Verify the installation using Installation Manager

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

In WAS v8.0 and later, where the installation is based on the Installation Manager rather than on InstallShield ultiPlatform (ISMP), the v7 installver command is replaced by the verification capabilities of the Installation Manager.

We can also verify the installation using the installation verification tool (ivt).

Tasks

• To verify installation of the product, we can use Installation Manager to find the product in the list of installed packages.

  Perform one of the following actions:

  • cd Installation_Manager_binaries/eclipse/tools
    ./imcl listInstalledPackages

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

    com.ibm.websphere.ND.v90_9.0.0.20160203_0234

  • Launch the Installation Manager GUI, and verify the installation by going to...
    File > View Installed Packages

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

  For example, the following file:

  WAS_ROOT/properties/version/installed.xml

  ...should contain something like this:

  <location id="IBM WAS V9.0" kind="product" path="program_data_dir/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer"> ..... </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 product silently for example:

  ./imcl -acceptLicense input /var/temp/install_response_file.xml -log /var/temp/install_log.xml -secureStorageFile /var/IM/credential.store

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

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