Installing Installation Manager (GUI or console)

You can install IBM Installation Manager with a wizard-style GUI or an interactive console.

Before you begin

Take the following actions:
  • Extract the contents of the Installation Manager installation file to a suitable temporary directory.
  • Ensure that the necessary user permissions are in place for your intended installation, data, and shared directories.
  • The console installer does not report required disk space. Ensure that you have enough free space before you start a console installation.

About this task

The initial installation steps are different depending on which user mode you use. The steps for completing the installation are common to all user modes and operating systems.

Installation Manager takes account of your current umask settings when it sets the permissions mode of the files and directories that it installs. Using Group mode, Installation Manager ignores any group bits that are set and uses a umask of 2 if the resulting value is 0.

Procedure

  1. To install in Group mode:
    1. Use the id utility to verify that your current effective user group is suitable for the installation. If necessary, use the following command to start a new shell with the correct effective group:
      newgrp group_name
      We recommend using the icosgrp for Netcool Configuration Manager.
    2. Use the umask utility to check your umask value. If necessary, change the umask value.
    3. Change to the temporary directory that contains the Installation Manager installation files.
    4. Use the following command to start the installation:
      GUI installation
      ./groupinst -dL data_location
      Console installation
      ./groupinstc -c -dL data_location
      Where data_location specifies the data directory. You must specify a data directory that all members of the group can access. Each instance of Installation Manager requires a different data directory
  2. Follow the installer instructions to complete the installation. The installer requires the following input at different stages of the installation:
    GUI installation
    • In the first panel, select the Installation Manager package.
    • Read and accept the license agreement.
    • When prompted, enter an installation directory or accept the default directory.
    • Verify that the total installation size does not exceed the available disk space.
    • When prompted, restart Installation Manager.
    Console installation
    • Read and accept the license agreement.
    • When prompted, enter an installation directory or accept the default directory.
    • If required, generate a response file. Enter the directory path and a file name with a .xml extension. The response file is generated before installation completes.
    • When prompted, restart Installation Manager.
  3. Connect to a repository that contains the products that you want to install:
    A repository can be on a local server or online.
    1. Click File > Preferences.
    2. If a repository has been set up for you, click Repositories and ensure that the correct repositories are selected.
    3. If no repositories have been set up for you, and you want to set up a repository yourself, refer to the information about managing packages with the Packaging Utility in the Installation Manager documentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSDV2W/im_family_welcome.html
    4. If you want to connect directly to the IBM® online repository to access the products to which you are entitled, click Passport Advantage®, select Conect to Passport Advantage, and click Apply. Click OK.
      When you install or update a product, you are prompted for your credentials to access IBM Passport Advantage.

Results

Installation Manager is installed and can now be used to install Netcool Configuration Manager and its pre-requisites.

What to do next

If required, add the Installation Manager installation directory path to your PATH environment variable.