IBM® Installation
Manager is a program for installing, updating, and modifying packages. It
helps you manage the IBM applications, or packages, that it installs on your
computer. Installation Manager does more than install packages: It helps you
keep track of what you have installed, determine what is available for you
to install, and organize installation directories.
Installation Manager provides tools that help you keep packages up to date,
modify the packages, manage the licenses for your packages, and uninstall
the packages from your system.
Version 1.2.1 of Installation Manager is included with the product. You
can also download Installation Manager Version 1.2.x directly from www.ibm.com.
All instructions in this Installation Guide assume that you are using the
included version of Installation Manager. If you upgrade later to a higher
version of Installation Manager, some of the instructions might not be accurate.
The Installation Manager information center is on the Web at: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/install/v1r2/index.jsp
Installation Manager includes six wizards that make it easy to maintain
packages through their life cycles:
- The Install wizard walks you through the installation
process. You can install a package by simply accepting the defaults, or you
can modify the default settings to create a custom installation. Before you
install, you are provided with a complete summary of your selections throughout
the wizard. Using the wizard you can install one or more packages at one time.
- The Update wizard will search for available updates
to packages that you have installed. An update might be a released fix, a
new feature, or a new version of the product. Details of the contents of the
update are provided in the wizard. You can choose whether to apply an update
- The Manage Licenses wizard helps you set up the licenses
for your packages. Use this wizard to change your trial license to a full
license, to set up your servers for floating licenses and to select which
type of license to use for each package.
- The Roll Back wizard enables you to revert to a previous
version of a package.
- The Uninstall wizard will remove a package from your
computer. You can uninstall more than one package at a time.
- With the Modify wizard you can modify certain elements
of a package that you have already installed. During the first installation
of the package, you select the features that you want to install. If you find
later that you require other features, you can use the modify packages wizard
to add them to your package. You can also remove features and add or remove
languages.