Directory paths for IBM Installation Manager

IBM® Installation Manager uses default directory paths for its installation files.

Purpose

This topic describes the default directory paths for IBM Installation Manager.

IBM Installation Manager

Each instance of Installation Manager must have its own installation directory and agent data directory.

The directories where IBM Installation Manager is installed are determined by the type of user account that you used to install the product.

Any changes that you make to an installation of IBM Installation Manager that you installed with a root user or non-administrator account do not affect an installation of IBM Installation Manager that you installed with a non-root user or non-administrator account. The reverse is also true.

The following table indicates the location of the relevant directories.

Table 1. Default installation directories for IBM Installation Manager
Directory Root/Administrator Non-root/non-administrator
Default installation directory

AIX® or Linux: /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse

Windows: C:\Program Files\IBM\Installation Manager\eclipse

AIX or Linux: /<user/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse

Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003: C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\IBM\Installation Manager\eclipse

Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7: C:\Users\<user>\IBM\Installation Manager\eclipse

Eclipse log file

AIX or Linux: /var/ibm/InstallationManager/pluginState/.metadata

Windows Server 2008: C:\ProgramData\IBM\Installation Manager\pluginState\.metadata

AIX or Linux: /<user/var/ibm/InstallationManager/pluginState/.metadata

Windows Server 2008: C:\Users\<user\IBM\Installation ManagerInstaller\pluginState\.metadata

Default agent data location.

For more information about agent data, go to the Agent data location page in the IBM Installation Manager information center.

AIX or Linux: /var/ibm/InstallationManager

Windows Server 2008: C:\ProgramData\IBM\Installation Manager

AIX or Linux: /<user>/var/ibm/InstallationManager

Windows Server 2008: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\IBM\Installation Manager

To find the location of IBM Installation Manager, complete the following steps:
  • AIX or Linux:
    1. Open the /etc/.ibm/registry/InstallationManager.dat file.
    2. Examine the location entry. For example, location=/var/ibm/InstallationManager.
  • Windows:
    1. Open the Windows Registry.
    2. Search for the following registry key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\IBM\Installation Manager\location.
    3. Open the key and examine its value.