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Introduction

This document contains a list of the Passport Advantage eAssembly installation images for Operational Decision Manager V8.9.1, and instructions for downloading and installing the files.

Before you start

See Operational Decision Manager V8.9.1 Technotes for known limitations and other product information.

What's new

Find out what's new in this release at What's new in IBM Operational Decision Manager.

Samples and tutorials

You must install the Decision Server Rules Samples and Tutorials feature to run the Decision Server and Decision Center samples. Decision Server Insights has its own samples and tutorials.

Disk space requirements

Check that you have enough disk space on your computer to download, unpack, and install the product. You can delete the downloaded files after you unpack them.

• Operational Decision Manager Standard and Express V8.9.1: To download and unpack the product, you need 25 GB of disk space. The full installation requires about 13 GB.
• Operational Decision Manager Advanced V8.9.1: To download and unpack the product, you need 35 GB of disk space. The full installation requires about 15 GB.
• Operational Decision Manager Application Pattern V8.9.1: To download and unpack an application image, you need about 12 GB of disk space. The full installation requires about 7 GB.

What to install

You use IBM Installation Manager to install Operational Decision Manager V8.9.1.

You install parts of the product by specifying their repository locations in Installation Manager. You download the repository files in product disk files.

List of installation disks

The Operational Decision Manager download files are also available as concatenable repository files. These files are limited in size to less than 1 GB (1,000 MB). You must download and concatenate the files before you run Installation Manager.

Table of Installation Manager repository files

Downloading

Follow these instructions to download the eAssembly repository files:

1. Go to IBM Passport Advantage Online and use your IBM ID to sign in.
2. Select Find by part number in Download finder options.
3. Search for your files by using the part numbers that are listed below.
4. Download the files.

Concatenating repositories

Some of the multiplatform eAssembly IM repositories come in multiple files. You must concatenate the files to create a usable installation file. Starting with 00, you associate the files in ascending order by using the index numbers of the file extensions.

Using Installation Manager

Follow these instructions to install the product by using Installation Manager:

1. Extract each repository from the downloaded file.
2. Start IBM Installation Manager.
3. Open File > Preferences.
4. Under Repositories, click Add repository and browse to an extracted folder. Repeat this step until you finish adding all the folders for the repositories that you want to install.
5. Click OK.
6. Click Install and select the repositories you want to install.
7. Click Install to complete the installation.

For more information on using Installation Manager, see Installing the product with Installation Manager.

Using Decision Connect and IBM API Connect Essentials V5.0

The Express, Standard, and Advanced editions of Operational Decision Manager include a Decision Connect capability that provides entitlement to IBM API Connect™ Essentials V5.0. API Connect Essentials is an optional supporting program that provides an API management capability. It has the ability to expose managed decision APIs to cloud solutions such as systems of engagement and cognitive applications that use Swagger definitions, enabling them to easily intraspect, test, and reuse. For more information, see Decision Connect.

Installing Operational Decision Manager Application Pattern V8.9.1

To install Operational Decision Manager Application Pattern V8.9.1, see Downloading and installing Decision Center and Decision Server Rules.

IBM WebSphere Application Server

IBM WebSphere Liberty replaces WebSphere Application Server (WAS) as the sample server in Operational Decision Manager 8.9.1. Consequently, WAS is no longer included in the dependencies (disk 1). If you want to continue using WAS with Operational Decision Manager, use the following eAssembly images to install the server.

IBM Operational Decision Manager download files

Use the following list to download the Operational Decision Manager eAssembly images from Passport Advantage.