Copying the installation package to the installation server

Copy the IBM® Intelligent Operations Center installation package to the installation server before installing the product.

1. Create a directory on the installation server for the installation files, for example, /installHome.
2. Make note of full path to the created directory. For example, if the created directory is installHome for the ibmadmin user, the full path would be /home/ibmadmin/installHome. This directory path is referred to as install_home in other installation directions.
3. For each physical DVD, or ISO image downloaded from Passport Advantage, do the following.
   1. Create a directory to mount the DVD. For example, run the mkdir /mnt/ba15 command.
   2. Mount the DVD. For example, when using an ISO image, run the mount -o loop ISO_directory/ISO_filename /mnt/ba15 command where ISO_directory is the location of the ISO image and ISO_filename is the ISO file .
   3. Copy the DVD contents to the directory created in step 1. For example, when using an ISO image, run the cp /mnt/ba15/* install_home command.
   4. Unmount the DVD. For example, when using an ISO image, run the umount /mnt/ba15 command.
4. Change to the install_home directory.
5. Run the ba15_media_prep.sh combine command. This command must be run before performing any other installation steps.
   Note: If your install_home directory is something other than /installMedia, edit the ba15_media_prep.sh file and change the MEDIA_BASE value to your designated install_home directory before running the script.
   This command combines files that are split across DVDs or ISO images.