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.