Installation default values and conventions

The installation documentation uses conventions such as Shared resources directory that infer specific directory locations. This topic describes the conventions in use for this product and the associated default value.

Table 1. Installation documentation conventions and default values
Name Convention in installation documentation Default Value
Installation Manager installation directory Installation Manager directory
  • Admin installation:
    • On Windows: C:\Program Files\IBM\Installation Manager
    • On Linux or Unix systems: /opt/IBM/Installation Manager
  • Non-admin installation:
    • On Windows systems:
    • On Linux or Unix systems:
Installation Manager shared resources directory Shared resources directory
  • Admin installation:
    • On Windows systems: C:\Program Files\IBM\SDPShared
    • On Linux or Unix systems: /opt/IBM/SDPShared
  • Non-admin installation:
    • On Windows systems: user.home\IBM\SDPShared
    • On Linux or Unix systems: user.home/IBM/SDPShared
Product installation directory Product directory
  • Admin installation:
    • On Windows systems:
      • Optim™ Manager, Optim Management Server, WASCE, and Optim Shared Libraries: C:\Program Files\IBM Optim\shared
      • Optim Proxy: C:\Program Files\IBM Optim\proxy
      • Optim Service Publisher: C:\Program Files\IBM Optim\publisher
    • On Linux or Unix systems:
      • Optim Manager, Optim Management Server, WASCE, and Optim Shared Libraries: /opt/IBM/shared
      • Optim Proxy: /opt/IBM/proxy
      • Optim Service Publisher: /opt/IBM/publisher
  • Non-admin installation:
    • On Windows systems:
      • Optim Manager, Optim Management Server, WASCE, and Optim Shared Libraries: C:\Program Files\IBM Optim\shared
      • Optim Proxy: C:\Program Files\IBM Optim\proxy
      • Optim Service Publisher: C:\Program Files\IBM Optim\publisher
    • On Linux or Unix systems:
      • Optim Manager, Optim Management Server, WASCE, and Optim Shared Libraries: /opt/IBM/optim/shared
      • Optim Proxy: /opt/IBM/optim/proxy
      • Optim Service Publisher: /opt/IBM/publisher