You can use the Content Installer application to locate,
download, and install extra content from the ISM Library.
About this task
The following steps explain how to download and install content
that is available for your product. Installing a new version of
content overwrites any previous versions. If you want to be sure not
to overwrite existing content, you can specify a two-letter prefix
for components on the Replacements tab. This
prefix is prepended to the names of the components that are installed.
Make
sure that you install content into a development or test environment
and perform the necessary customization and verification to ensure
that it is suitable for production use. Then, use your standard tools
to move the tested content to your production environment.
Procedure
- Click to open the
Content Installer application.
- In the List tab of the Content Installer application, click IBM® Control
Desk.
The Content tab displays a list of content packages available
for the product.
- Look at the Installed and Installable check
boxes to verify that the package is not already installed and that
your environment meets the package's prerequisites. A check in the Installable check
box indicates that your installation meets the requirements for installing
the content.
-
To download the content package, click the installation icon
for the package.
- A warning message is displayed to remind you that installing
this package might overwrite content that is already installed. Make
sure that you backed up your data before you install new content.
Click Continue on the warning panel when you
are ready to proceed.
- In the Install Content window, review
the details about the content package and click Download.
Because some content
packages require a license agreement, this panel might contain a license
agreement. If it does, you must accept the agreement before you can
download the package.
- After the content is downloaded, in the Install
Content window for Step 2, complete the following steps.
- Some packages contain several components, and you can
decide which components to install. If multiple components are displayed
on the Package Content tab, clear the Selected check
boxes for the components that you do not want to install.
- On the Replacements tab, specify
replacement values for attributes as needed.
Some packages
allow replacement values for content columns. This replacement is
based on a pattern defined in the package xml file. A full replacement
of an existing value or a partial pattern replacement (for example,
a prefix) is possible. You can select from a predefined list of values,
which is populated by a supplied SQL query, or you can specify a value
manually. The description column on the Replacements tab
provides more information about the replacement option.
- On the Documents tab review and
download documents as needed.
- After you complete the required actions on the Install
Content window, click Install to
install the selected components of the package.
When the
installation is complete, the Install Complete window
is displayed.
- To view information about the installation, click Show
Details,
A message is displayed to specify
what content was selected and whether any errors occurred during installation.
If an item of content fails to install successfully, all items belonging
to that transaction are rolled back.