IBM® Installation Manager is a common installer for many IBM software products that you use to install this WebSphere® Application Server feature pack.
This feature pack is one of the first WebSphere Application Server products to be installed by Installation Manager rather than by the programs based on InstallShield MultiPlatform (ISMP) that are used to install, update, and uninstall previous versions of WebSphere Application Server.
Installation Manager is a single installation
program that can use remote or local software repositories to install,
modify, or update new WebSphere Application
Server products. It determines and shows available packages—including
products, fix packs, interim fixes, and so on—checks prerequisites
and interdependencies, and installs the selected packages. You also
use Installation Manager to easily uninstall the packages that it
installed. Before using the installation manager, refer to the Installation
Manager Information Center for a description of the various Installation
Manager options you can specify when you install the Installation
Manager.
The Agent Data Location directory, which is sometimes referred to as the appDataLocation, is critical to the healthy functioning of the Installation Manager. After the directory is created, it cannot be moved. If the Agent Data Location directory becomes corrupt, all product installations that are tracked by the metadata in the Agent Data Location directory become unserviceable and need to be reinstalled if service is needed.
See the Installation Manager information center for the default location of the Agent Data Location directory. To override the default location specify the –dataLocation (or –dL) command line option when installing the Installation Manager, and then use the –dataLocation (or –dL) command line option to specify a different location.
The location of the Shared Resources Directory is set when the first product is installed. Each product repository specifies a default location. Therefore, if this location is not overridden, then the first installed product determines the location.
The -sharedResourcesDirectory command line option can be used the first time the Installation Manager installs a product to specify the location of this directory. The location of the Shared Resources Directory cannot be changed after it is initially set.
–preferences com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.preserveDownloadedArtifacts=false
When this preference is set to false, all data that is no longer needed is removed after the operation completes. You must still ensure you have enough space to stage the payload during the installation and maintenance operations, but data no longer accumulates over time. If you have previously not used this preference, all old payloads are removed the first time you use this preference. You can also specify this preference by selecting the Delete Saved Files option on the Preferences panel in the Installation Manager GUI. You can also use this panel to indicate that download artifacts are not to be preserved.
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Perform one of these procedures to install or uninstall the feature pack using Installation Manager.
When you have finished the installation, you can create a WebSphere Application Server runtime environment that includes the feature pack's functions. To use the feature-pack functionality, you must create a new profile with the feature-pack functionality or augment an existing profile with the feature pack.
For more information, read Augmentation rules and limitations for feature packs on non-z/OS operating systems, Augmenting profiles using the graphical user interface, and Augmenting a profile using the command prompt.
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