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. There is a limit to the number of characters
in the unix installation path, and it is case sensitive.
- 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.
Important: You can also select, in the Server Components section,
the Automatic View WAN Server functionality. When you select the
Automatic View WAN Server functionality, the CCRC WAN Server is also
selected.
- On the Features window, select the Microsoft Visual Studio Integration
feature.
Note: The feature is only enabled when you have Microsoft Visual Studio installed on your computer.
- 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.