Installation Manager features
Some Installation
Manager features
might or might not be supported by packages.
Check your package documentation to determine whether a feature
is supported.
| Feature | Information about the feature | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Administrator mode | Administrator, nonadministrator, and group mode | A package must be installed by an administrator. |
| Nonadministrator mode | A package can be installed in nonadministrator mode. | |
| Group mode | A package can be installed in group mode. | |
| Console Mode | Working in console mode | None |
| Installation Manager web server | Working from a web browser | None |
| IBM® Fix Central Entitlement Support | IBM Fix Central | Fixes for some packages require entitlement. |
| Import | Importing installed packages in Installation Manager | The Import wizard is used only with IBM WebSphere® Application Server products. |
| Installation Manager installer | Using Installation Manager or the installer to install packages | None |
| Installing a package to a directory that contain files | Installation Manager generates an error when you install a package to an installation directory that contains files. | For some packages, you can specify an installation
directory that is not empty. For some packages, you can update a package that was not installed with Installation Manager. For example, you install Package A version 1.0 with a different installation application. You update Package A to version 2.0 by using Installation Manager. |
| Installing an IBM package into multiple locations | You can install different versions of a package to different directories. | For example, you install version 1.0.0 of Package A to a directory. Then, you install version 1.0.1 of Package A to a different directory. |
| Installing multiple IBM packages into multiple locations at the same time | Installing multiple packages into multiple locations | None |
| Languages | Starting Installation Manager in another language | When a package does not support a language that Installation Manager supports, you might see a combination of English and another language. The mix of languages can occur in messages and in the Installation Manager interfaces. |
| A package might support a subset of languages that Installation Manager supports. For unsupported languages, the content is presented in English. | Most packages provide a list of languages to install during the installation process. | |
| Manage License wizard | Managing licenses | You can use this wizard to configure an IBM Rational® License Key Server or import an activation kit. |
| IBM Passport Advantage® integration | Installing packages from Passport Advantage | None |
| Platforms that are supported | System Requirements technical document | None |
| Rollback | Rolling back updates by using wizard mode | Use Installation Manager to remove an update to a package and revert to a previous version. |
| Sensitive data | Sensitive data | Sensitive data is determined by the package. |
| Service repositories | Searching service repositories | Service repositories are on IBM.com and contain package updates. |
| Service repositories available on IBM Fix Central | IBM Fix Central | Some packages provide the content of their service repositories on IBM Fix Central. |
| Share a package group with other packages | Package groups and the shared resources directory | A package might share a package group with a subset of other IBM packages. |
| skipinstall | You can simulate Installation Manager operations without changing your system. | A package can have special coding that is required to record a response file by using -skipinstall. For example, if not all of the custom panel data is required, you can use -skipinstall to avoid validating that data. Although most packages support -skipinstall, test it for your package. Then, in the product-specific copy of the table, specify whether the package supports -skipinstall. |
| Stop all blocking processes | Installing packages by using wizard mode: Stop All Blocking
Processes button Command-line arguments for the imcl command: -stopBlockingProcesses option |
The option to stop all blocking processes is
available only for Windows. In wizard mode, if processes are blocking the installation, a list of these processes is shown on the summary page. If there are no blocking processes, you do not see this list. |