Installing Installation Manager silently

Use the Installation Manager installer to install Installation Manager silently.

About this task

The Installation Manager installer is used to install the Installation Manager. You can install the Installation Manager as an administrator, or in non-administrator modes. Follow the example below to install Installation Manager.

Procedure

  1. Download the latest version of Installation Manger from http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/All_download_links/Software/Rational/IBM_Installation_Manager.
  2. Unzip the Installation Manager installer.
  3. Switch to the InstallerImage_platform subdirectory.
  4. Enter one of the following commands:
    • To install as an administrator on Windows: installc.exe -log log_file_path_and_name -acceptLicense. For example: installc.exe -log c:\mylogfile.xml -acceptLicense.
    • To install as non-administrator on Windows: userinstc.exe -log log_file_path_and_name -acceptLicense. For example: userinstc.exe -log c:\mylogfile.xml -acceptLicense.
    • For other platforms as an administrator: installc -log log_file_path_and_name -acceptLicense. For example: installc -log /root/mylogs/mylogfile.xml -acceptLicense.
    • For other platforms as non-administrator: userinstc -log log_file_path_and_name -acceptLicense. For example: userinstc -log /root/mylogs/mylogfile.xml -acceptLicense.

Results

After you install Installation Manager silently, you can use Installation Manager or the Installation Manager installer to silently install packages.

Changing the default installation location

You can change the default location for installing Installation Manager by modifying the install.xml response file.

About this task

The Installation Manager installer uses a default response file to install Installation Manager installer. You can modify the file to change the default installation location.

Procedure

  1. Go to the InstallerImage_platform directory
  2. Locate the response file install.xml
  3. Modify the location for installing Installation Manager by adding profile information and using the data key and value attributes to specify the installation location. The installation location must be a directory named eclipse.

Example

Changes were made to the default install.xml response file to change the installation location to C:\IBM\InstallationManager.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<agent-input clean='true' temporary='true'>

<!-- add a profile and specify the installation location using the data value attribute. 
The location must end in \eclipse -->
<profile kind='self' installLocation='C:\IBM\InstallationManager\eclipse' id='IBM Installation Manager'>
<data key='eclipseLocation' value='C:\IBM\InstallationManager\eclipse'/>
</profile>

<server>
<repository location='.'/>
</server>

<!-- add the profile information but do not modify the features, id, and version number -->
<install>
<offering profile='IBM Installation Manager' features='agent_core,agent_jre' 
id='com.ibm.cic.agent' version='1.2.0.20080624_0100'/>
</install>
</agent-input>
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