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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
IBM Installation Manager
IBM Installation Manager is an installation program that uses remote or local software repositories to install, modify, or update certain IBM products. IBM Installation Manager determines and displays available packages, checks prerequisites and interdependencies, and installs or modifies the selected packages. You also use IBM Installation Manager to uninstall the packages that it installed.
A repository is a location that stores data for installing, modifying, rolling back, updating, or uninstalling packages. A repository can be a DVD, an expanded compressed file, a network file server, or an enterprise web server. IBM Installation Manager can also connect to repositories hosted on http://www.ibm.com for installing fixes and service packs (provided an internet connection is available).
The IBM Tivoli Monitoring Dashboards for Servers and Authorization Policy Components DVD or DVD image includes the IBM Tivoli Monitoring installation launchpad application. The installation launchpad provides a single location from which to start the installation process, and simplifies the installation process by installing IBM Installation Manager on your computer, if it is not already installed. The installation launchpad then automatically configures IBM Installation Manager to locate the installation files for the software that you are installing. This approach only allows you to install products from the repository located on the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Dashboards for Servers and Authorization Policy Components DVD or DVD image. When running from the launchpad, IBM Installation Manager reports prerequisites and interdependencies, but does not automatically install the prerequisite software. See Requirements for a dashboard environment.
Another common configuration is to combine the repositories of certain IBM products into an enterprise repository. The offerings on the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Dashboards for Servers and Authorization Policy Components DVD or DVD image coexist with other IBM Tivoli Monitoring products. For example, IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Virtual Environments or components from Jazz for Service Management, allow for easy installation on to multiple servers without having to move disks between machines. When running from an enterprise repository, IBM Installation Manager reports prerequisites and interdependencies, and automatically installs the required software (provided the offerings are loaded in to the enterprise repository).
For instructions on installing your product in an enterprise environment and for more information about IBM Installation Manager, go to http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/install/v1r6/index.jsp.
The following links provide detailed information about how to use a repository to install, update, modify, and uninstall packages on your computer using IBM Installation Manager:
- Repository Preferences (http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/install/v1r6/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.cic.agent.ui.doc/topics/t_specifying_repository_locations.html)
- Install updates (http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/install/v1r6/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.cic.agent.ui.doc/topics/t_install_updates.html)
- Modifying installed packages (http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/install/v1r6/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.cic.agent.ui.doc/topics/t_modify_install_pkg.html)
- Rolling back updates (http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/install/v1r6/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.cic.agent.ui.doc/topics/t_rollback_updates.html)
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Pre-deployment phase