IBM® Installation
Manager retrieves product packages from specified repositories and installs
the products into selected locations, referred to as package groups.
Package groups
During installation,
you specify a
package group into which to install a product.
- A package group represents a directory in which products share resources.
- When you install a product using the Installation Manager, you either
create a package group or install the product into an existing package group.
A new package group is assigned a name automatically; however, you choose
the installation directory for the package group.
- After you create a package group you cannot change the installation directory.
The installation directory contains files and resources shared by the products
installed into that package group.
- Product resources designed to be shared with other packages are installed
in the shared resources directory. Not all products can share a package group,
in which case the option to use an existing package group will be disabled.
- When you install multiple products at the same time, all products are
installed into the same package group.
Important: When installing products on the Windows® Vista
operating system, do not create package groups in the Program Files directory
(C:\Program Files\). Otherwise, users without Administrator privileges will
be unable to use the product.
Shared resources directory
The
shared resources
directory is where product resources are installed so that they can
be used by multiple product package groups. You define the shared resources
directory the first time that you install the first product package. For best
results, use your largest disk drive for shared resources directories. You
cannot change the directory location unless you uninstall all product packages.
Important: When installing products on the Windows Vista operating system, do not
create the shared resources directory in the Program Files directory (C:\Program
Files\). Otherwise, users without Administrator privileges will be unable
to use the product.