Update Installation Manager using imcl commands

We can use the service repositories or download files. To use the service repositories, we must have an Internet connection on the computer where the update is performed. If we use the service repositories, Installation Manager is updated to the latest version. To update to a version that is not the latest, we must download the files for that version. We cannot roll back Installation Manager to an earlier version. We must update Installation Manager to a later version.

See also: Update Installation Manager silently .


Update Installation Manager using the service repositories

  1. Open a command-line utility in the tools directory.

  2. Enter the command that is appropriate for your operating system:

    Operating system Command
    UNIX ./imcl install com.ibm.cic.agent
    Windows imcl.exe install com.ibm.cic.agent

    The com.ibm.cic.agent value is the packageID for Installation Manager.


Update Installation Manager Using download files

  1. From IBM download the Installation Manager installation files.

    Download the large fix pack, com.ibm.cic.agent.offering_version.zip, not the platform-specific compressed file.

  2. Create a directory on the computer where Installation Manager is installed.

  3. Extract the downloaded files to the directory that we created.

  4. Open a command-line utility in the tools directory.

  5. Update installation manager:

      Operating system Administrator
      Windows imcl.exe install com.ibm.cic.agent -repositories installation_files\repository.config -preferences offering.service.repositories.areUsed=false
      UNIX ./imcl install com.ibm.cic.agent -repositories installation_files/repository.config -preferences offering.service.repositories.areUsed=false

    The com.ibm.cic.agent value is the packageID for Installation Manager. The installation_files variable is the directory that contains the extracted files.

    Use the -preferences offering.service.repositories.areUsed=false option to prevent an update process from checking the service repositories.

    Without this option, the services repositories are checked and Installation Manager is updated to the latest version.

    Enclose file paths that include spaces with double quotation marks.

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