There are several steps to follow to place the product
package on an HTTP web server.
Procedure
To prepare the product for installation from a repository
on an HTTP or HTTPS web server or shared drive/directory:
- Ensure that the HTTP or HTTPS web server or shared drive/directory
has sufficient disk space to store the product package.
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Ensure
that your workstation has sufficient disk space to store both the files that you must download and the extracted installation image.
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Download all the required parts for the product image to a temporary
directory on your workstation.
- Extract the installation image from the downloaded files
into another temporary directory on your workstation and verify that
the installation image is complete. For details, see Verifying and extracting electronic images.
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Install on your workstation the IBM Packaging Utility. See Installing Packaging Utility.
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Using the Packaging Utility, copy the product package. See Copying product packages using Packaging Utility.
- Copy the output of the Packaging Utility to an HTTP or
HTTPS web Server or shared drive/directory.
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Copy
the installation files for IBM Installation Manager to a
shared drive/directory. See Installation Manager.
- Instruct users in your organization to install Installation Manager from the
shared drive/directory. See Installation Manager tasks for
more information about installing the Installation Manager.
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Provide users with
the URL to the repository that contains the product package you created earlier and provide them
with information that they must complete the installation with the Installation Manager, such as license information, product settings
and other values that are specific to your deployment.