factory on a Windows platform. The Installation Factory does not run on an i5/OS platform.

If you encounter a problem such as needing more disk space or more temporary space, or missing prerequisite packages on your system, cancel the installation, make the required changes, and restart the installation. Restriction: Remote installation from a Windows workstation using a CIP is only supported when performing a scratch installation of a CIP with no interim fixes. In all other cases, you will need to apply the CIP locally on the iSeries machine.

 

Overview

This topic introduces the IBM Installation Factory for WebSphere Application Server, which you can use to create a CIP. Get started by creating a build definition for the CIP using the Installation Factory console using the ifgui command. After defining the build parameters in the wizard, create and install the resulting CIP.

The following procedure describes how to get started creating and installing a customized installation package for your WebSphere Application Server product.

 

Procedure

  1. Use the Installation Factory to create a customized installation package.

    See Creating a build definition and CIP on the processing engine machine for information about creating and generating a CIP locally.

    See Creating a CIP build definition for another machine for information about creating a CIP definition locally and generating the CIP on another machine.

  2. Prepare your operating platform for installation.

    See Preparing the operating system for installation.

  3. Install the Network Deployment product using the CIP. The CIP Installation wizard performs the following actions:

    Choose one of the following installation scenarios to continue the installation:

    The installer program does not support the ISMP-console installation method at this time.

 

Results

You can use a CIP to install IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment by following this procedure.


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CIP build definition file

CIP Build Definition wizard panels

Creating a build definition and CIP on the processing engine machine

Creating a CIP build definition for another machine

Using configuration archive files in customized CIP profiles

Creating customized CIP profiles from the command line

Creating customized CIP profiles

Installing a CIP

 

Related concepts


Installation Factory overview

 

Related Reference


Getting started with the Installation Factory
ifgui command
ifcli command
install command

 

Related information


Creating installation packages using the Installation Factory