IBM® Installation
Manager is a program for installing, updating, and modifying packages.
It helps you manage the IBM applications,
or packages, that it installs on your computer. Installation Manager
does more than install packages: It helps you keep track of what you
have installed, determine what is available for you to install, and
organize installation directories.
Installation Manager provides tools that help you keep packages
up to date, modify the packages, manage the licenses for your packages
if required, and uninstall the packages from your system.
Installation Manager is included with the product. You can also
download the latest version of Installation Manager directly from
www.ibm.com. All instructions in this Installation Guide assume that
you are using the included version of Installation Manager. If you
upgrade later to a higher version of Installation Manager, some of
the instructions might not be accurate. The Installation Manager information
center is on the Web at: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/install/v1r4/index.jsp
Installation Manager includes six wizards that make it easy to
maintain packages through their life cycles:
- The Install wizard walks you through the
installation process. You can install a package by simply accepting
the defaults, or you can modify the default settings to create a custom
installation. Before you install, you are provided with a complete
summary of your selections throughout the wizard. Using the wizard
you can install one or more packages at one time.
- The Update wizard will search for available
updates to packages that you have installed. An update might 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
choose whether to apply an update
- 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 which type of license to use for each package.
Not all product packages require licenses.
- The Roll Back wizard enables you to revert
to a previous version of a package.
- The Uninstall wizard will remove a package
from your computer. You can uninstall more than one package at a time.
- With the Modify wizard you can modify certain
elements of a package that you have already installed. During the
first installation of the package, you select the features that you
want to install. If you find later that you require other features,
you can use the modify packages wizard to add them to your package.
You can also remove features and add or remove languages.