To create a repository from which
IBM Installation Manager can install
product, you must use the
IBM Packaging
Utility to copy the product package to the repository.
About this task
Packaging Utility can also be used to combine multiple
product packages into a single repository location. See the Packaging
Utility online help for more information.
Procedure
These steps explain how to copy a Rational product packages
and create a repository using Packaging Utility:
- If you are copying packages from a DVD image, insert the
first installation DVD into your DVD drive.
For Linux
platforms: Mount the DVD drive.
Note: If autorun is enabled on
your system, the product launchpad program opens automatically. Close
the launchpad program.
- Start Packaging Utility.
- Click . The Source page opens.
Repositories are listed in the Content table.
- Click , if the repository for your product package is not
listed.
Remember: A repository can be a path
to a directory in the file system, a disk drive that contains the
first DVD of the product, or a URL to a directory on a server.
- Click Browse and navigate to the directory containing the
Rational product installation files. Example repository locations:
- Windows: C:\installation_files\Rational_product\disk1\diskTag.inf
- Linux or UNIX systems: /installation_files/Rational_product/disk1/diskTag.inf
If you have a repository that contains a diskTag.inf and a repository.config,
you must select the diskTag.inf directory. When the repository.config
directory is selected, the copy process fails.
- Select the repository to copy and click Next.
- Accept the License Agreement to continue
- In the Destination window, select
an existing repository directory from the drop-down list or click Browse... to
select a directory path.
- Click Next. Review the repositories
selected for copying.
- Click Copy.
Example
You use the Packaging Utility to copy the product installation
files into the repository location: C:\install\myrepository.
In Installation Manager,
you open the Repository preferences page and add the repository location, C:\install\myrepository,
to the repository table. You can also place the repository on a UNC
drive, or place the repository on a web server to make the directories
and files available over HTTP.