Installing WebSphere Portal on z/OS

Use the IBM® Installation Manager to install the IBM WebSphere® Portal product code.

Before you begin

Create an Installation Manager on your z/OS® system. You must know the location of the binaries directory for the Installation Manager. You must also have access to a user ID that can start the Installation Manager.

Obtain the product repository for WebSphere Portal. These instructions assume that the repository is mounted at /usr/lpp/InstallationManagerRepository/HPTL800. The mounted repository can be read-only.

About this task

The following sample jobs exist in the EJPJCL data set to perform the product installation and uninstallation:
  • EJP1CFS (zCreateFileSystem command)
  • EJP1INST (imcl install command)
  • EJP1UNIN (imcl uninstall command)
The sample jobs are shipped along with the WebSphere Portal repository as part of the product offering.

Complete the following steps to install WebSphere Portal on z/OS:

Procedure

  1. Ensure that the IBM WebSphere Application Server product file system is mounted as read/write. WebSphere Portal must be able to write additional files into this file system location.
  2. Customize and save the sample jobs for your environment according to the instructions in the jobs.
  3. Run the EJP1CFS sample job in the SEJPJCL data set to allocate a zfs and mount it at a specific mount point.
  4. Run the EJP1INST sample job to run the Installation Manager installation command.
  5. Product installation is complete when the EJP1INST sample job or Installation Manager commands complete without error messages.

    Logs for the installation can be found in the logs subdirectory of the Installation Manager runtime data location.

  6. When the installation is complete, change the WebSphere Portal product file system to read-only. This step allows WebSphere Portal nodes and servers to use the file system.

What to do next

You can now install other components or configure an application-serving environment using the Customization Dialog.