There are several steps to follow to place the product
package on an HTTP web server.
Procedure
To prepare the product for installation from a repository
on an HTTP or HTTPS web server or shared drive/directory:
- Ensure that the HTTP or HTTPS web server or shared drive/directory
has sufficient disk space to store the product package.
- Ensure that your workstation has sufficient disk space
to store both the files that you must download from IBM Passport Advantage® and the extracted
installation image.
- From IBM Passport Advantage, download all
the required parts for the product image to a temporary directory
on your workstation.
- Extract the installation image from the downloaded files
into another temporary directory on your workstation and verify that
the installation image is complete. For details, see Verifying and extracting electronic images.
- From the Enterprise Deployment DVD (or electronic disk)
appropriate for your platform, install on your workstation the IBM Packaging
Utility. See Installing Packaging Utility
- Using the Packaging Utility, copy the product package.
See Copying product packages using Packaging Utility
- Copy the output of the Packaging Utility to an HTTP or
HTTPS web Server or shared drive/directory.
- From the Enterprise Deployment DVD, copy the installation
files for IBM Installation Manager to a shared
drive/directory.
- Optional: Create a response
file with repository, license information, product settings,
and other values that are specific to your deployment. If
you create a response file, users can run silent installations.
You can create this response file manually or you can use Installation Manager to record
it for you. See Creating a response file with Installation Manager while installing.
- Instruct users in your organization to install Installation Manager from the
shared drive/directory. See IBM Installation Manager tasks for
more information about installing the Installation Manager.
- If you did not include a response file with the Installation Manager, provide
users with the URL to the repository that contains the product package
you created earlier and provide them with information that they must complete
the installation with the Installation Manager, such
as license information, product settings and other values that are
specific to your deployment.