What's new in Installation Manager
This information provides a brief description of the new features and restrictions in the
Installation
Manager
1.8 releases.
Version 1.8.5
- Some extension offerings might display in a tree structure, underneath the base offering, to show the relationship between the base and the extension offerings. When a dependent offering is unselected, Installation Manager displays a warning message.
- When you install test fixes, the panel now displays those test fixes.
Version 1.8.4
- Attention: Critical fix for a security issue that was identified in version 1.8.3.
- The Language Panel supports the Catalan and Portuguese languages.
- User is now prompted for the data location during group mode installation.
- Full support for 64-bit arch on Linux for System z®. All dependence on 31-bit libraries were removed.
- Support for Windows 10.
- Updated documentation for z/OS® to clarify how to obtain installation files. See Installing and updating Installation Manager on z/OS.
- Clarified documentation of administrator and nonadministrator users. See Administrator, nonadministrator, and group mode, Installation Manager overview, and Installing as an administrator, nonadministrator, or group.
- Clarified documentation for interim fixes installation and rollback. See Updating packages by using wizard mode and Rolling back updated packages by using wizard mode.
- Added documentation for Master setup disk.
Version 1.8.3
Version 1.8.3 is a fixes only release. This release does not contain new functions.
Version 1.8.2
- Generating a response file from an offering.
- Invoking launchers during the update, modify, and rollback activities.
- Disabling the Installed Packages dialog when installing an offering, or other versions of that offering, that is installed.
- Improved performance and reliability of integration with Passport Advantage®.
- You cannot upgrade to version 1.8.2 on unsupported operating systems. See the System Requirements technical document.
Version 1.8.1
Version 1.8.1 is a fixes only release. This release does not contain new functions.
Version 1.8.0
Installation
Manager now has
a web server option to manage your installations. You use a web browser, which communicates with the
Installation
Manager
web server. For details, see Working from a web browser overview.
Attention: You must enable
the Install via the Web Browser feature.
For more information about the 1.8.0 release, see Download Installation Manager version 1.8.0.