Verify the installation on IBM i

We can verify successful installation of the offering using the capabilities of IBM Installation Manager.

  • To verify installation of the offering, we can use Installation Manager to find the offering in the list of installed packages. Change the directory to the eclipse/tools subdirectory of the Installation Manager binaries location, and run this command:

      imcl listInstalledPackages

    This will display a list indicating which packages this Installation Manager has installed. For example:

      com.ibm.websphere.liberty.ND_16.0.2.20160203_0234

  • If an installation was successful, the installed.xml file should contain a location element for the installed offering.

    For example, the following file:

      installation_manager_root/properties/version/installed.xml

    ...should contain something like this: 

      <location id="IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Network Deployment" 
    kind="product" 
    path="/QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/Liberty/ND"> 
    ..... 
</location>

  • If we used the Installation Manager -log option during installation, we can verify that the resulting log file does not contain any errors.

    If we used the following command to install the offering silently for example: 

      ./imcl -acceptLicense  \
  input $HOME/WASFiles/liberty/temp/install_response_file.xml  \
  -log $HOME/WASFiles/liberty/temp/install_log.xml  \
  -secureStorageFile $HOME/WASFiles/liberty/temp/credential.store \
  -masterPasswordFile $HOME/WASFiles/liberty/password_file.txt

    ...and the installation was successful, the install_log.xml file should contain something like this: 

      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<result>
</result>


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