IBM® Installation
Manager is a program that helps you install the Rational® Programming Patterns product package
on your workstation. It also helps you update, modify, and uninstall
any package that you install. A package can be a product, a group
of components, or a single component that is designed for Installation
Manager to install.
IBM Installation
Manager helps you keep track of what you have installed, determine
what is available for you to install, and organize installation directories.
It is installed on your system the first time you install a Rational Software Delivery
Platform product.
Installing products from their launchpad is
recommended because it automatically starts IBM Installation Manager. The necessary repository
location information and the packages to be installed are automatically
preselected. Moreover if the IBM Installation
Manager version is not compatible with the version required to install
the new packages, its update is automatically proposed.
IBM Installation Manager includes
wizards that make it easy to maintain packages through their lifecycles:
- The Install wizard walks you through the
installation process. You can install a package by accepting the defaults,
or you can change the default settings to customize an installation.
Before you install a package, you see a summary of your selections
throughout the wizard. Using the wizard, you can install one or more
packages at one time.
- The Update wizard searches for available
updates to packages that you have installed. An update can 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 decide
whether to apply an update.
- With the Modify wizard, you can change
certain elements of a package that you have installed. During the
first installation of the package, you select the features to install.
If you require other features later, you can use the Modify wizard
to add the features. You can also remove features.
- 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 the type of license to use for each package.
- The Roll Back wizard reverts to a previous
version of a package.
- The Uninstall wizard removes a package
from your computer. You can uninstall more than one package at a time.
For more information, see the Installation Manager product documentation at
the following address;
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSDV2W_1.7.0/com.ibm.cic.agent.ui.doc/helpindex_imic.html