Installing IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment for a cluster installation

IBM® InfoSphere® Information Server supports IBM WebSphere® Application Server Network Deployment. You must install a supported version.

Before you begin

  1. Determine the cluster topology that you want to use, based on your system requirements.
  2. On the computer where you want to install the deployment manager and on all computers that will host a managed node, configure the system to support a large number of file descriptors.

    Refer to your system administrator if you are not familiar with file descriptor allocations.

    For example, if your login shell is /bin/bash, complete the following tasks:
    Operating system Procedure
    AIX® Configure the following environment variable in /etc/profile for system-wide change:
    unset LDR_CNTRL 
    Linux®
    1. Add the following line to the /etc/profile file:
      ulimit -n 10240
    2. Add the following lines to the /etc/security/limits.conf file:
      *        soft    nofile    10240
      *        hard    nofile    10240

Procedure

  1. Install IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment on all the computers that will host the InfoSphere Information Server services tier. This installation includes the deployment manager system and all computers that will host a managed node.

    Run the IBM WebSphere Application Server installation program to install IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment. See the information about Installing and configuring your application.

    The InfoSphere Information Server installation package includes installation packages for IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment. To preinstall WebSphere Application Server, before you run the InfoSphere Information Server installation program, you can run the WebSphere Application Server installation program that is included in the InfoSphere Information Server installation media.

    Within the installation media, the WebSphere Application Server installation program is at the following location:
    Operating system Directory
    AIX Linux payloads/Shared/WAS/payload/WAS/agentInstaller/install
    Windows payloads\Shared\WAS\payload\WAS\agentInstaller\install.exe

    When creating a profile during the installation, make sure to enable administrative security. Disable administrative security for non-cluster (stand-alone) installations.

  2. Install the required fix pack and interim fixes. To find the supported fix pack level, Java™ SDK fix number, and interim fixes that are required for your installed version of IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, refer to the InfoSphere Information Server system requirements page: publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/prodguid/v1r0/clarity/softwareReqsForProduct.html