Installation Locations

IBM® Installation Manager retrieves product packages from specified repositories and installs the products into selected locations, which are referred to as package groups.

Package groups

During installation, you specify a package group into which to install a 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.

Note: 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.

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