Installing with Installation Manager from a shared network drive

This scenario outlines how to install both a Rational® product and IBM® Installation Manager from a shared network drive. Users enter configuration information during the installation.

Procedure

  1. Download the Rational product from IBM Passport Advantage®. The Rational product installation files include Installation Manager. You do not need to download Installation Manager separately.

    Installation Manager is compatible with earlier versions. Later versions of Installation Manager can install Rational products that are shipped with previous versions of Installation Manager. You can determine the version of Installation Manager files by checking the config.ini file. For more information, see Determining the version of Installation Manager.

  2. Extract the installation files for the Rational product to a shared network drive. Verify that the directories containing the installation files are shared directories.
  3. Check user requirements before installing. Rational Team products require administrator access.
  4. Mount a directory or map a shared drive from the shared network drive to the local computer.
  5. Install the Rational product and Installation Manager.
    1. On the local computer, open a command prompt.
    2. Go to the disk1 directory, which is located on the shared network drive.
    3. There are two ways to start the installation:
      • Start Launchpad. For Windows, type launchpad.exe. For Linux and UNIX systems, type launchpad.sh.

        A browser is required to use Launchpad.

      • Run the install command. For Windows, type install.exe. For Linux and UNIX, type install.
  6. Go through the Installation wizard and enter configuration information during the installation.

Results

The Rational product and IBM Installation Manager are installed. You can also set up Installation Manager updates automatically. For more information, see Check for updates for Installation Manager and installed products. For information about Installation Manager updates, see Installation Manager updates.

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