Installing IBM Installation Manager
Before you install any Edge Components products, you need to install IBM Installation Manager.
- Obtain the necessary files from the physical media or the web.
There are three basic options for obtaining and installing Installation
Manager and the product.
- Access the physical media, and use local installation: You can access Installation Manager and the product repositories on the product media. Install Installation Manager on your system, and use it to install the product from the product repositories on the media.
- Download the files from the IBM Passport Advantage site, and use local installation: Licensed customers can download Installation Manager as well as the necessary product repositories from the Passport Advantage site. You can then install Installation Manager on your system and use it to install the product from the repositories.
- Download a file from the Installation Manager website, and use web-based installation: You can download and unpack a compressed file containing Installation Manager from the IBM Installation Manager website. You can then install Installation Manager on your local system and use it to install the product from the web-based repository.
- Install the product through the GUI or silently.
- To install through the GUI:
- Change to the location containing the Installation Manager installation
files, and run one of the following commands:
- Administrative installation
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install.exe
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./install
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- Non-administrative installation
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userinst.exe
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./userinst
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- Make sure that the Installation Manager package is selected, and click Next.
- Accept the terms in the license agreements, and click Next.
The program creates the directory for your installation.
- Click Next.
- Review the summary information, and click Install.
- If the installation is successful, the program displays a message indicating that installation is successful.
- If the installation is not successful, click View Log File to troubleshoot the problem.
- Change to the location containing the Installation Manager installation
files, and run one of the following commands:
- To install silently:
- Administrative installation
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installc.exe -acceptLicense -log log_file_path_and_name
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./installc -acceptLicense -log log_file_path_and_name
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- Non-administrative installation
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userinstc.exe -acceptLicense -log log_file_path_and_name
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./userinstc -acceptLicense -log log_file_path_and_name
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- To install through the GUI:
- Add the product repository to your Installation Manager preferences.
There are three ways to access repositories for your product:
- Access the physical media, and use local installation
You can access the product repositories on the product media. Use your existing Installation Manager to install the product from the product repositories on the media.
- Download the files from the Passport Advantage
site, and use local installation
Licensed customers can download the necessary product repositories from the Passport Advantage site. You can then use your existing Installation Manager to install the product from the repositories.
- Access the live repositories, and use web-based
installation
You can install Installation Manager on your local system and use it to install the product from the web-based repositories.
Note:This live repository is accessed by using Passport Advantage authentication. After you install Installation Manager, you can set the Passport Advantage preference to connect to the live repositories. To set Passport Advantage preferences, follow this procedure:- Open Installation Manager.
- Open the Passport Advantage preferences page by selecting File > Preferences > Passport Advantage.
- Select Connect to Passport Advantage to connect to the Passport Advantage repository. The Password Required dialog box opens.
- Enter a user name and password for Passport Advantage.
- Optional: Select Save password to save the user name and password credentials. If you do not save the user name and password credentials, you are prompted for these credentials each time you access Passport Advantage.
- Click OK to close the Password Required dialog box.
- Click OK to close the Preferences window.
- Start Installation Manager.
- In the top menu, click File > Preferences.
- Select Repositories.
- Click Add Repository.
- Enter the path to the repository.config file in the location containing
the repository files.
- This is a sample path for a local repository:
C:\repositories\product_name\local-repositories
/var/repositories/product_name/local-repositories
- This is the path for the remote repository:
http://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/V8WASNDEdge
Note:Be aware of the following conditions:- You must have Administrator or root access to install and use Load Balancer for IPv4 and Caching Proxy.
- Do not install Caching Proxy on 64-bit operating systems.
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The default paths for Caching Proxy, Version 7 and earlier are different than the default paths for the current version. Update the local path in your configuration files to the new path after you migrate to the new version of Caching Proxy.
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Load Balancer for IPv4 is not supported on Windows 7 or Windows Vista.
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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.
- This is a sample path for a local repository:
- Click OK.
- Deselect any locations listed in the Repositories window that you will not be using.
- Click Apply.
- Click OK.
- Click File > Exit to close Installation Manager.
- Access the physical media, and use local installation
- Install the Edge Components product: