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 systems: /opt/IBM/Installation Manager
  • Non-admin installation:
    • On Windows systems: user.home\IBM\Installation Manager
    • On Linux systems: user.home/IBM/Installation Manager
Installation Manager shared resources directory Shared resources directory
  • Admin installation:
    • On Windows systems: C:\Program Files\IBM\SDPShared
    • On Linux systems: /opt/IBM/SDPShared
  • Non-admin installation:
    • On Windows systems: user.home\IBM\SDPShared
    • On Linux systems: user.home/IBM/SDPShared
Product installation directory Product directory
  • Admin installation:
    • On Windows systems:
      • Optim™ Designer and InfoSphere® Data Architect: C:\Program Files\IBM\IDA7.5.3
      • Optim Shared Libraries: C:\Program Files\IBM Optim\shared
    • On Linux systems:
      • Optim Designer and InfoSphere Data Architect (Linux only): /opt/IBM/IDA7.5.3
      • Optim Shared Libraries: /opt/IBM/shared
  • Non-admin installation:
    • On Windows systems:
      • Optim Designer and InfoSphere Data Architect: user.home\IBM\IDA7.5.3
      • Optim Shared Libraries: C:\Program Files\IBM Optim\shared
    • On Linux systems:
      • Optim Designer and InfoSphere Data Architect (Linux only): user.home/IBM/IDA7.5.3
      • Optim Shared Libraries: /opt/IBM/optim/shared
Product workspace directory workspace directory
  • On Windows systems: user.home\IBM\rationalsdp\workspace
  • For Linux : user.home/IBM/rationalsdp/workspace