Follow this procedure to use the IBM® Installation Manager graphical user interface
to create a connection to the network repository that contains the
dashboard environment components. Complete this procedure on each
computer system where you are installing one of 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 graphical user interface mode:
- Double-click the IBMIM.exe file that is
located in the eclipse subdirectory in the directory where IBM Installation Manager was installed.
The default path for IBM Installation
Manager on Windows is C:\Program
Files\IBM\Installation Manager.
- Execute the IBMIM binary under /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse.
- Click File → Preferences.
- Click Add Repository.
- In the Repository field, enter the
HTTP URL of the network repository and click OK.
- The network repository location should now be listed on
the Repository Preferences panel. Select the Location check
box and click OK. This tests the
connection to the network repository.
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: