Follow this procedure to use the IBM® Installation Manager console mode to create
a network repository connection that contains the IBM Tivoli® Monitoring
components for a dashboard environment.
Before you begin
Use the IBM Packaging
Utility to create a network repository that contains the IBM Tivoli Monitoring
components on the
IBM Tivoli Monitoring Dashboards
for Servers and Authorization Policy Components DVD.
Procedure
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- Enter 1: Repositories.
- Enter D: Add repository.
- Enter the HTTP URL of the network repository.
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.
- Enter P: Provide credentials and connect.
- Enter the user_name and press Enter.
- Enter the password and press Enter.
- Enter 1 to save the password.
- Enter O: Ok
- Enter A: Apply Changes and Return
to Preferences menu.
- Enter R: Return to Main menu.
What to do next
Use IBM Installation
Manager to install the IBM Tivoli Monitoring components
for a dashboard environment, as described in the following sections: