Installation Manager 1.9.1.4

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Abstract

IBM Installation Manager 1.9.1.4 has been made generally available and contains defect fixes.

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*Table of Contents*
Sections	Description
What's new	The Change history section provides an overview on what is new in this release with a description of any new functions or enhancements when applicable.
Impact assessment	The How critical is this fix section provides information related to the impact of this release to allow you to assess how your environment may be affected.
Prerequisites	The Prerequisites section provides important information to review prior to the installation of this release.
Download package	The Download package section provides the direct link to obtain the download package for installation in your environment.
Installation instructions	The Installation instructions section provides the installation instructions necessary to apply this release into your environment.
Known problems	The Known side effects section contains a link to the known problems (open defects) identified at the time of this release.

*Supporting Documentation*
Document	Description
Detailed System Requirements	Click to review the detailed system requirements information for a complete list of hardware requirements, supported operating systems, prerequisites and optional supported software, with component-level details and operating system restrictions.
IBM Knowledge Center	IBM Knowledge Center provides an entry point to product documentation. You can view, browse, and search online information related to the product. Note that this release uses the 1.8.5 Knowledge Center.
Fix List	Click to review a complete list of the defects (APARs) resolved in this release including a list of resolved defects for the entire version family.

Prerequisites

**Prerequisites include:**
Review the Detailed System Requirements for any prerequisites required for this release.

Installation Instructions

**Review the Installing overview topic in the IBM Knowledge Center, version 1.8.5. The installation topics contain information about downloading the Installation Manager installation files.**
Installation Manager versions are released as both fix packs and installer packages. Use the installer packages when you are installing Installation Manager for the first time. Use the fix pack or the installer packages when you are updating Installation Manager.

Package	File Name	Action	Operating System
Installer	agent.installer.platform_version	Install or update Installation Manager	The .zip file is specific to a platform. In the file name, platform indicates the operating system and version indicates the version of Installation Manager.
Fix Pack	com.ibm.cic.agent.offering_version.zip	Update Installation Manager	All supported platforms. In the file name, version indicates the version of Installation Manager.

The fix pack package is significantly larger than the platform specific installer packages. If you are updating Installation Manager on one platform, consider using the installer package, agent.installer.platform_version, to update Installation Manager.

Download Package

The following sections provide detailed information related to this release.

Click the FC link below to obtain the release from Fix Central.

How critical is this fix?

*Impact Assessment*
Impact	Description
Recommended	This is a service release. It includes fixes to security defects.
Test Results Close [x] Definitions Regression: An error in the Maintenance Delivery Vehicle (MDV) that produces incorrect or unexpected behavior causing a supported feature to stop functioning as designed. This includes: Coding errors that cause a regression Documentation or packaging problems that cause a regression Errors reported in a new function delivered in a MDV that cause a regression Incomplete: An error in the MDV has not regressed, but does not work as designed. This includes: Fixed APARs which did not solve the original problem but did not break anything new APARs reporting documentation errors, such as readme errors, that cause problems applying an MDV but do not lead to a regression Notes: Regression and incomplete APARs are considered fix-in-error or MDV-in-error *Definitions above apply only to valid APARs that result in product fixes (APARs returned as working-as-designed* are not assessed for being fix-in-error) Issues in major releases due to new functionality do not apply in this definition**

Problems Solved

**Defects resolved**
Click the Fix List link in the table of contents above to review a list of the problems solved in this release.

Known Side Effects

Review the list of known issues:

APAR	Description

Open defects

Review the following list of open defects for IBM Installation Manager and Packaging Utility on the IBM Support Portal.

Review technote 1461170: Open APARs for Rational products available on the Web for information on how to configure your MyNotifications subscription account and subscribe to the APARs you are interested in following.

Change History

**What's new**
Service release with no new features.

Click the "FC" link in the Download Options column to obtain the IBM Installation Manager Installer and Fix Pack package downloads.

Note: Selecting the FC link takes you to IBM Fix Central. You will be presented with two or more downloads of varying sizes. At minimum, you will see the Installer and Fix Pack download and more downloads if there are hardware variants. In Fix Central, the agent.installer.platform.zip file is referred to as a refresh pack and as a fix. You can use this file to install Installation Manager. You can also use this file to update Installation Manager from an earlier version.

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