Installation
Manager might
become unresponsive because an update of Installation
Manager failed,
or the program files became corrupted.
About this task
To fix these issues, you can reinstall Installation
Manager without
uninstalling other packages that are installed. The reinstalled version
continues to use the current Agent Data Location directory, which
is the memory of the Installation
Manager,
and can detect the previously installed packages. To reinstall Installation
Manager,
you can use the -reinstallIM option or manually reinstall Installation
Manager.
To
manually reinstall Installation
Manager in
wizard mode, see Manually reinstalling Installation Manager.
Procedure
To reinstall Installation
Manager by
using the -reinstallIM option:
- You must use the installation kit from the same version or a later version of the installed
version of Installation
Manager. To
download the latest version of Installation
Manager, 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.
Installing an earlier version can cause issues that cannot be recovered from.
- Extract the kit to a temporary location.
- Run the command to reinstall Installation
Manager from
the directory that contains the extracted files.
Table 1. Examples of using
the -reinstallIM option by operating system and mode| Operating system |
Administrator |
Nonadministrator |
Group |
| Windows |
install.exe -reinstallIM |
userinst.exe -reinstallIM |
Not available |
| Linux, UNIX, and the OS X operating system |
./install -reinstallIM |
./userinst -reinstallIM |
./groupinst -dataLocation /user_home_directory/var/ibm/InstallationManager_Group -reinstallIM |
- When the installation is complete, start Installation
Manager.