Plan the installation

Read all the topics in this section before you begin to install or update any of the product features. Effective planning and an understanding of the key aspects of the installation process can help ensure a successful installation.

• Installation roadmap
  The installation roadmap lists the high-level steps for installing your product.

• Installation Manager overview
  IBM Installation Manager is a program for installing, updating, and modifying packages. It helps you manage the IBM applications, or packages, that it installs on your computer. Installation Manager does more than install packages: It helps you keep track of what you have installed, determine what is available for you to install, and organize installation directories.

• Installation requirements
  This section details hardware, software, and user privilege requirements that must be met in order to successfully install and run your software.

• Installation considerations
  Part of planning entails making decisions about installation locations, working with other applications, extending Eclipse, upgrading, migrating, and configuring help content.