Before installing, modifying, or updating a release, obtain the installation repository location from your administrator or IBM®.
On the Repositories window, you can add, edit, or remove repositories and modify the repository order in the repository table. You can clear credentials for a repository or test a connection to a repository. You can set a preference to search or not search service repositories when installing or updating a package.
Repository Locations
You can add repository locations on the Repositories page of the Preferences window. To add a new repository location, you must select one of the following files: diskTag.inf, repository.config, .zip, or a JAR file containing a repository. The file you select depends on what you are installing, modifying, or updating. The Repository files table provides information about the different files.
Repository file | Information |
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diskTag.inf | diskTag.inf indicates to Installation Manager that the
files are from a disk image. diskTag.inf can be across multiple disks.
diskTag.inf cannot be used from an HTTP server. Updates do not contain
a diskTag.inf. Some IBM products ship with Launchpad. Launchpad provides a single location to view release information and start the installation process. Launchpad is shipped only with disk images and uses only diskTag.inf. IBM products that ship with Launchpad contain the files launchpad.exe or launchpad.sh. Note: You cannot
create a diskTag.inf with Packaging Utility but you can select a diskTag.inf
in Packaging Utility.
|
JAR file contain a repository | License kits are distributed using a .jar file. |
repository.config | Repository.config obtained from the repository
files. For updates, this file is typically in the install_files\IBMProduct
directory. Repository.config can be created or selected in Packaging Utility. Launchpad does not use repository.config. |
.zip file | .zip files that contain a diskTag.inf or are larger than 2.2 GB in size must be extracted. |
If you perform a search of the IBM product installation files, you might find both a diskTag.inf and a repository.config. Use the diskTag.inf when selecting a repository location.
Test Connections
For repositories that you are connected to, you see a green box in the Connection column of the repository table. When Installation Manager cannot connect to a repository, a message displays with information about the failed connection to the repository. Click Details to view additional details about the failed connection. For failed connections, a red box displays in the Connection column.
Service Repository
Installation Manager searches both service repositories and repositories listed in the repository table or the response file. The repository table is available in Installation Manager. To view the repository table, go to . The response file is used with silent installs.
The preferences Search service repositories during installation and updates and Search for Installation Manager updates determine what updates are search for by Installation Manager. For information about how these preferences work together, see Searching for updates.
To add, edit or remove a repository location in Installation Manager: