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Set up the configuration file system

To set up the configuration file system, you must perform some manual configuration updates on the base operating system or existing subsystems, and then run the customized jobs to allocate and populate the file system. Cell, node, and server settings, as well as deployed applications, are stored in this file system.

• Install the WebSphere Application Server product code and the IBM BPM product code in the z/OS system.

• Create the customization definition that specifies the WebSphere Application Server and IBM BPM settings for the profile to be created.

• Process the customization definition to generate customized jobs and other files that can be used to create and configure the profile on the z/OS system.

For your selected profile, you can follow the instructions that are available in the Customization Instructions view in pmt.sh perspective, in the relevant HTML file in the customization location, or in the CNTL data set. Before you begin, read through the customization instructions to familiarize yourself with the required steps, and to ensure that the user IDs for running the jobs are set up with the appropriate authority.

After submitting each of the listed jobs, ensure that you review the job output to verify that the job ran without error.

Procedure

1. Complete the documented steps for the manual configuration updates.
2. Begin to submit the customized jobs in the given sequence.

3. When you get to the step to allocate and mount the configuration file system, submit the following job if the configuration file system does not yet exist:
   • BBOWCFS for a stand-alone server
   • BBODCFS for a dmgr
   • BBOMCFS for an empty managed node

4. To populate the file system to prepare it for profile creation, submit the following job:
   • BBOWHFSA for a stand-alone server
   • BBODHFSA for a dmgr
   • BBOMHFSA for an empty managed node

   This job copies the relevant files from the product file system to the configuration file system. If you specified a path for an intermediate symbolic link in your customization definition, symbolic links are also created to point from the configuration file system to the intermediate symbolic link location, which in turn points to the product file system. Otherwise, symbolic links are created directly from the configuration file system to the product file system.

Results

The home directory of the read/write configuration file system is, by default, mounted at /wasv8config/ cell_name/ node_name.

What to do next

You can now create a database design file, and create the profile.

Set up the configuration file system and creating a profile

Related tasks:
Obtaining and installing the product code
Create and processing customization definitions for the profile
Create a database design file for a stand-alone profile or deployment environment
Create a profile