The following steps describe how to install the product
package by using the Installation Manager graphical
user interface (GUI). You can optionally install product updates at
the same time that the base product package is installed; skip the
update steps in this topic if they do not apply to your installation.
Procedure
- From the Installation Manager Start
page, click Install. For information
on starting Installation Manager,
see IBM Installation Manager tasks
Note: If a new version of Installation Manager is found,
confirm that you want to install it to continue. Installation Manager automatically
installs the new version, stops, restarts, and resumes.
- The Install page of the Install wizard lists all the packages
found in the repositories that Installation Manager searched.
If two versions of a package are discovered, only the most recent,
or recommended, version of the package is displayed.
- To display all versions of any package found by Installation Manager, click Show
all versions.
- To return to the display of only the recommended packages,
deselect Show all versions.
- Click the product package to display its description in
the Details pane.
- To search for updates to the product package, click Check
for Other Versions and Extensions.
Installation Manager searches
for package updates in the predefined IBM update
repository. It also searches any repository locations that you have
set.
Note: To enable Installation Manager to search
the predefined IBM update
repository locations for the installed packages, in the Preferences
window, on the Repositories page, select the Search service
repositories during installation and updates option. Internet
access is also required.
- If updates for the product package are found, they are
displayed in the Installation Packages list
on the Install Packages page, below their corresponding product. Only
recommended updates are displayed by default.
- To view all updates found for the available packages, click Show
all versions.
- To display a package description under Details, click the
package name. If additional information about the package is available,
such as a readme file or release notes, a More info link
is included at the end of the description text. Click the link to
display the additional information in a browser. To fully understand
the package you are installing, review all the information before
you start the installation.
- Select the product package and any updates to the package
that you want to install. Updates that have dependencies are automatically
selected and cleared together. Click Next to
continue.
Note: If you install multiple Rational® packages
at the same time, or if you return to install another package later,
all the Rational packages
are installed into the same package group.
- On the Licenses page, read the license agreement for the
selected package.
If you selected more than one package
to install, there might be a license agreement for each package. On
the left side of the License page, click each
package version to display its license agreement. The package versions
that you selected (for example, the base package and an update) are
listed under the package name.
- If you agree to the terms of all the license agreements,
click I accept the terms in the license agreements.
- Click Next to continue.
- On the Location page, type the path for the shared resources
directory in the Shared Resources Directory field,
or accept the default path. The shared resources directory contains
resources that one or more package groups can share. Click Next to
continue.
Note: If you are installing on Linux or the UNIX system,
ensure that you do not include any spaces in the directory path.
The
default path is as follows:
- Windows: C:\Program
Files\IBM\IMShared
- Linux: /opt/ibm/IMShared
- UNIX systems: /opt/IBM/IMShared
Important: You can specify the shared resources
directory only the first time that you install a package. To help
ensure adequate disk space for shared resources for future packages,
use your largest disk drive. You cannot change the directory location
unless you uninstall all the packages.
- On this page, you will create a package group for
the product package. A package group represents a directory in which
packages share resources with other packages in the same group.
To create a new package group:
- Click Create a new package group.
- Type the path for the installation directory for the
package group or use the default path. The name for the package group
is created automatically.
Note: For Linux and UNIX systems,
the directory path cannot include spaces.
- Type a path for the installation directory or accept
the default path.
Note: Ensure that your installation
path does not contain parenthesis or double-byte characters.
- Click Next to continue.
- 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.
- On the Features page, select the features you want to install.
To display a description of a feature in the Details section, click
on the feature name.
- On the Features configuration pages, provide the necessary
configuration information for the features you are installing. You
can invoke the context sensitive help by clicking the question mark
icon, or by pressing the F1 key, to learn more about the configuration
requirements.
- On the Summary page, review your choices before installing
the product package. To change the choices that you made on previous
pages, click Back and make the changes. When
you are satisfied with your installation choices, click Install to
install the package.
- When the installation process is complete, a message confirms
the success of the process.
- 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.
- In the Install Package wizard, select whether you want
the product to start when you exit the wizard.
- To open the selected package, click Finish.
The Install Package wizard closes and you return to the Start page
of Installation Manager.