Installation Manager 1.9.3.0

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Abstract

IBM Installation Manager 1.9.3.0 is generally available and contains defect and security 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 might be affected.
Prerequisites	The Prerequisites section provides important information to review before 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 Docs	IBM Docs provides an entry point to product documentation. You can view, browse, and search online information related to the product.
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 Docs. 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 the installer package, agent.installer.platform_version, to update Installation Manager.

The Installation Manager .zip file packages are code signed for all platforms and can be verified after download by running the following verification step by using a Java Development Kit (JDK). For example, on a Windows system where a JDK is installed to the \System-JDK folder, you can run:

C:\System-JDK> - .\bin\jarsigner -verify 'Installation Manager zip package'

and get a

jar verified.

response on a fully certified .zip file.

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 release includes defect and security fixes.
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:

Installation Manager users on IBM i should not upgrade IBM i to v7r6 without first reading this notice

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 IBM products available on the web for information on how to configure your My Notifications subscription account and subscribe to the APARs you are interested in following.

Change History

**What's new**
This fix release includes defect and security fixes. This release bundles the following IBM Java 8 Fix Pack versions: 8.0.8.25 for HP-UX* 8.0.8.30 for all other platforms * - These were the latest available IBM Java Fix Packs at the time of this release.

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 are presented with two or more downloads of varying sizes. At minimum, you 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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