This chapter explains general information about using N1™ Grid Service Provisioning System to provision WebSphere 5.1 applications. This chapter includes the following information:
The N1 Grid Service Provisioning System software provides enhanced capabilities in support for WebSphere 5.1 application server products. You can provision with the WebSphere 5.1 infrastructure by installing application servers, deployment managers, and clusters with the provisioning software. Once installed, you can manage your WebSphere 5.1 environment by starting and stopping application servers. You can also capture previously installed applications and deploy these applications throughout your enterprise.
The WebSphere plug-in contains several components and plans that allow you to configure and install WebSphere 5.1 application server products and the applications deployed on WebSphere.
Plans for installing enterprise applications (EAR files).
Components and plans to support the WebSphere 5.1 infrastructure:
WebSphere standalone application server
WebSphere application server instances
WebSphere Network deployment manager
WebSphere cluster
WebSphere cluster members
WebSphere cells
Components and plans to capture and deploy applications on the WebSphere 5.1 application servers
Components and plans to configure the WebSphere 5.1 environment:
Data source
JDBC provider
Virtual Machine for the Java™ platform (Java Virtual Machine or JVM™ machine or JVM™ tool interface)
Components and plans that allow you to run WebSphere 5.1 commands from the provisioning system's browser interface.
The WebSphere plug-in supports WebSphere Application Server Version 5.1 on the following platforms:
Solaris 8 for SPARC
Solaris 9 for SPARC
RedHat Linux AS 2.1
RedHat Linux AS 3.0
AIX 5.1 and 5.2
Although WebSphere Application Server Version 5.1 is compatible with AIX 5.3, the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System software does not support AIX 5.3.
Detailed requirements for using the WebSphere software are provided in the IBM documentation. For more information on hardware and software requirements, see the WebSphere Application Server support documentation.