Managing IBM Installation Manager

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This section deals with some common tasks relating to IBM® Installation Manager. For more information, see the IBM Installation Manager online help or the IBM Installation Manager Knowledge Center at http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSDV2W/im_family_welcome.html.

Installing IBM Installation Manager

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If you start the installation of your product from the launchpad program, then the installation of IBM Installation Manager is started automatically if it is not already installed on your workstation. (For more information on this process, refer to Starting the launchpad.) In other cases, you must manually start the installation of IBM Installation Manager.

To start the installation of IBM Installation Manager manually:

Procedure

  1. Run install from the InstallerImage_platform folder on the first installation disk.
  2. Click Next on the Install Packages page.
  3. Review the license agreement on the License Agreement page and select I accept the terms in the license agreement to accept. Click Next.
  4. Click the Browse button on the Location page to change the installation location if required. Click Next.
  5. Click Install on the Summary page. When the installation process is complete, a message confirms the success of the process.
  6. Click Finish. IBM Installation Manager opens.

Starting IBM Installation Manager

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IBM Installation Manager should be started from the launchpad program. Doing so starts IBM Installation Manager with a configured repository preference and selected product packages. If you start IBM Installation Manager directly, then you must set a repository preference and choose product packages manually. For more information, see Planning the installation.

To start IBM Installation Manager manually:

Procedure

Uninstalling IBM Installation Manager

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To uninstall IBM Installation Manager complete the following steps:

  • For Windows:
    1. Click Start > Control Panel.
    2. In the Control Panel window, click Add or Remove Programs.
    3. In the Add or Remove Programs window, select IBM Installation Manager and click Remove.
    4. In the Add or Remove Programs dialog box, click Yes to continue with the removal.
  • For Linux:
    1. Open a terminal window and change to the /var/ibm/InstallationManager/uninstall directory; then run ./uninstall
    2. In the IBM Installation Manager Uninstall Packages wizard, click Next ; then click Uninstall .