WAS v8.0 > Install the application serving environment > Distributed operating systems
Install the DMZ Secure Proxy Server
Overview
IBM Installation Manager is used to install, update, roll back, and uninstall the DMZ Secure Proxy Server for IBM WAS.
The Installation Manager GUI is not supported on Solaris 10 x64 systems. To install or uninstall the product on these systems:
- Use the Installation Manager GUI on a supported system to record a response file
- Edit the recorded response file if necessary.
- Use the response file to install or uninstall the product on the system.
For any Linux system that is enabled for Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux), such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 5 or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11, identify the Java shared libraries in the Installation Manager v1.4.3 or earlier installation image to the system. Also, identify the Java shared libraries in the Installation Manager v1.4.3 or earlier installation after it has been installed. For example:
chcon -R -t texrel_shlib_t ${IM_Image}/jre_5.0.3.sr8a_20080811b/jre/bin
chcon -R -t texrel_shlib_t ${IM_Install_root}/eclipse/jre_5.0.3.sr8a_20080811b/jre/bin
Installation Manager console mode, included in Installation Manager v1.4.3 and later, does not work with WAS v8.0.
Install, update, roll back, or uninstall
- Install using the GUI
- Install using response files
- Install features
- Install fix packs using the GUI
- Uninstall fix packs using the GUI
- Uninstall using the GUI
- Uninstall using response files
To view the logs, open Installation Manager and go to...
File | View Log
An individual log file can be opened by selecting it in the table and then clicking the Open log file icon.
Logs are located in the logs directory of Installation Manager's application data location.
Windows admin and non-admin installation:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\IBM\Installation Manager
C:\Documents and Settings\user_name\Application Data\IBM\Installation Manager\logs
Unix: admin and non-admin installation:
/var/ibm/InstallationManager/logs user_home/var/ibm/InstallationManager/logs
The main log files are time-stamped XML files in the logs directory, and they can be viewed using any standard web browser.
The log.properties file in the logs directory specifies the level of logging or tracing that Installation Manager uses.
To turn on tracing for the WAS plug-ins, for example, create a log.properties file with the following content:
com.ibm.ws=DEBUG
com.ibm.cic.agent.core.Engine=DEBUG
global=DEBUG
Restart Installation Manager as necessary, and Installation Manager outputs traces for the WAS plug-ins.
By default, some HP-UX systems are configured to not use DNS to resolve host names. This could result in Installation Manager not being able to connect to an external repository. You can ping the repository, but nslookup does not return anything. Work with the system administrator to configure your machine to use DNS, or use the IP address of the repository.
In some cases, you might need to bypass existing checking mechanisms in Installation Manager. On some network file systems, disk space might not be reported correctly at times; and you might need to bypass disk-space checking and proceed with your installation.
To disable disk-space checking, edit...
IM_install_root/eclipse/configuration/config.ini
...and set...
cic.override.disk.space=sizeunit
...where size is a positive integer and unit is blank for bytes, k for kilo, m for megabytes, or g for gigabytes. For example...
cic.override.disk.space=120 (120 bytes)
cic.override.disk.space=130k (130 kilobytes)
cic.override.disk.space=140m (140 megabytes)
cic.override.disk.space=150g (150 gigabytes)
cic.override.disk.space=true
Restart Installation Manager...
To bypass operating-system prerequisite checking, edit...
IM_install_root/eclipse/configuration and restart Installation Manager/config.ini
...and add...
disableOSPrereqChecking=true
If use any of these bypass methods, contact IBM Support for assistance in developing a solution that does not involve bypassing the Installation Manager checking mechanisms.
Installation Manager might display a warning message during the uninstallation process.
Uninstall the DMZ Secure Proxy Server using Installation Manager requires that the data repositories remain valid and available.
Read the release notes to learn more about the latest version of Installation Manager: IM_HOME/readme.html