Changing the default installation location for Installation Manager

You can change the default location for installing Installation Manager by changing the install.xml response file or running the command-line option -installationDirectory. For more information about the -installationDirectory option, see Installation Manager command-line arguments for silent mode.

About this task

The Installation Manager installer uses a default response file to install Installation Manager.

Procedure

The following steps describe how to change the response file:

  1. Open the directory where you extracted the installation files.
  2. Locate and open the response install.xml file.
  3. Change the location for installing Installation Manager. You must use the profile command to specify the installation location.
    Restriction: The installation location must be a directory that is named eclipse.

Example

This example shows the install.xml file before the changes: 
<?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8?>
<agent-input clean='true' temporary='true'>

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

   <install>
      <offering features='agent_core,agent_jre' id='com.ibm.cic.agent' version='1.7.0000.20130905_1714'/>
   </install>
</agent-input>
This example shows the install.xml file after you add the profile command:
<?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8?>
<agent-input clean='true' temporary='true'>

   <profile kind='self' installLocation='C:\IBM\InstallationManager\eclipse' id='IBM Installation Manager'>
   </profile>

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

   <install>
      <offering features='agent_core,agent_jre' id='com.ibm.cic.agent' version='1.7.0000.20130905_1714' />
   </install>

</agent-input>
Use a comma between agent_core and agent_jre.