Installing IBM Optim Designer with the Installation Manager Install wizard

This topic provides the instructions for installing Optim Designer with the Installation Manager Install wizard.

Complete any necessary pre-installation tasks.

This information describes how to start the product package installation for a typical installation. You typically install the product package using the installation launchpad and the Installation Manager Install wizard. For information about how to install the product package silently, see the silent installation information.

For products that are installed by IBM® Installation Manager, starting the installation process causes IBM Installation Manager to start even if it is not already installed. You will then install Installation Manager on your computer during the process of installing the product package. The installation wizard is pre-configured with the location of the repository that contains the installation package.
Note: If a new version of Installation Manager is found when you start the installation, you are prompted to confirm that you want to install it before you can continue. Click OK to proceed. Installation Manager automatically installs the new version, stops, restarts, and resumes.

The launchpad includes options to perform either an administrative or a non-administrative installation.

To install IBM Optim Designer with the Installation Manager Install wizard:
  1. Insert the product DVD into your DVD drive. For Linux, ensure that you have mounted the DVD drive.

    If autorun is enabled on your computer, the launchpad automatically opens.

    To start the installation manually, follow the next step.

  2. Optional: To start the installation manually, run launchpad.exe or launchpad.sh, which is located in the root directory of the DVD.
    As an alternative if you have already installed Installation Manager separately, you can also start the installation process by following these steps:
    1. Start Installation Manager.
    2. Configure the Installation Manager repository preferences.
    3. Run the Installation Manager Install wizard to install the product package.
  3. Optional: If you are installing with the launchpad, read the product information.
  4. Optional: If you are installing with the launchpad, click Install the IBM Optim Designer Components to open the Installation Manager Install wizard.
  5. In the Install Packages page of the Installation Manager Install wizard, select the packages to install.
  6. You can install updates at the same time that you install the base product package, if updates are available. To search for updates to the packages, click Check for Other Versions and Extensions. Installation Manager searches for updates at the predefined IBM update repository for the product package. It also searches any repository locations that you have set manually in the Installation Manager Preferences window.
  7. To learn more about the packages that you can install, click the package name. A description of the package is displayed in the Details pane.
  8. Click Next.
  9. On the Licenses page, read the license agreements for the selected packages. On the left-hand side of the License page, click each package version to display its license agreement.
    1. If you agree to the terms of all of the license agreements, click I accept the terms of the license agreements.
    2. Click Next to continue.
  10. If you are installing Installation Manager: On the Location page, type the path for the shared resources directory in the Shared Resources Directory field, or accept the default path. If you are installing on Linux, ensure that you do not include any spaces in the directory path. The shared resources directory contains resources that can be shared by one or more package groups.
    Important: You can specify the shared resources directory only at the time that you install Installation Manager. Use your largest disk for this to help ensure adequate space for the shared resources of future packages. You cannot change the directory location unless you uninstall all packages.
  11. Click Next to continue.
  12. On the Location page, create a package group to install the product package into, or select an package group. A package group represents a directory in which packages share resources with other packages in the same group. To create a new package group:
    1. Click Create a new package group.
    2. Type the path for the installation directory for the package group. (If you are installing on Linux, ensure that you do not include any spaces in the directory path.) The name for the package group is created automatically.
    After you select a package group, click Next.
  13. On the next Location page, you can choose to extend an Eclipse IDE already installed on your system, adding the functionality in the packages that you are installing. This option is not recommended for Optim™ Designer. This page is not available if you selected to share a package group in the last step.
    • If you do not want to extend an Eclipse IDE, click Next to continue.
    • To extend an existing Eclipse IDE:
      1. Select Extend an existing Eclipse.
      2. In the Eclipse IDE field, type or navigate to the location of the folder that contains the eclipse executable file (eclipse.exe or eclipse.bin). Installation manager will check if the Eclipse IDE version is valid for the package that you are installing. The Eclipse IDE JVM field displays the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) for the IDE that you specified.
      3. Click Next to continue.
  14. On the Features page under Languages, select the languages for the package group. The corresponding national language translations for the user interface and documentation for the product package will be installed. Optim Designer inherits the languages selected for InfoSphere® Data Architect.
  15. On the Summary page, review your choices before installing the product package. If you want to change the choices that you made on previous pages, click Back, and make your changes. When you are satisfied with your installation choices, click Install to install the package. A progress indicator shows the percentage of the installation completed.
  16. When the installation process is complete, a message confirms the success of the process.
    1. Click View log file to open the installation log file for the current session in a new window. You must close the Installation Log window to continue.
    2. In the Install Package wizard, select whether you want the product to start when you exit.
    3. Click Finish to launch the selected package. The Install Package wizard closes and you are returned to the Start page of Installation Manager.
  17. Close Installation Manager.
Complete any necessary post-installation tasks.