Overview of the installation process

To install IBM® Business Monitor for z/OS®, you must use the Installation Manager provided with your copy of WebSphere® Application Server for z/OS to install the product code.

Installing IBM Business Monitor on the z/OS system is the responsibility of a system programmer who plans, maintains, and controls the use of the operating system to improve the overall productivity of an installation. The following diagram illustrates the installation process flow and shows the role played by the system programmer.

Note: Steps 1 to 4 provide information about installing Installation Manager and WebSphere Application Server for z/OS for user who have purchased Installation Manager and WebSphere Application Server for z/OS separately.

Figure 1. Installation process flow for IBM Business Monitor for z/OS

This figure illustrates the process for installing Installation Manager, and the WebSphere Application Server and IBM Business Monitor product code on the z/OS system.

The installation process can be summarized as follows:

1 Install the Installation Manager installation kit by using System Modification Program/Extended (SMP/E)

Use SMP/E to load Installation Manager from the installation media to the z/OS system. You obtain an Installation Manager installation kit that contains the following artifacts:

A set of commands for creating an instance of Installation Manager
An Installation Manager repository for a supported level of the Installation Manager product
Other scripts and files

The installation kit can be mounted at the default location of /usr/lpp/InstallationManager/V1R4, or another location of your choice.

2 Create an instance of Installation Manager

From the installation kit file system, run the Installation Manager command (installc, userinstc, or groupinstc) in administrator mode, nonadministrator mode, or group mode to create an Installation Manager instance. This instance is required for installing and maintaining WebSphere Application Server and IBM Business Monitor on the z/OS system. The mode in which you run the Installation Manager command determines whether the instance can be used by a single superuser, a single user, or by multiple user IDs that are connected to a group.

When you create the Installation Manager instance, you must specify read/write directories for storing its binary files and agent (or runtime) data files. You can allocate and mount a new physical file system to contain these directories and their contents. This file system can be mounted at the default location of /InstallationManager, or another location of your choice.

3 Install the WebSphere Application Server product repository by using SMP/E

Use SMP/E to load WebSphere Application Server from the installation media to the z/OS system. You obtain the WebSphere Application Server product repository, which contains the WebSphere Application Server product code.

This repository can be mounted at the default location of /usr/lpp/InstallationManagerRepository/WAS_FMID, or another location of your choice. In this default path, WAS_FMID represents the function modification identifier for WebSphere Application Server.

4 Install the WebSphere Application Server product code

Allocate an empty file system to contain the WebSphere Application Server product code, and then run the Installation Manager command (imcl) to install the product code. Installation Manager accesses the WebSphere Application Server repository to install the package for the product.

The product code is installed in the product file system, which can be mounted at the default location of /usr/lpp/zWebSphere/V8R0, or another location of your choice.

5 Install the IBM Business Monitor product repository by using SMP/E

Use SMP/E to load IBM Business Monitor from the installation media to the z/OS system. You obtain the IBM Business Monitor product repository, which contains the IBM Business Monitor product code.

This repository can be mounted at the default location of /usr/lpp/InstallationManagerRepository/HBMV800, or another location of your choice. In this default path, HBMV800 represents the function modification identifier for IBM Business Monitor.

6 Install the IBM Business Monitor product code

Run the Installation Manager command (imcl) to install the IBM Business Monitor product code into the same product file system as the WebSphere Application Server product code. Installation Manager accesses the IBM Business Monitor repository to install the package for the product.

The result of completing the installation is a read-only product file system, which contains the WebSphere Application Server and the IBM Business Monitor code.

After the product installation is completed, the WebSphere administrator can begin to configure the product for use.