Installing IBM Installation Manager

Use this procedure if IBM® Installation Manager is not installed.

Before you begin

Following is the supported version.
Software Version
IBM Installation Manager
Fix Pack 11
1.9.2
Fix Pack 10 and earlier
1.9
Preparing IBM Installation Manager
IBM Installation Manager uses defined repositories to determine what packages are available for you to install. These repositories point to your installation media. You can manually add your offerings to IBM Installation Manager. Ensure that the Display variable is exported for the user interface mode of installation. Then, go to the IM directory and enter the ./IBMIM command to start IBM Installation Manager.
Setting up the installation media
The installation media for installing IBM Product Master is available either as physical CDs or as downloadable installation image files from Passport Advantage®.
  1. If you obtained Product Master in the form of physical CDs, check that you have all of the installation disks.
  2. If you downloaded installation image files for Product Master from Passport Advantage, decompress the installation image files into the wanted installation directory.

About this task

If you want to install IBM Installation Manager as non-root, do not install IBM Installation Manager in admin mode.

Procedure

  1. From your installation media or from Passport Advantage, download IBM Installation Manager.
  2. Extract the IBM Installation Manager compressed file. The name of the compressed file is dependent upon your operating system.
  3. Edit the install.ini file and replace Admin with nonadmin.
  4. Ensure that the Display variable is exported for the user interface mode of installation.
  5. Open a command prompt.
  6. Issue the ./install command and complete the installation wizard.

What to do next

Continue with adding offerings to the IBM Installation Manager.