Installing IBM Storage Protect by using the installation wizard

You can install the server by using the IBM Installation Manager graphical wizard.

Before you begin

Take the following actions before you start the installation:

If the following RPM files are not installed on your system, you must install them.
Tip: You do not have to install RPM files if you use the console wizard.

For information about installing GTK2 files, see the IBM® topic, Installing and configuring GTK2 on IBM AIX®.
- atk-1.12.3-2.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
- cairo-1.8.8-1.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
- expat-2.0.1-1.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
- fontconfig-2.4.2-1.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
- freetype2-2.3.9-1.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
- gettext-0.10.40-6.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
- glib2-2.12.4-2.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
- gtk2-2.10.6-4.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
- libjpeg-6b-6.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
- libpng-1.2.32-2.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
- libtiff-3.8.2-1.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
- pango-1.14.5-4.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
- pixman-0.12.0-3.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
- xcursor-1.1.7-3.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
- xft-2.1.6-5.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
- xrender-0.9.1-3.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
- zlib-1.2.3-3.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
Verify that the operating system is set to the language that you require. By default, the language of the operating system is the language of the installation wizard.
Ensure that the user ID that you plan to use during the installation is a user with local Administrator authority.
Note: Before you install the server by using the IBM Installation Manager graphical wizard on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z, refer the Technote 357997.

Install IBM Storage Protect by using this method:

Option Description

Installing the software from a downloaded package:

Option	Description
Installing the software from a downloaded package:	Change to the directory where you downloaded the package. Start the installation wizard by issuing the following command: `./install.sh` `./install.sh` `install.bat` Or, in the directory where the installation files were extracted, double-click the install.bat file. Note: When the console prompts you to complete prerequisite steps during the installation or upgrade of IBM Storage Protect, you can ignore the prerequisite steps and enter Y when prompted with Do you want to proceed with the upgrade? (Yes/No): to continue with the upgrade. To upgrade the instance, you must select Y to Do you update the instance? question. If you select No, the instance is ignored and deleted. You must then recreate and upgrade the instance manually after the upgrade is completed.

Note:

When the console prompts you to complete prerequisite steps during the installation or upgrade of IBM Storage Protect, you can ignore the prerequisite steps and enter Y when prompted with Do you want to proceed with the upgrade? (Yes/No): to continue with the upgrade.
To upgrade the instance, you must select Y to Do you update the instance? question. If you select No, the instance is ignored and deleted. You must then recreate and upgrade the instance manually after the upgrade is completed.

If errors occur during the installation process, the errors are recorded in log files that are stored in the IBM Installation Manager logs directory.
You can view installation log files by clicking File > View Log from the Installation Manager tool. To collect these log files, click Help > Export Data for Problem Analysis from the Installation Manager tool.
After you install the server and components, and before you customize it for your use, go to the IBM Support Portal. Click Downloads (fixes and PTFs) and apply any applicable fixes.

After you install a new server, review Taking the first steps after you install IBM Storage Protect to learn about configuring your server.
If a native device driver is available on Windows for the tape drives or medium changers that you plan to use, use the native device driver. If a native device driver is not available on Windows for the tape drives or medium changers that you plan to use, install the IBM Storage Protect device driver by issuing the dpinst.exe /a command. The dpinst.exe file is in the device driver directory. The default directory is C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\device\drivers.