Installation scenarios

There are a number of scenarios that you can follow when you install or update product packages.

The following are some of the factors that might determine your installation scenario:

The format and method by which you access your installation files (for example, from files downloaded from IBM® Passport Advantage®).
The location for your installation (for example, you can install the product onto your own workstation, or make the installation files available to your enterprise)
The type of installation (for example, you can use the IBM Installation Manager GUI, or install silently).
The mode of installation (for example, administrator or non-administrator).

These are the typical installation scenarios you might follow:

Installing using web install option from product trial site.
Installing from a downloaded electronic image on your workstation.
If you have access to IBM Passport Advantage Online website and IBM installation Manager is not installed, you can start installing the software by clicking Install using IBM Installation Manager on the IBM Passport Advantage Online website.
If you have access to IBM Passport Advantage Online and IBM Installation Manager is installed, you can configure Installation Manager to connect to IBM Passport Advantage Online and install directly from the IBM repositories.
If IBM Installation Manager is installed and the installation repositories are on a remote repository (for example, an HTTP server at your company), you can configure Installation Manager to connect to the repository. For more information, see Setting repository preferences in IBM Installation Manager.

Note that in the latter scenario you can choose to run the IBM Installation Manager program in silent mode to install product packages. For details on running IBM Installation Manager in silent mode, see Installing silently.

Note also that you can install updates at the same time that you install the base product package.

Administrator or non-administrator mode

Use administrator mode when you have administrative privileges in Windows and root privileges in Linux, and the OS X operating system. You can administer and manage Installation Manager and packages. You can install packages in a common location that is accessible by all users on a system. You can install only one administrator instance of Installation Manager on a computer.

Use nonadministrator mode to install packages in a location that is accessible only by the user who installs Installation Manager. The packages are installed with nonadministrator rights. You can install only one instance of Installation Manager for each user on a computer.

The Launchpad uses administrator mode. To install product packages as a non-administrator, you must manually run the userinst program in the InstallerImage_platform folder from the electronic image instead of running the launchpad program.

Note: For OS X:

If 'Application can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer' message appears, this is due to the OS X Gatekeeper feature. Use Ctrl+click or right-click and select Open to be prompted to open it.

If 'Application is damaged and can't be opened. You should move it to the Trash.' message appears, this is due to the OS X Gatekeeper feature. See http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21657260 for more information.

If not able to start the Userinst.app from Finder, open Terminal and invoke disk1/InstallerImage_macosx_cocoa_x86_64/Userinst.app/Contents/MacOS/userinst.

Installing using web install option from product trial site

In this installation scenario, you follow the steps to do the installation using the web install method from the product trial site: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/r/rdi/

Installing from a downloaded electronic image on your workstation

In this scenario, you have downloaded the installation files from either IBM Passport Advantage, IBM's Entitled software support site, or the product trial site and you will install on your own workstation. See Installing from an electronic image: task overview for an overview of the steps.

Clicking Install using IBM Installation Manager on the Passport Advantage website

If you are entitled to log on to the IBM Passport Advantage Online website, you can start the installation process by clicking Install using IBM Installation Manager link in the eAssembly for the product. If you use this method:

The required version of IBM Installation Manager is downloaded and installed on your computer.
Installation Manager starts automatically configured to connect to Passport Advantage.

To use this method to install software:

Log on to IBM Passport Advantage website by using an entitled IBM ID.
When you locate the core product eAssembly, click Install using IBM Installation Manager.
Select the platform for IBM Installation Manager, and then click Download Now. The Download Director applet starts and downloads the installation files for Installation Manager.
Tip: Note the name of the file that is downloaded.
- For Windows, a .exe file is downloaded
- For Linux, a compressed file is downloaded.
When the download completes:
- For Windows: In Download Director, click Launch. If you close Download Director without clicking Launch, open Windows Explorer and browse to the location where you downloaded the .exe file and run it.
  The Installation program starts, extracts the installation files for IBM Installation Manager, and starts Installation Manager in administrator mode.
- For Linux:
  - In a command line, browse to the location where you downloaded the Installation Manager compressed file.
  - Extract the contents of the compressed file. Ensure that preserve the directory structure of the contents.
  - To install as an administrator:./install To install as a non-administrator: ./userinst. Installation Manager starts.
When prompted, enter your IBM ID user name and password.
Installation Manager shows all the software that you are entitled to.

Note: Only entitled software that can be installed by Installation Manager is displayed. Software that is not installed by Installation Manager must be downloaded from the IBM Passport Advantage website.

Configure Installation Manager to install software directly from IBM Passport Advantage

If IBM Installation Manager is installed on your computer, then you can configure it to download and install software directly from IBM Passport Advantage.

Note: If your version of IBM Installation Manager does need meet the requirements to install the product, then you must update it. By default, updates for Installation Manager are automatically detected.

To configure Installation Manager to connect to IBM Passport Advantage:

Start Installation Manager.
Click File > Preferences.
Click Passport Advantage.
Select Connect to Passport Advantage.
When prompted, enter your IBM ID credentials.
Click OK.

When you install software (click Install on the main Installation Manager interface), the software that you are entitled to install is displayed.

Note: Only the entitled software that can be installed by Installation Manager is displayed. Software not installed by Installation Manager must be downloaded from the IBM Passport Advantage website.