Installing InfoSphere Data Architect

This topic provides the instructions for installing InfoSphere Data Architect.

In the instructions that follow, it is assumed that you started your installation from the launchpad.

To install IBM® InfoSphere Data Architect, complete the following steps:
  1. Start the launchpad.
    The file that you run is different, depending on whether you are installing as an administrator or as a non-administrator.
  2. In the launchpad dialog-box, click Install Product for an administrative installation.
    Note: If a new version of Installation Manager is found, you are prompted to confirm that you want to install it before you can continue. Click OK to proceed.Installation Manager automatically installs the new version, stops, restarts, and resumes.
    IBM Installation Manager starts.
  3. Ensure that IBM InfoSphere Data Architect is selected.
  4. You can install updates at the same time that you install the base product package. To search for updates to the packages, click Check for Other Versions and Extensions. Installation Manager searches for updates at the predefined IBM update repository for the product package. It also searches any repository locations that you have set.
  5. To learn more about the packages that you can install, click the package name. A description of the package is displayed in the Details pane.
  6. Click Next.
  7. On the Licenses page, read the license agreements for the selected packages. On the left-hand side of the License page, click each package version to display its license agreement.
    1. If you agree to the terms of all of the license agreements, click I accept the terms of the license agreements.
    2. Click Next to continue.
  8. If you are installing Installation Manager: On the Location page, type the path for the shared resources directory in the Shared Resources Directory field, or accept the default path. If you are installing on Linux®, ensure that you do not include any spaces in the directory path. The shared resources directory contains resources that can be shared by one or more package groups.
    Important: You can specify the shared resources directory only at the time that install Installation Manager. Use your largest disk for this to help ensure adequate space for the shared resources of future packages. You cannot change the directory location unless you uninstall all packages.
  9. Click Next to continue.
  10. On the Location page, create a package group to install the product package into, or select an package group. A package group represents a directory in which packages share resources with other packages in the same group. To create a new package group:
    1. Click Create a new package group.
    2. Type the path for the installation directory for the package group. If you are installing on Linux, ensure that you do not include any spaces in the directory path. The name for the package group is created automatically.
    After you select a package group, click Next.
  11. On the next Location page, you can choose to extend an Eclipse IDE already installed on your system, adding the functionality in the packages that you are installing.
    • If you do not want to extend an Eclipse IDE, click Next to continue.
    • To extend an existing Eclipse IDE:
      1. Select Extend an existing Eclipse.
      2. In the Eclipse IDE field, type or navigate to the location of the folder that contains the eclipse executable file (eclipse.exe or eclipse.bin). Installation manager will check if the Eclipse IDE version is valid for the package that you are installing. The Eclipse IDE JVM field displays the Java™ Virtual Machine (JVM) for the IDE that you specified.
      3. Click Next to continue.
  12. On the Features page under Languages, select the languages for the package group. The corresponding national language translations for the user interface and documentation for the product package will be installed.
  13. On the next Features page, select the package features that you want to install.
    1. Optional: To see the dependency relationships between features, select Show Dependencies.
    2. Optional: Click a feature to view its brief description under Details.
    3. Select or clear features in the packages. Installation Manager will automatically enforce any dependencies with other features and display updated download size and disk space requirements for the installation.
    4. When you are finished selecting features, click Next to continue.
  14. On the help system configuration page, select one of the following options and then click Next:
    • Access help from the Web
    • Download help and access content locally
    • Access help from a server on your intranet
  15. On the Summary page, review your choices before installing the product package. If you want to change the choices that you made on previous pages, click Back, and make your changes. When you are satisfied with your installation choices, click Install to install the package. A progress indicator shows the percentage of the installation completed.
  16. When the installation process is complete, a message confirms the success of the process.
    1. Click View log file to open the installation log file for the current session in a new window. You must close the Installation Log window to continue.
    2. In the Install Package wizard, select whether you want the product to start when you exit.
    3. Click Finish to launch the selected package. The Install Package wizard closes and you are returned to the Start page of Installation Manager.
  17. Close Installation Manager.
Related concepts
Planning what features to install
Coexistence considerations
Installation terminology
Related tasks
Updating installed product packages
Reverting updates to previous versions
Starting the launchpad

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