Installing in group mode

You can use IBM® Installation Manager group mode to allow multiple users to use a single instance of Installation Manager to manage software packages.

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Procedure

  1. Create a group.
    For example:
    wasadmin
  2. Create multiple user IDs.
    For example:
    installadmin
    imuser
  3. Make the group that you created the primary group for the user IDs that you created.
  4. Make sure that the umask for all IDs is 002.

    See the IBM Installation Manager Version 1.4 Information Center for alternatives if for some reason you cannot set the umask.

  5. Create a file system where all the of the products will be installed.
    For example:
    /WASProducts
  6. Give access to this file system to all of the user IDs that you created.
  7. Using one of the user IDs that you created, install Installation Manager in group mode to the file system that you created.
    Use installadmin, for example, to install Installation Manager in group mode using the GUI:
    groupinst -dataLocation /WASProducts/IMAppData
  8. Using one of the user IDs that you created, start Installation Manager and install a WebSphere® Application Server product to the file system that you created.
    Use installadmin, for example, to install the trial edition of the Network Deployment product in:
    /WASProducts/WASV8/NDTRIAL
    with the Samples option.
  9. Exit Installation Manager.
  10. Using one of the other user IDs that you created, you can maintain the product installation.
    Use imuser, for example, to update the trial edition of the Network Deployment product with additional optional features, remove options, or add fixpacks.
    1. As root user ID,
      • For WebSphere Application Server only, change to the app_server_root/instutils directory and run the following command:
        chutils -setowner=imuser
        Note: If you do not change to app_server_root/instutils, specify -installlocation=installation_directory.
      • For all other products, run the following command:
        chown -R imuser app_server_root
    2. Start Installation Manager under the imuser user ID, and perform any necessary changes to the installation.
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