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How to Create Compute Grid Test Server

September 24, 2008

By Chris Vignola, http://chris.vignola.googlepages.com

Introduction

This article explains how to install and configure the WebSphere Extended Deployment

(XD) Compute Grid Unit Test Environment (UTE) aka Compute Grid Test Server orCompute Grid UTE.

The Compute Grid UTE is available from one of two sources:

1. Compute Grid trial download2. UTE augment included in licensed Compute Grid

The UTE can be setup in the following configurations:

1. Trial version WebSphere Application Server trial download + UTE2. Licensed version WebSphere Application Server + UTE3. Rational Application Developer + UTE

This article is based on configuration option #1 from the preceding list. The examples

given are done using Windows XP. Steps for Linux are similar.

Download and Install UTE

The basic steps are:

1. download and install WAS 6.1 Trial2. download and apply WAS 6.1 Fix Pack 133. download and install Compute Grid 6.1 Trial

Download and install WAS 6.1 Trial

Recommendation:

Be sure to check Compute Grid Wiki for latest fix pack recommendations :

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/xdcomputegrid/Recommended+fix+pack+levels

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Download: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/ws/was/

Unzip: directory of your choice

Run: \WAS\install.exe

The installer initial window looks like:

The install process is intuitive. Just follow the prompts. Make note of your choseninstall directory. You will need for the subsequent steps. For the purposes of this article,

I chose default install directory name: C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer.

Recommendation: install with security disabled. This will keep things simpler.

Download and apply WAS 6.1 Fix Pack 13

Installing WAS service is a two step process:

1. download and install WAS Update Installer2. download and install WAS Fix Pack

Download and install WAS Update Installer

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Download: http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24012718

Unzip: directory of your choice

Run: \UpdateInstaller\install.exe

The install process for the installer is intuitive. Just follow the prompts.

Download and install WAS Fix Pack 13

Download: http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24017334

Unzip: N/ARun: use Update Installer

For the purposes of this article, I chose default install directory name:

C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\UpdateInstaller\maintenance

Using the Update Installer

Start the Update Installer. On Windows, it is found on Start menu under IBM

WebSphere. The initial window looks like this:

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Note: you will observe the update level of the Update Installer (17, in this example) ismore recent than the target WebSphere fix pack (13) thats OK. Newer levels of the

Update Installer can install older fix pack levels.

Click Next to until you reach this window:

For product selection, choose the WAS install directory were you installed the WAS 6.1trial. Click Next until you reach the following window:

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Here, specify the directory into which you downloaded the fix pack. Click Next to thefollowing window:

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Follow prompts to finish the fix pack install.

Download and install Compute Grid 6.1 Trial

Download: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/ws/wscg/?S_TACT=105AGX28&S_CMP=DLMAIN

Unzip: directory of your choice

Run: \install.bat

The initial window looks like this:

Click Next until prompted for install location. Choose the same directory into which

you installed the trial download. That was:

C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer

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Click Next until prompted to specify which WAS profile to augment:

The WAS trial created profile AppSrv01 by default. Choose that. Follow the prompts

until finished.

Congratulations! You now have a Compute Grid Unit Test Server.

Verification

To make a preliminary check that you installed everything OK, check access to the

consoles both the WebSphere Administrative Console, as well as the Compute GridJob Management Console (JMC).

To do this, start your WAS server. On Windows, this is found on the Start menu underIBM WebSphere. Then use your browser to access each console.

By default you should the find the admin console at http://localhost:9060/ibm/console .

After you login, you should see:

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Note you should see that both WAS (6.1.0.13) and XD (6.1.0.2) are installed.

By default you should the find the job console at http://localhost:9080/jmc. After youlogin, you should see:

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Congratulations, you have a Compute Grid Test Server !

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References

UTE augment:

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/xdcomputegrid/The+unit+test+enviro

nment+topology

Recommended fix pack levels:

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/xdcomputegrid/Recommended+fix+p

ack+levels

Compute Grid Documentation Wiki

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/xdcomputegrid/Home

Batch Simulator PM Article:

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/techjournal/0801_vignola/0801_vignola

.html

Adding UTE to RAD

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/xdcomputegrid/Configuring+the+uni

t+test+environment+(UTE)+in+Rational+Application+Developer+(RAD )