Installation directories for the product and profiles

The installation directories for IBM® Business Process Manager are represented by several variables. The meaning of those variables can differ for a number of factors.

Variables used in the documentation

Several variables representing specific default directories are used throughout the documentation. These file paths are default locations. You can install the product and other components and create profiles in any directory for which you have write access. Multiple installations of IBM Business Process Manager products or components require multiple locations.

Here are the main variables used in the documentation:

install_root
Installation location of IBM Business Process Manager. The documentation may show this variable as either install_root or BPM_home. IBM Business Process Manager is always installed in the same location as the WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment installation with which it is associated.
profile_root
Location of an IBM Business Process Manager profile.

How variable meanings can differ

The meaning of variables used to represent installation directories can differ based on whether you are installing the product on a clean workstation or on a workstation that has an existing installation of WebSphere Application Server or WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment. The variables can also differ depending on whether you are performing the installation as a root (Administrator on a Windows system) or nonroot user.

Limitations of nonroot installers

Root, Administrator, and nonroot users can install the product. The default directories the installation program provides differ based on whether the user has root (Administrator) privileges. Root and Administrator users can register shared products and install into system-owned directories (globally shared resources that are available to all users), while nonroot users cannot. Nonroot users can install only into directories they own.

For AIX operating systemFor Linux operating systemAlternatively, you can use IBM Installation Manager group mode to install Installation Manager and IBM Business Process Manager so that a group of nonroot users can install and manage the installation packages. You can install in group mode only with custom command line or response file installation methods, not typical or custom with the graphical interface methods.

Default directories for Typical Installation

The following tables show the default installation locations of the IBM Business Process Manager base installation and its profiles during a typical installation.

Table 1 shows the default installation root directory into which the installation program installs both IBM Business Process Manager and WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment for both root (Administrator) and nonroot users.
Table 1. install_root default directory
Default install_root for root or Administrator users Default install_root for nonroot users

For AIX operating system/opt/IBM/BPM/v8.5

For AIX operating systemuser_home/IBM/BPM/v8.5

For Linux operating system /opt/ibm/BPM/v8.5

For Linux operating systemuser_home/ibm/BPM/v8.5

For Windows operating systemC:\IBM\BPM\v8.5

For Windows operating systemC:\IBM\BPM\v8.5

Table 2 shows the default installation directory for a profile named profile_name for both root (Administrator) and nonroot users.
Table 2. profile_root default directory
Default profile_root for root or Administrator users Default profile_root for nonroot users

For AIX operating system/opt/IBM/BPM/v8.5/profiles/profile_name

For AIX operating systemuser_home/IBM/BPM/v8.5/profiles/profile_name

For Linux operating system/opt/ibm/BPM/v8.5/profiles/profile_name

For Linux operating systemuser_home/ibm/BPM/v8.5/profiles/profile_name

For Windows operating systemC:\IBM\BPM\v8.5\profiles\profile_name

For Windows operating systemC:\IBM\BPM\v8.5\profiles\profile_name

Table 3 shows the Db2® Advanced Workgroup Server Edition installation location. Db2 AWSE is installed under the same directory as IBM Business Process Manager. Nonroot or non-administrator installation of Db2 AWSE is not supported.
Table 3. Db2 AWSE default directory
Default Db2 AWSE binary location Database Instance location

For Linux operating system/opt/ibm/BPM/v8.5/DB2

For Linux operating systemDatabase instance is created under the bpminst user. For example: user_home/bpminst

For Windows operating systemC:\IBM\BPM\v8.5\DB2

For Windows operating systemThe BPMINST database instance is created under the root (\) of the drive where IBM Business Process Manager is installed. For example, if IBM Business Process Manager is installed under C:\IBM\BPM\v8.5\ then you will see C:\BPMINST.

Default directories for Custom Installation or existing installation of WebSphere Application Server or WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment

The following tables show the default installation locations of the product and its profiles. If you choose to install IBM Business Process Manager on top of an existing supported version of WebSphere Application Server or WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, IBM Business Process Manager is installed into the same location. Table 4 shows the default installation root directory in such a case for root (Administrator) and nonroot (including group where applicable) users.
Table 4. IBM Business Process Manager and WebSphere Application Server default installation directory
Default install_root for root or Administrator users Default install_root for nonroot and group users

For AIX operating system/usr/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer

For AIX operating systemuser_home/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer

For Linux operating system/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer

For Linux operating systemuser_home/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer

For Windows operating systemC:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer

For Windows operating systemuser_home\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer

Table 5. Default installation directory for a profile named profile_name
Default profile_root for root or Administrator users Default profile_root for nonroot and group users

For AIX operating system/usr/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile_name

For AIX operating systemuser_home/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile_name

For Linux operating system/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile_name

For Linux operating systemuser_home/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile_name

For Windows operating systemC:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\profile_name

For Windows operating systemuser_home\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\profile_name

Table 6 shows the Process Designer installation location.
Table 6. Process Designer default directory
Default Process Designer installation location for root or Administrator users Default Process Designer installation location for nonroot users

For Windows operating systemC:\IBM\ProcessDesigner\v8.5

For Windows operating systemC:\IBM\ProcessDesigner\v8.5

Default installation directories for IBM Installation Manager

The following tables show two default directories that are related to the Installation Manager tool. Values are given for root (Administrator), nonroot (non-administrator), and installation group users.
  • The directories in Table 7 are the defaults (per operating system) into which Installation Manager is installed.

    For more information about other defaults for Installation Manager, see Installing as an administrator, nonadministrator, or group in the Installation Manager documentation.

  • The agent data directories in Table 8 are the defaults (per operating system) used by Installation Manager for data associated with the application, such as the state and history of operations performed by Installation Manager.

    For more information about the agent data location, see Agent data location in the Installation Manager documentation.

Installation Manager also uses another directory to store shared program objects and cached files that are generated when you install a product. You can specify this shared resources directory when you install WebSphere Application Server and IBM Business Process Manager. This value is set the first time that a product is installed with a particular Installation Manager instance. For further information about the shared resources directory, see Overview of package groups and the shared resources directory. For information about how to locate the shared resources directory, see Backing up and restoring Installation Manager.

Table 7. Installation Manager default installation directories
Defaults for root or Administrator users Defaults for nonroot or non-administrator users Defaults for group mode users

For Linux operating system/opt/IBM/InstallationManager

For Linux operating system/user_home/IBM/InstallationManager

For Linux operating system/user_home/IBM/InstallationManager_Group

For UNIX operating system/opt/IBM/InstallationManager

For UNIX operating system/user_home/IBM/InstallationManager

For UNIX operating system/user_home/IBM/InstallationManager_Group

For Windows operating systemWindows 8, Windows Server 2012: C:\Program Files [(x86)]\IBM\Installation Manager

For Windows operating systemWindows 8, Windows Server 2012: C:\Users\user\IBM\Installation Manager

Not available.

For Windows operating system(deprecated) Windows Server 2008, Windows 7: C:\Program Files [(x86)]\IBM\Installation Manager

For Windows operating system(deprecated) Windows Server 2008, Windows 7: C:\Users\user\IBM\Installation Manager

Not available.
Table 8. Installation Manager default agent data directories
Defaults for root or Administrator users Defaults for nonroot or non-administrator users Defaults for group mode users

For Linux operating system/var/ibm/InstallationManager

For Linux operating system/user_home/var/ibm/InstallationManager

For Linux operating system/user_home/var/ibm/InstallationManager_Group

For UNIX operating system/var/ibm/InstallationManager

For UNIX operating system/user_home/var/ibm/InstallationManager

For UNIX operating system/user_home/var/ibm/InstallationManager_Group

For Windows operating systemWindows 8, Windows Server 2012: C:\ProgramData\IBM\Installation Manager

For Windows operating systemWindows 8, Windows Server 2012: C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\IBM\Installation Manager

Not available.

For Windows operating system(deprecated) Windows Server 2008, Windows 7: C:\Program Files [(x86)]\IBM\Installation Manager

For Windows operating system(deprecated) Windows Server 2008, Windows 7: C:\Users\user\IBM\Installation Manager

Not available.