Creating a local repository connection using the IBM Installation Manager console mode

Follow this procedure to use the IBM® Installation Manager console mode to create a local repository connection that contains the IBM Tivoli® Monitoring components for a dashboard environment.

1. Install IBM Installation Manager from the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Dashboards for Servers and Authorization Policy Components DVD or DVD image, if it is not already installed or is at a version before V1.6.1. IBM Installation Manager version 1.6.1 is provided on the DVD under the im.<operating system>.<architecture> directories. For more details about the installation, see the IBM Installation Manager information center at http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/install/v1r6/index.jsp.
2. Start the IBM Installation Manager in console mode from the directory where it was installed. For example:
   • C:\Program Files\IBM\Installation Manager\eclipse\tools\imcl.exe -c
   • /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse/tools/imcl -c
3. The following menu is displayed:

   Select:
        1. Install - Install software packages
        2. Update - Find and install updates and fixes to installed software packages
        3. Modify - Change installed software packages
        4. Roll Back - Revert to an earlier version of installed software packages
        5. Uninstall - Remove installed software packages
   
   Other Options:
        L. View Logs
        S. View Installation History
        V. View Installed Packages
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        P. Preferences
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        E. Export Data for Problem Analysis
        A. About IBM Installation Manager
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        X. Exit Installation Manager

   Enter P: Preferences

4. Enter 1: Repositories.
5. Enter D: Add repository.
6. Enter the location of the diskTag.inf file on the Dashboards for Servers and Authorization Policy Components DVD or DVD image.
   If you add a repository that requires credentials, you are prompted to provide the required credentials. Use the correct case when you enter the repository location. If the correct case is not used, the package is not shown in the list of available packages for installation.

   1. Enter P: Provide credentials and connect.
   2. Enter the user_name and press Enter.
   3. Enter the password and press Enter.
   4. Enter 1 to save the password.
   5. Enter O: Ok
7. Enter A: Apply Changes and Return to Preferences menu.
8. Enter R: Return to Main menu.