Installation default values and conventions

The installation documentation uses conventions such as Shared resources directory that infer specific directory locations. This topic describes the conventions in use for Rational® Software Architect Designer and the associated default value.
Table 1. Installation documentation conventions and default values
Name Convention in installation documentation Default Value
Installation Manager installation directory Installation Manager directory
  • Admin installation:
    • For Windows For Windows XP Professional : C:\Program Files\IBM\InstallationManager
    • For Windows For other supported Windows operating systems: C:\Program Files [(x86)]\IBM\Installation Manager\eclipse
    • For Linux For Linux: /opt/IBM/InstallationManager
    • For OS XFor OS X: /Applications/IBM/Installation Manager/eclipse
  • Non-admin installation:
    • For Windows For Windows XP Professional: C:\Documents and Settings\user\IBM\Installation Manager\eclipse
    • For Windows For other supported Windows operating systems:C:\Users\user\IBM\Installation Manager\eclipse
    • For Linux For Linux/user_home_directory/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse
    • For OS X For OS X: /Users/user/var/ibm/Installation Manager/eclipse
Installation Manager shared resources directory Shared resources directory
  • Admin installation:
    • For Windows: C:\Program Files\IBM\IBMIMShared
    • For Linux: /opt/IBM/IBMIMShared
  • Non-admin installation:
    • For Windows: user.home\IBM\IBMIMShared
    • For Linux: user.home/IBM/IBMIMShared
Rational Software Architect Designer installation directory Product installation directory
  • Admin installation:
    • For Windows: C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP
    • For Linux: /opt/IBM/SDP
  • Non-admin installation:
    • For Windows: user.home\IBM\SDP
    • For Linux: user.home/IBM/SDP
Rational Software Architect Designer workspace directory workspace directory
  • For Windows: user.home\IBM\rationalsdp\workspace
  • For Linux: user.home/IBM/rationalsdp/workspace
WebSphere® Application Server Version 7.0 Test Environment profile directory WebSphere Application Server V7.0 test environment directory
  • For Windows: Rational Application Developer directory\runtimes\base_v7\profiles\was70profile1
  • For Linux: Rational Application Developer directory/runtimes/base_v7/profiles/was70profile1
WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0 Test Environment profile name WebSphere Application Server V7.0 test environment profile name was70profile1

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