Setting up IBM Installation Manager
Install and configure IBM® Installation Manager so that you can download and install the product and updates.
About this task
Procedure
- Install IBM Installation Manager on your
system.
If you already have IBM Installation Manager installed, you can proceed to Configure Installation Manager to install and maintain the Load Balancer product..
- Obtain the necessary files for your system. There are four options for obtaining the files and installing the Installation Manager and Load Balancer product:
Avoid trouble: Be aware of the following:
- The downloadable version of Installation Manager is preconfigured to use the remote repositories. If you use the local repositories that are included in the download, you must configure the location of the repositories in Installation Manager.
- If you want to access the most recent Load Balancer installation files, use the remote web-based repositories.
- If you use local repositories, you can also leave in the preconfigured remote repositories, because they will provide post-shipment service updates when you are connected to the internet. Deselect the remote repositories in the Repositories panel of IBM Installation Manager if you use the local repositories.
- Use the copy of Installation Manager and the product files from your product disk:
- Insert the product disk for Websphere Load Balancer for IPv4 and IPv6, and copy the product repository to a temporary location in your system.
- Insert the Installation Manager Disk and proceed to the installation step.
- Download a file from the Passport Advantage®
site and use web-based or local installation:
- If you are a licensed client, download and unpack a compressed file that contains the preconfigured Installation Manager and the necessary product repositories.
- Install Installation Manager on your local system and use it to install Load Balancer from either the web-based repositories or the unpacked local product repositories.
- Download a file from the Installation Manager for WebSphere® web site, and perform a web-based installation:
- Download and unpack a compressed file that contains the Installation Manager that is appropriate for your operating system from the IBM Installation Manager download website.
- Install Installation Manager on your local system and use it to install the product from the web-based repositories.
- Download files from both the Installation Manager for WebSphere web site and the product web
site, and perform a local installation:
- Download and unpack the compressed files that contain the Installation Manager and the product repositories from the product web site.
- Install Installation Manager on your local system and use it to install the product from the unpacked local product repositories.
- Unpack the compressed file that contains Installation Manager into a temporary folder.
Use a folder name like IM_temp.
- Run the install command for IBM Installation
Manager.
- For an interactive installation, run the following command as an administrator from the
temporary directory:
./install
The installer opens the Install Packages window.install.exe
- To install IBM Installation Manager silently, run the
following command as an administrator from the temporary directory:
./installc --launcher.ini silent-install.ini -log log_file_path_and_name
After installation is complete, configure your repositories. For more information on installing Installation Manager silently, see the topic on silently installing packages using the Installation Manager installer that is in the information center for IBM Installation Manager.installc --launcher.ini silent-install.ini -log log_file_path_and_name
- For an interactive installation, run the following command as an administrator from the
temporary directory:
- Ensure that the latest version of the Installation Manager package is selected, and click Next.
- Accept the terms in the license agreements, and click Next.
The program creates the directory for your installation.
- Click Next.
- Review the summary information, and click Install. Review the results:
- If the installation is successful, the program displays a message indicating that the installation is successful.
- If the installation is not successful, click View Log File to troubleshoot the problem.
- If you are using local repositories to install and maintain the product, configure each local
repository in Installation Manager.
If you are using the web-based repositories to install and maintain the product, go to the topic on Installing the product with the GUI or Installing the product silently. Otherwise, perform the following actions:
- Unpack the compressed file containing the repository to a directory on your system.
- Add the local repository to your Installation Manager preferences:
- In the top menu, click File > Preferences.
- Select Repositories.
- Click Add Repository.
- Enter the path to the repository.config file in the local directory into which you unpacked the
repository files. For example, enter the following:
/var/repositories/edge85/local-repositories
C:\repositories\edge85\local-repositories
- Click OK.
- Click Apply.
- Click OK.
- Close Installation Manager. Click File > Exit.
- Obtain the necessary files for your system.
- Configure Installation Manager to install and maintain the Load Balancer product.
Best practice: Be aware of the following:
- If you want to access the most recent installation files for the Load Balancer product, then use the remote web-based repositories.
- If you use local repositories, you can also leave in the preconfigured remote repositories, because they will provide post-shipment service updates when you are connected to the internet. Deselect the remote repositories in the Repositories panel of IBM Installation Manager if you use the local repositories.
- Download the necessary compressed files from the web to your system. There are three options for downloading and installing the product:
- Download a file from the Passport Advantage
site and use a web-based or local installation:
- If you are a licensed client, download and unpack a compressed file containing the necessary product repositories.
- Use Installation Manager to install the product from either the web-based repositories or the unpacked local product repositories.
- Use Installation Manager to install the product from the web-based repositories.
- Download files from the product web site, and use a local installation:
- Download the compressed files that contain the product repositories from the product web site.
- Use Installation Manager to install the product from the unpacked local product repositories.
- Download a file from the Passport Advantage
site and use a web-based or local installation:
- Add the web-based repositories or configure the local repositories. Perform one of the following actions:
- If you are using the web-based repositories, add them to your Installation Manager
preferences.
- In the top menu, click File > Preferences.
- Select Repositories.
- Add the product repository.
- Click Add Repository.
- Enter the URL for the product repository. The product repository for Edge Components
is:
http://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/V85WASNDEdge
- Click OK.
- Add the service repository.
- Click Add Repository.
- Enter the URL for the service repository: The service repository might or might not be the same as the product repository.
- Click OK.
- Deselect any locations that are listed in the Repositories panel that you will not use.
- Click Apply.
- Click OK.
- Close Installation Manager. Click File > Exit.
- Install the product using the GUI, or install the product silently.
- If you are using local repositories to install and maintain the product, configure each local
repository in Installation Manager.
- Unpack the compressed file containing the repository to a directory on your system.
- Add the local repository to your Installation Manager preferences.
- In the top menu, click File > Preferences.
- Select Repositories.
- Click Add Repository.
- Enter the path to the repository.config file in the local directory into which you unpacked the
repository files. For example:
/var/repositories/edge85/local-repositories
C:\repositories\edge85\local-repositories
- Click OK.
- Deselect locations in the Repositories panel that you do not want to use.
- Click Apply.
- Click OK.
- Close Installation Manager. Click File > Exit.
- If you are using the web-based repositories, add them to your Installation Manager
preferences.
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