To use IBM® InfoSphere® Optim™ Repository as the repository for your InfoSphere Optim solution, run the repository virtual machine on a virtual machine player. The repository manager and repository server are set to start automatically when you run the repository virtual machine.
Before you begin, install InfoSphereOptim Repository on your computer. Also, download and install VMware Player or other software that you can use to run VMware virtual machines. To download VMware Player, go to the VMware website at http://www.vmware.com/products/player/.
To run the repository virtual machine by using the VMware player, run VMware Player and complete the following steps from VMware Player.
After you change the hosts and services files, enter the following URL into a browser, where repository is the host name or IP address of the repository virtual machine: http://repository:9088/status/init. If you are prompted to authenticate, the repository is functioning properly and can be accessed by other applications on the repository computer.
Before you shut down the repository computer, shut down the repository virtual machine.