Installing the WebSphere Customization Toolbox

Install the WebSphere® Customization Toolbox to customize your WebSphere eXtreme Scale for z/OS® environment.

Before you begin

  • Install WebSphere eXtreme Scale for z/OS. See the WebSphere eXtreme Scale Program Directory on the Library Page for more information.

  • You must use the latest version of the WebSphere Customization Toolbox to successfully install the product extension files.

About this task

The WebSphere Customization Tools is a workstation-based graphical tool you use to create customized jobs that build WebSphere eXtreme Scale for z/OS runtime environments.

Procedure

  1. Use FTP to copy the xs.wct extension file from your z/OS system to the workstation on which you are installing the WebSphere Customization Tools.
    The extension files are stored in the following z/OS directory depending on the version of WebSphere Application Server that you are using.
    • WebSphere Application Server for z/OS, Version 7
      /usr/lpp/zWebSphereXS/WXS-version/util/WCT
    • WebSphere Application Server for z/OS, Version 8
      /usr/lpp/zWebSphere/WAS-version/util/WCT
  2. Download and install the latest version of the WebSphere Customization Toolbox.
  3. Upload the xs.wct file to the WebSphere Customization Toolbox application.
    1. Start the WebSphere Customization Toolbox application on your workstation.
    2. Click Help > Software Updates > Manage Extension.
    3. From the WebSphere Customization Toolbox Extension panel, click Install.
    4. From the Source Archive File panel, click Browse, navigate to the directory in which you copied the xs.wct file in step 1, and click Open.
    5. Click Next on the Source Archive panel.
    6. Click Next on the Extension summary panel, and click Finish on the WebSphere Customization Toolbox Extension panel.
    7. The Install Successful panel is displayed, click Finish.
    8. The installed extension is displayed in the WebSphere Customization Toolbox Extensions panel, click Finish.
    9. Click Yes to restart the WebSphere Customization Toolbox.
  4. From the WebSphere Customization Toolbox Extension panel, click Install.
  5. From the Source Archive File panel, click Browse, navigate to the directory in which you copied the xspf.wct file in step 1, and click Open.
  6. Click Next on the Summary panel.
  7. Click Next on the Extension summary panel, and click Finish on the WebSphere Customization Toolbox Extension panel

What to do next

After you upload both extension files and restart the WebSphere Customization Toolbox, you can use the Profile Management Tool to generate customization definitions for WebSphere eXtreme Scale for z/OS. See Generating customization definitions for more information.