Searching for updates

Information about using the preferences Search service repositories during installation and updates and Search for Installation Manager updates together.

The preferences Search service repositories during installation and updates and Search for Installation Manager updates determine if Installation Manager searches for updates to installed products, including itself.

Search service repositories during installation and updates checks the service repositories for updates for installed products. Search for Installation Manager updates checks for available updates to Installation Manager. An update is available if it can be found by Installation Manager. Installation Manager finds updates either in the service repositories or in the repositories listed in the repository table.

Table 1.
Preferences in Installation Manager GUI Preferences in Response file Result
Search service repositories during installation and updates is checked

Search for Installation Manager updates is checked

offering.service.repositories.areUsed=true

com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.searchForUpdates=true

Installation Manager searches for updates in both the service repositories and the repositories listed in the repository table or the response file. The repository table is available in Installation Manager. The response file is used with silent installs. Installation Manager looks for available updates to itself.

When using the Installation Manager GUI, if updates are found in either the service repositories or in the repositories listed in the repository table, the update displays in the Install, Modify, or Update windows.

Search service repositories during installation and updates is checked

Search for Installation Manager updates is cleared

offering.service.repositories.areUsed=true

com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.searchForUpdates=false

Installation Managersearches for updates in both the service repositories and the repositories listed in the repository table or the response file. The repository table is available in Installation Manager. The response file is used with silent installs. Installation Manager does not look for available updates to itself.
Note: When using the Installation Manager GUI, if an update exists for the installed Installation Manager then this update remains available. The update is found in the service repositories but the update is not listed as an option in the Install, Modify, or Update windows. The update is not installed. If you check the Search for Installation Manager updates preference, the available Installation Manager update displays in the Install, Modify, or Update windows.
Search service repositories during installation and updates is cleared

Search for Installation Manager updates is checked

offering.service.repositories.areUsed=false

com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.searchForUpdates=true

Installation Manager does not access IBM.com to look at the service repositories for updates. Installation Manager does look for available updates to itself.

When using the Installation Manager GUI, Installation Manager searches the repositories listed in the repository table for updates. Updates that you download and add to the repository table are displayed in the Update window.

For silent installs, Installation Manager searches the repositories listed in response file for updates.

Search service repositories during installation and updates is not checked

Search for Installation Manager updates is cleared

offering.service.repositories.areUsed=false

com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.searchForUpdates=false

Installation Manager does not access IBM.com to look at the service repositories for updates. Installation Manager does search the repositories listed in the repository table for updates. Installation Manager does not look for available updates to itself.

In the Installation Manager GUI, you can download an update for Installation Manager, extract the update file to create the repository, add the repository to the repository table, then click Update. The update does not display in the Update window. You might receive a message indicating that no updates are found for Installation Manager.

For silent installs, Installation Manager searches the repositories listed in response file for updates but does not look for available updates to itself.