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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
Use IBM Installation Manager to install or update IBM Tivoli Monitoring components for a dashboard environment
The IBM Installation Manager simplifies the procedure for installing or updating IBM Tivoli Monitoring components for a dashboard environment.
Install the Jazz for Service Management components that are described in Requirements for a dashboard environment before you install the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers, Tivoli Authorization Policy Server, and tivcmd CLI for Authorization Policy components,
If you use an IBM Installation Manager network repository or local repositories, you can install the Jazz for Service Management components and the IBM Tivoli Monitoring dashboard components at the same time. IBM Installation Manager ensures that the components are installed in the correct order. See the Jazz for Service Management Installation Guide for more details on using IBM Installation Manager repositories to install Jazz for Service Management, go to the Jazz for Service Management Information Center. The procedures below outline how to create or update a network or local based repository for the IBM Tivoli Monitoring components.
Choose one of the following methods to install or update the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers, Tivoli Authorization Policy Server, and tivcmd CLI for Authorization Policy components:
- Use the Installation Launchpad to install or update IBM Tivoli Monitoring components for a dashboard environment
- Use IBM Installation Manager to install or update components from a local repository
- Use IBM Installation Manager to install or update components from a network repository
- Saving package information for rollback
The Installation Launchpad is the recommended method if you do not have experience of using IBM Installation Manager. For more background on using local or network repositories, see IBM Installation Manager.
You can also configure IBM Installation Manager to save package information so that you can perform a rollback after installing an updated package in the future.
- Use the Installation Launchpad to install or update IBM Tivoli Monitoring components for a dashboard environment
The IBM Tivoli Monitoring Installation Launchpad simplifies the procedure for installing or updating the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers, Tivoli Authorization Policy Server, and Tivoli Policy Command-Line Interface. The Installation Launchpad automatically installs IBM Installation Manager version 1.6.1 if it is not installed on the system, or if it is at an earlier version. The Installation Launchpad also configures an IBM Installation Manager local repository with the location of the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Dashboards for Servers and Authorization Policy Components DVD or DVD image, and uses the IBM Installation Manager graphical user interface to guide you through the installation or update of one or more of the IBM Tivoli Monitoring components for a dashboard environment.
- Use IBM Installation Manager to install or update components from a local repository
With IBM Installation Manager you can create a local repository that specifies where to find the components to install or update. The repository can be on the local file system or on connected installation media.
- Use IBM Installation Manager to install or update components from a network repository
With IBM Installation Manager you can set up a central repository that contains one or more installation or update packages. This repository is created using the IBM Packaging Utility and is accessed using HTTP from each of the computer systems where you install the IBM Tivoli Monitoring components for a dashboard environment.
- Saving package information for rollback
You can use the IBM Installation Manager rollback feature to revert an updated package back to a previous version for those packages that support rollback.
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Install IBM Tivoli Monitoring