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Install or update the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers using console mode

You can use IBM Installation Manager in console mode to install or update packages from a command-line interface.

Before installing or updating the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers, install or update the prerequisite software that is described in Requirements for a dashboard environment.

Set up a local or network repository that contains the IBM Tivoli Monitoring components for a dashboard environment. See Use IBM Installation Manager to install or update components from a local repository and Use IBM Installation Manager to install or update components from a network repository.

If you select the Configuration feature in this procedure, the installer will restart the IBM WebSphere Application Server as part of the installation or update process.


Perform the following steps to run the IBM Installation Manager in console mode to install or update IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers on the computer where IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub is installed.

  1. Log in as the user who installed IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub.

  2. Start the IBM Installation Manager in console mode from the directory where it was installed. For example:

    • C:\Program Files\IBM\Installation Manager\eclipse\tools\imcl.exe -c

    • /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse/tools/imcl -c

  3. The following menu is displayed:
    Select:
         1. Install - Install software packages
         2. Update - Find and install updates and fixes to installed software packages
         3. Modify - Change installed software packages
         4. Roll Back - Revert to an earlier version of installed software packages
         5. Uninstall - Remove installed software packages
    
    Other Options:
         L. View Logs
         S. View Installation History
         V. View Installed Packages
            ------------------------
         P. Preferences
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         E. Export Data for Problem Analysis
         A. About IBM Installation Manager
            ------------------------
         X. Exit Installation Manager

    Select 1 to install software packages. Select 2 to update software packages.

  4. When you are presented with the list of software packages, select the option for the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers package.

    1. You can also select the Tivoli Authorization Policy Server if you want to install it on the same system. If you select the Tivoli Authorization Policy Server package, see Install or update the Tivoli Authorization Policy Server using console mode for details when you are asked to provide information specific to this package.

    2. You should not select the tivcmd CLI package since it cannot be installed at the same time as the Authorization Policy Server or infrastructure management dashboards by using console mode.

    3. When you update packages, the IBM Installation Manager only displays the packages with an updated version in the repository. For example, even though you might have Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers and the Authorization Policy Server installed, you might only see the updated dashboard package if the Authorization Policy Server was not updated in the latest release or fix pack.

  5. From the next list of options, select 1 to install or update the current version of the software package. Option 2 displays all available versions of the package.

  6. IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers is selected by default. Select N (Next) to continue.

  7. Select the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers features to install or update. By default, both Installation are selected. Select N (Next) to continue.

    It is recommended to select the Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers Installation features together (which is the default behavior). However, you cannot select the infrastructure management dashboards Configuration feature if you did not select the Configuration feature when IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub was installed. You also should not select the Configuration feature if you want to review the deployment scripts before they are used to deploy the infrastructure management dashboards application into IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub. If you select the Installation feature on its own, only the dashboard application binaries and install scripts are laid down in the installation directory (on Windows this location is usually C:\Program Files\IBM\JazzSM\installedDashboards\com.ibm.tivoli.itmosd and on Linux/UNIX this location is usually /opt/IBM/JazzSM/installedDashboards/com.ibm.tivoli.itmosd). If you select the Configuration feature on its own, the Installation feature is selected as well.

  8. Enter your WebSphere administrator-level user credentials (user name and password) to install or update the Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers application into IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub. The installer validates the entered credentials.

    If you are installing or updating other packages, supply configuration information for those packages. See step 10 in Install or update the Tivoli Authorization Policy Server using console mode for information about configuring the Tivoli Authorization Policy Server feature.

  9. When validation is completed select N (Next) to continue.

  10. Review the installation summary window and select I to proceed with the installation or update.


What to do next

If you are installing IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers for the first time and you selected the Installation features, perform the following additional tasks:

  1. Verify the dashboard data provider is enabled in the portal server configuration. See Verify the dashboard data provider is enabled.

  2. Then, see Preparing your dashboard environment in the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Administrator's Guide for additional configuration steps that are required to set up authentication and authorization for dashboard users. This topic also contains information about creating a data provider connection from IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub to the IBM Tivoli Monitoring dashboard data provider component of the portal server.

  3. If a HTTP server is being used with Dashboard Application Services Hub for load balancing, regenerate the web server plug-in by following the steps in the Generating the plugin-cfg.xml file topic in Configuring Jazz for Service Management. See the Jazz for Service Management Information Center.

  4. For more information about launching and using IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboard for Servers, see the Windows OS Agent User's Guide, the Linux OS Agent User's Guide, or the UNIX OS Agent User's Guide.

If you only selected the Installation feature of the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers, review the dashboard application's deployment scripts and then use the Modify operation of IBM Installation Manager to deploy the dashboard application into IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub. See Configure the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers package after installation.


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