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.
- A package group represents a directory in which products share
resources.
- When you install a product by using 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
that are shared by the products that are installed into that package
group.
- Product resources that are 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 is disabled.
- When you install multiple products at the same time, all products
are installed into the same package group.
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.