Installing the product on distributed operating systems using response files
You can install WebSphere® Application Server Version 8.5 using Installation Manager response files.
Before you begin
Prepare each of the systems onto which you want to install the product as described in Installing Installation Manager and preparing to install the product.
About this task
Using Installation Manager, you can work with response files to install the product in a variety of ways. You can record a response file using the GUI as described in the following procedure.
You can also generate a response file by hand; by modifying an example response file; or for a full production server, by using the generateResponseFile option on an Installation Manager imcl command. The generateResponseFile option cannot be used when you are updating from one version of the product to another or when you are installing a fix pack. For more information about the generateResponseFile option, see IBM Installation Manager documentation.
- The bit level of Java SE 7.0 is based on the bit level selected during the initial installation of WebSphere Application Server. If a 32-bit WebSphere Application Server is installed, then only the 32-bit Java SE 7.0 can be installed. If a 64-bit WebSphere Application Server is installed, then only the 64-bit Java SE 7.0 can be installed.
- Installing the optional Java SE 7.0 or Java SE 7.1 does not imply that profiles can take advantage of this new version of Java. The managesdk command can be used to switch Java or the WebSphere Application Server administrative console (wsadmin) can be used to make the switch.
Starting in version 8.5.5.14, Java SE 8 is the default Java. When updating to 8.5.5.14, any existing profile that uses Java SDK 6 is replaced by Java SDK 8. You can continue to use Java SDK Java Technology Edition Version 7.0 and Version 7.1, but no service can be provided after the end of support in July 2022, which could expose your environment to security risks.
For more information on Java SE 6, 7, and 7.1 end of service, see Java SE 6, 7, and 7.1 end of service in WebSphere Application Server V8.5.
The com.ibm.websphere.IBMJAVA.v80 offering will be deprecated, and no fix packs or interim fixes will be provided for this offering after March 2020. If this offering is installed with WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5.5 after March 2020, uninstall it and switch to the default Java SE 8 SDK provided by the WebSphere Application Server package in the same package group. With the default Java SE 8 SDK, you continue receiving Java SE 8 SDK support, including security updates.
Starting in version 8.5.5.18 for Linux on POWER8 Little Endian (LE), the default versions of Java are Java SE 7.1 or Java SE 8. As such, you can accept the default and install either Java SE 7.1 or Java SE 8 as the version of Java SE contained in the /java directory in WebSphere Application Server and used by default during server and node configuration. Java 8 is the recommended Java SDK because it provides the latest features and security updates. You can continue to use Java SE 7.1, but no service can be provided after the end of support in July 2022, which might expose your environment to security risks.
You can use the
user.wasjava=java8
property only with new installations of the product for Linux on
POWER8 LE. The user.wasjava=java8
property does not work for product upgrades
through fix packs for Linux on POWER8 LE.
Starting in version 8.5.5.19 for Linux on POWER8 Little Endian (LE), the default version of Java is Java SE 8. As such, you can accept the default and install Java SE 8 as the version of Java SE contained in the /java directory in WebSphere Application Server and used by default during server and node configuration. You can continue to use Java SE 7.1 by installing IBM WebSphere Java SDK Version 7.1, but no service can be provided after the end of support in July 2022, which might expose your environment to security risks.
The user.wasjava=java8
property is
not required for installing and updating to version 8.5.5.19 for Linux on POWER8 LE.
Installation on the K-UX 2.1 operating system is supported in silent mode only. You must have IBM® Installation Manager Version 1.7.3.1 to install the product on the K-UX 2.1 operating system.
To install the product on Linux® on POWER® Little Endian (LE) systems, you must have IBM Installation Manager Version 1.8.0 or later.
Procedure
Example
The following is an example of a response file for installing the product.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<agent-input clean="true" temporary="true">
<server>
<repository location="https://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/com.ibm.websphere.ND.v85" />
</server>
<install modify='false'>
<offering id='com.ibm.websphere.ND.v85'
profile='IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.5'
features='core.feature,ejbdeploy,thinclient,embeddablecontainer,com.ibm.sdk.6_32bit' installFixes='none'/>
</install>
<profile id='IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.5'
installLocation='C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer'>
<data key='eclipseLocation' value='C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer'/>
<data key='user.import.profile' value='false'/>
<data key='user.wasjava' value='java8'/>
<data key='cic.selector.nl' value='en'/>
</profile>
</agent-input>
<preference value='false' name='offering.service.repositories.areUsed'/>
<preference value='false' name='com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.searchForUpdates'/>
You
can find more details on silent preference keys in the IBM
Installation Manager documentation.What to do next
You can create a standalone application server profile, management profile, managed (custom) profile, cell profile, or secure proxy profile using the Profile Management Tool or the manageprofiles command.