Prepare to copy packages from Passport Advantage
Before you can copy packages, download the product you want to install to a local drive.
Before you can copy product packages, complete the following prerequisites:
- Download the product package that you want to install to a local drive.
- Extract each product package into its own common root directory. For example, if productA is comprised of six disks (disk1.zip through disk6.zip) extract all six disks into the same common directory: C:\productA. For product B, the product is comprised of two disks (disk1.zip and disk2.zip). Extract both disks into the same common directory: C:\productB.
- If you will be copying a product package from IBM Passport Advantage, make sure you have your IBM user ID and password that are required to connect to the site.
In IBM Packaging Utility, you can copy packages from Passport Advantage into a repository.
Procedure
To open a repository on Passport Advantage:
- On the main page of the utility, click Copy Packages. The Prerequisite page opens. Click Next to display the Source page. If no packages are available to select, you must open a repository that contains packages.
- Click Passport Advantage.
- Enter your user ID and password on the Password Required window and click OK.
- On the Passport Advantage Settings window, select or update your preferred Passport Advantage download site and click OK.
- Select a package and version to copy and click OK.
Results
The repository that you selected is added to the Source page as a check box on the Source page.