Rollback preferences

Use the rollback feature to revert to a previous version of an updated package. Some packages do not support rollback.

By default, Installation Manager saves earlier versions of a package to roll back to if you experience issues with later versions of updates, fixes, or packages. When Installation Manager rolls back a package to a previous version, the current version of the files are uninstalled and the earlier versions are reinstalled.

If we choose not to save the files for rollback, we can delete the files from our computer.

We cannot roll back Installation Manager to an earlier version.

Procedure

  1. Open the Rollback preferences window by selecting File > Preferences > Files for Rollback. On the OS X, the Preferences option is under the IBM Installation Manager menu.

  2. Select or clear the Save files for rollback option to save or to stop saving a copy of files that are required to roll back packages on our computer.

    1. If we cleared the Save files for rollback option to stop saving files for rollback, we can remove the files that are saved by clicking Delete Saved Files.

      If we delete the files and we must roll back a package later, we must connect to a repository or insert the media to obtain the required files for the previous version of the package.

  3. Click OK to save rollback preferences.
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