Installing Edge Components with the IBM Installation Manager GUI
Use the Installation Manager GUI to install Edge Components products.
- You must have Administrator or root access to install and use Load Balancer for IPv4 and Caching Proxy.
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Do not install Caching Proxy on 64-bit operating systems.
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Load Balancer for IPv4 is not supported on Windows 7 or Windows Vista.
- Installing IBM Installation Manager if it is not installed. These instructions also include steps to add repository information for the Edge Components products.
- Start Installation Manager.
- Click Install.
Note:If you are prompted to authenticate, use the Passport Advantage credentials that you registered with on the program website. Installation Manager searches its defined repositories for available packages.
- Select the product you want to install. For example, select IBM WebSphere Edge Components: Caching Proxy or IBM
WebSphere Edge Components: Load Balancer for IPv4.
If you already have the product installed on your system, a message displays indicating that the product is already installed.
- Click Next.
Note:If you try to install a newer level of the product with a previous version of Installation Manager, Installation Manager might prompt you to update to the latest level of Installation Manager when it connects to the repository. Update to the newer version before you continue if you are prompted to do so. Read the Installation Manager Information Center for information about automatic updates.
- Accept the terms in the license agreements, and click Next.
- Specify the installation root directory for the product binaries,
which are also referred to as the core product files or system files.
The panel also displays the shared resources directory and disk-space information.
Note:The first time that you install a package using Installation Manager, specify the shared resources directory. The shared resources directory is where installation artifacts are located that can be used by one or more package groups. Use your largest drive for this installation. You cannot change the directory location until after you uninstall all packages.Restrictions:
- Installation manager requires that you install the product to
an empty directory. The default installation paths are:
- Caching Proxy
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/opt/ibm/edge/
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C:\Program Files\IBM\edge\cachingproxy\
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- Load Balancer for IPv4
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/opt/ibm/edge/lb/
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C:\Program Files\loadbalancer\IBM\edge\lb\
The beginning of this installation path can be changed, but be aware that Installation Manager requires you to install the product into an empty directory - in the default path it is C:\Program Files\loadbalancer. The IBM\edge\lb portion of the path is hard coded and cannot be modified.
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- Deleting the default target location and leaving an installation-directory field empty prevents you from continuing.
- Do not use symbolic links as the destination directory. Symbolic links are not supported.
- Do not use a semicolon in the directory name. The product cannot install properly if the target directory includes a semicolon.
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A semicolon is the character used to construct the class path on Windows systems.
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The maximum path length on the Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 operating systems is 60 characters.
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Before you install Load Balancer for IPv4 on Windows 2003 64-bit machines, you must install the required Microsoft hotfix. If you do not install the Microsoft hotfix prior to installing Load Balancer for IPv4, Load Balancer does not run correctly.
To correct this problem, you must install the required Microsoft hotfix for KB942589. After you apply the Microsoft hotfix, restart your system. You must restart your system before you install Load Balancer for IPv4 on Windows 2003 64-bit machines. You will need to restart your system again after completing the installation of Load Balancer for IPv4.
If you do not install the Microsoft hotfix before you install Load Balancer for IPv4 and you encounter this problem, you must uninstall Load Balancer for IPv4, install the Microsoft hotfix, and then reinstall Load Balancer for IPv4.
- Installation manager requires that you install the product to
an empty directory. The default installation paths are:
- Click Next.
- Select the languages for which translated content should be installed. English is always selected.
- Click Next.
- Select the features that you want to install.
- Click Next.
- Review the summary information, and click Install.
- If the installation is successful, the program displays a message
indicating that installation is successful.
Note:The program might also display important post-installation instructions as well.
- If the installation is not successful, click View Log File to troubleshoot the problem.
- If the installation is successful, the program displays a message
indicating that installation is successful.
- Click Finish.
- Click File > Exit to close Installation Manager.
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Optional: If you are migrating from a previous version of Caching Proxy, update the configuration files with the new installation path. The default paths for Caching Proxy Version 7 and earlier are different than the default paths for the current version.
Tip: Installation Manager optionally can search for updates to itself whenever the Install Packages, Modify Packages, or Update Packages page is opened from the Start page as well as when clicking Check for Other Versions and Extensions on the Install Packages page. To enable this option, perform the following actions:
- Start Installation Manager.
- In the top menu, click File > Preferences.
- Select Updates.
- Select Search for Installation Manager updates.
- Click Apply.
- Click OK.
Do not enable this option if you do not have access to the service repository.