Repository locations
The repository location you select depends on whether you are installing, modifying, or updating a product.
When you add a repository in the repository preferences window, you can select one of the following files:
Repository file Information diskTag.inf diskTag.inf indicates to IBM Installation Manager that the files are from a disk image. diskTag.inf can be across multiple disks. diskTag.inf cannot be used from an HTTP server. Updates do not contain a diskTag.inf. Some IBM products ship with launchpad. Launchpad provides a single location to view release information and start the installation process. Launchpad is shipped only with disk images and uses only diskTag.inf. IBM products that ship with launchpad contain the files launchpad.exe or launchpad.sh.
You cannot create a diskTag.inf with Packaging Utility but you can select a diskTag.inf in Packaging Utility.
JAR file License kits are distributed using a .jar file. repository.config Typically located in install_files\IBMProduct. Can be created using the Packaging Utility. Launchpad does not use repository.config.
.zip file .zip files that contain a diskTag.inf or are larger than 2.2 GB in size must be extracted.