In a flexible management environment, you can submit the Update
IBM Installation Manager job to update the Installation
Manager on registered hosts of the job manager.
Before you begin
Start the job manager and the targets. Ensure that the
targets for which you want to update Installation Manager are registered
with the job manager.
To submit jobs, your ID at the job manager
must be authorized for the administrator role or the operator role.
When you submit a job, you can specify a user name and password for
authentication and authorization at the target or targets. When you
submit a job to multiple targets, the user name and password or the
credentials for the submitter must apply all of the job targets.
To
run the job against a large number of targets, optionally create a
group of targets and submit the job against the group.
Note: CIM jobs to install, uninstall, and update Installation
Manager are not supported on z/OS® targets.
You must first install Installation Manager on z/OS targets before
using CIM manage offerings jobs.
To review the Installation
Manager license, perform the following steps:
- If you are using the graphical user interface (GUI), run the following
command and follow the instructions:
- If you are using the command line, run the following command and
follow the instructions:
About this task
You can use the administrative console of the job manager
or the deployment manager to submit the job. From the console, choose
the Update IBM Installation Manager job, specify
the targets, schedule the job, review the summary, and submit the
job.
Instead of using a console, you can run the updateIM job
script in the AdministrativeJobs command group. See the Administrative
job types topic.
Supported configurations: IBM Installation Manager
1.5.2 or above is required.
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Procedure
- Click from the navigation tree of the administrative console.
- Choose the Update IBM Installation Manager job
and click Next.
- Choose job targets.
- Select a group of targets from the list, or select Target
names.
- If you selected Target names,
then specify a target name and click Add, or
click Find and specify the chosen targets on
the Find targets page.
- If user authentication is required, specify a user name,
password, or any other authentication values as needed.
- Click Next.
- On the Specify the job parameters page,
specify the location of the Installation Manager instance that you
want to update and the location of the repository that contains the
update. For the job to run successfully, you must select I
accept the terms in the license agreements. Click Next. You can also update Installation Manager using an installation
kit. Specify the existing installation location. Select the Update
existing installation check box. If updating with an
Installation Manager installation kit, specify the fully qualified
local path and file name of the installation kit. If the field is
left blank, the update IBM Installation Manager job will locate and
use the most recent IBM Installation Manager installation kit available
in the default location for installation kits: $JOB_MANAGER_HOME/IMKit.
- Schedule the job and click Next.
- Review the summary, and click Finish to
submit the job.
Results
The job runs and updates Installation Manager on the selected
targets.
What to do next
On the Job status page, click the
job ID and view the job status. Click the status refresh icon
to refresh the displayed job
status.
If the job is not successful, view any error messages
that result from running the job, correct the error condition, and
submit the job again.