Updating Installation Manager by using wizard mode
You can update Installation
Manager without
uninstalling packages that you installed by using Installation
Manager.
Before you begin
- To use the service repositories, you must have an Internet connection on the computer where the update is performed. If you use the service repositories, Installation Manager is updated to the latest version. To update to a version that is not the latest, you must download the files for that version.
- Download the fix pack,
com.ibm.cic.agent.offering_version.zip, for the version of
Installation
Manager
that you require. Go to the Installation
Manager download
links technical document and click the applicable download document link. The download
document contains details about downloading the installation files.. The fix pack package is larger than the installation kit. If you are updating Installation Manager on one platform, consider using the installation kit, agent.installer.platform_version.zip, to update Installation Manager.Note: You cannot add the installation kit to the list of repositories in Installation Manager. See Using the imcl command to update.
If you are updating Installation Manager on a computer that does not have internet access or you want to update to a specific version that is not the latest version, see Updating Installation Manager by using downloaded files.
About this task
You cannot add the repository.config file from the Installation Manager installation files as a repository to update Installation Manager.
You must update Installation Manager to a later version. You cannot roll back to an earlier version.
Procedure
Update Installation Manager to the latest version by using service repositories:
Updating Installation Manager by using downloaded files
Procedure
- Create a directory on the computer where Installation Manager is installed.
- Extract the fix pack to the directory that you created.
- Start Installation Manager.
- Click Preferences option is under the IBM Installation Manager menu. . On the OS X operating system, the
- Click Add Repository.
- Browse to or enter the file path to the repository.config file. The repository.config file is in the directory where you extracted the compressed files.
- Verify that updates are enabled. Click Search for Installation Manager update. and select
- On the main page of Installation Manager, click Update.