IBM® Installation
Manager is a common installer for many IBM software
products that you use to install this version of Websphere Load Balancer for IPv4 and IPv6.
Before you begin

New feature:
Websphere Load Balancer for IPv4 and IPv6 is the first
full version to be installed by Installation Manager rather than by
the programs based on InstallShield MultiPlatform (ISMP) that are
used to install, update, and uninstall previous versions. Installation
Manager is a single installation program that can use remote or local
software repositories to install, modify, or update new Load Balancer
products. It determines and shows available packages—including products,
fix packs, interim fixes, and so on—checks prerequisites and interdependencies,
and installs the selected packages. You also use Installation Manager
to easily uninstall the packages that it installed.newfeat
Table 1. Installing and Maintaining Websphere Load Balancer for IPv4 and IPv6. The
following scenario is currently supported by the new Installation
Manager solution.
Earlier ISMP-Based Installation and Maintenance
Solution |
New Installation Manager Solution |
- Install Websphere Load Balancer for IPv4 and IPv6.
- Download and install the latest version of the Update Installer.
|
- Install Installation Manager.
- Configure Installation Manager connections to remote or local
product and service repositories.
- Select and install Websphere Load Balancer for IPv4 and IPv6 and
fixes for the product.
|
About this task
Perform one of these procedures to install or uninstall
the product using Installation Manager.
Procedure
Results
Notes on logging and tracing:
Notes on troubleshooting:
By default, some HP-UX systems are configured
to not use DNS to resolve host names. This could result in Installation
Manager not being able to connect to an external repository. You
can ping the repository, but nslookup does not return anything.
Work
with your system administrator to configure your machine to use DNS,
or use the IP address of the repository.
- In some cases, you might need to bypass existing checking mechanisms
in Installation Manager.
- On some network file systems, disk space might not be reported
correctly at times; and you might need to bypass disk-space checking
and proceed with your installation.
To disable disk-space checking,
specify the following system property in the
config.ini file
in
IM_install_root/eclipse/configuration and
restart Installation Manager:
cic.override.disk.space=sizeunit
where
size is
a positive integer and
unit is blank for bytes,
k for kilo, m for megabytes, or g for gigabytes. For example:
cic.override.disk.space=120 (120 bytes)
cic.override.disk.space=130k (130 kilobytes)
cic.override.disk.space=140m (140 megabytes)
cic.override.disk.space=150g (150 gigabytes)
cic.override.disk.space=true
Installation Manager will
report a disk-space size of Long.MAX_VALUE. Instead of displaying
a very large amount of available disk space, N/A is displayed.
- To bypass operating-system prerequisite checking, add disableOSPrereqChecking=true to
the config.ini file in IM_install_root/eclipse/configuration and
restart Installation Manager.
If you need to use any of these bypass methods, contact IBM Support
for assistance in developing a solution that does not involve bypassing
the Installation Manager checking mechanisms.
- Installation Manager might display a warning message during the
uninstallation process.
Uninstalling Websphere Load Balancer for IPv4 and IPv6 Version 8.0 using Installation
Manager requires that the data repositories remain valid and available.
A
warning message is displayed by Installation Manager to alert you
when repositories are not available or connected. A similar warning
message might display after you add or modify data repository connection
preferences in Installation Manager.
If Installation Manager
detects missing data repositories or fails to connect to repositories
during the uninstallation process, complete the following actions:
- Click Cancel to end the uninstallation
task.
- Select , and add the appropriate
data repositories that you can connect to successfully.
- Exit Installation Manager.
- Restart Installation Manager.
- Uninstall the product.
- For more information on using Installation Manager, read the IBM Installation Manager Information Center.