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 if required, and uninstall the
packages from your system.
Installation Manager is
included with the product. You can download the latest version of Installation Manager and
access the Installation Manager Information
Center at http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27025142. All instructions in this Installation Guide
assume that you are using the version of Installation Manager that
is bundled with the product. If you use a earlier version of Installation Manager or
upgrade to a newer version, some of the instructions might not be
accurate.
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.
Not all product packages require licenses.
- 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.