Directory paths for Installation Manager

Each instance of Installation Manager has an install directory and an agent data directory.

The directories where Installation Manager is installed are determined by the type of user account used to install the product.

Any changes made to an installation of Installation Manager that you installed with a root user or non-administrator account do not affect an installation of Installation Manager that you installed with a non-root user or non-administrator account. The reverse is also true.

Directory	Root/Administrator	Non-root/non-administrator
Default install directory	Unix: /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse Windows: C:\IBM\Installation Manager\eclipse	Unix: /<user/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse Windows XP Professional Windows Server 2003: C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\IBM\Installation Manager\eclipse Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 Windows 7: C:\Users\<user>\IBM\Installation Manager\eclipse
Eclipse log file	Unix: /var/ibm/InstallationManager/pluginState/.metadata Windows Server 2008: C:\ProgramData\IBM\Installation Manager\pluginState\.metadata	Unix: /<user/var/ibm/InstallationManager/pluginState/.metadata Windows Server 2008: C:\Users\<user\IBM\Installation ManagerInstaller\pluginState\.metadata
Default agent data location.	Unix: /var/ibm/InstallationManager Windows Server 2008: C:\ProgramData\IBM\Installation Manager	Unix: /<user>/var/ibm/InstallationManager Windows Server 2008: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\IBM\Installation Manager

For more information about agent data, go to the Agent data location page in the Installation Manager information center.

To find the location of Installation Manager, open...

/etc/.ibm/registry/InstallationManager.dat

Examine the location entry. For example...

location=/var/ibm/InstallationManager

1. Open the Windows Registry.

2. Search for the following registry key:
   HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\IBM\Installation Manager\location

3. Open the key and examine its value.

Change root Installation Manager to non-root Installation Manager

If initial install of Installation Manager was done as root, to change to non-root user...

1. chown non-rootuser
   • WAS_HOME
   • Cconnections_root
   • data_directory_root
   • /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/
   • /opt/IBM/SSPShared/
   • /var/ibm/InstallationManager

   Copy the Installation Manager registry file from :

   /etc/.ibm/registry/InstallationManager.dat

   ...to... /home/<non-root user>/etc/.ibm/registry/InstallationManager.dat

2. Edit...
   /home/wasadmin/var/ibm/InstallationManager/installregistry.xml

   ...and change...

   <property name='accessRights' value='admin'/>

   ...to...

   <property name='accessRights' value='nonAdmin'/>

   Change all occurrences of the root IIM directory to the new one. For example...

   /opt/IBM/InstallationManager

   ...to...

   /home/wasadmin/IBM/InstallationManager

3. Change all occurrences of the root IIM data directory to the new one. For example...
   /var/ibm/InstallationManager

   ...to...

   /home/wasadmin/var/ibm/InstallationManager

4. Edit...
   /home/wasadmin/var/ibm/InstallationManager/installed.xml

   ...and change all occurrences of the root IIM directory to the new one. For example, change all occurrences of...

   /opt/IBM/InstallationManager

   ...to...

   /home/wasadmin/IBM/InstallationManager

   Change all occurrences of the root IIM data directory to the new one. For example...

   /var/ibm/InstallationManager

   ...to...

   /home/wasadmin/var/ibm/InstallationManager

Parent topic:
Install silently

Related reference:

Agent data location