Locate and install product updates and new features for
packages that are installed with IBM® Installation Manager.
Before you begin
Before you can update a package,
Installation
Manager must
have access to the repository that contains the package updates. Internet
access might be required.
Important: Each installed
package has an embedded location for its default update repository.
For
Installation
Manager to
search the default repository locations for the installed packages,
the preference
Search service repositories during installation
and updates must be selected. For information about
Search
service repositories during installation and updates,
see
Repository preferences.
You can add a repository
to the repository list. For information about adding a repository,
see Repository preferences.
About this task
Use
Installation
Manager to
locate available updates for installed packages.
Note: If you use another
installer besides Installation
Manager to
update a package, Installation
Manager might
not be able to recognize the change. You might have to uninstall the
update from the other installer in order to use Installation
Manager to
perform a later update.
Procedure
To find and install available updates:
- Close all programs that were installed with Installation
Manager.
- In Installation
Manager,
click Update.
- If a new version of Installation
Manager is
found, you are prompted to confirm the installation before you can
continue. Click OK to proceed. Installation
Manager automatically
installs the new version, restarts, and resumes.
- In the Update wizard, select the package
group that contains the package for updating or select Update
All, and click Next. Installation
Manager searches
for updates in added and predefined repositories.
- Available updates are shown in the Updates list
on the Update Packages page. Only the latest updates are shown by
default. Clear Show recommended only to show
all updates that are found for the available packages. Show
recommended only is selected by default.
- To learn more about an update, click the update and
review its description under Details.
- If additional information about the update is available,
a More info link is included at the end of
the description text. Click the link to display the information in
a browser. Review this information before installing the update.
- Select the packages and any updates to the packages to
install or click Select Recommended to restore
the default selections. Updates that have a dependency relationship
are automatically selected and cleared together. Click Next.
- On the Licenses page, read the license agreements for the
selected updates. On the left side of the page, the list of licenses
for the updates you selected is shown. Click each item to display
the license agreement text.
- If you agree to the terms of all the license agreements,
click I accept the terms of the license agreements.
- Click Next.
- Review your choices before installing the updates.
- To change your choices, click Back.
- When you are finished, click Update to
download and install the updates.