Using Passport Advantage to download IBM products

IBM® Passport Advantage® web site provides access to all of your entitled software; you can download products directly to your computer for installation, and download the Quick Start Guide for information how to get started installing IBM Sametime®.

Before you begin

Passport Advantage provides access to your IBM software purchases, so you can download products directly to the computers where you want to install them. For information on the Passport Advantage program, review the program overview. For assistance with Passport Advantage, contact eCustomer care contact information.

Downloading products from Passport Advantage requires an IBM customer ID; if you do not have one, you must register with the site:
  1. Open a browser and navigate to Passport Advantage sign-in page.
  2. Complete the new customer registration form.
  3. Click Register.
When you receive your IBM customer ID, proceed to download products as explained in the following procedure, which is also described in the IBM technote How to download software from Passport Advantage Online website.

Procedure

  1. Open a browser and navigate to the Passport Advantage sign-in page.
  2. Click Customer sign in
  3. Enter your IBM customer ID and password, and then click Sign in.
  4. On the "Software and services online" page, click Software download & media access.
  5. On the "Find downloads & media" page, click Download finder.

    Passport Advantage displays list of your entitled downloads (products that you have purchased).

  6. Click a product to select it, and then click Continue to search for its downloadable packages.
    Tip: If you know a download package's part number (specified in the Download document for each product), you can search on that part number to quickly find the downloadable package.

    Software products are posted "assemblies" containing different versions of the product for use with various operating systems and languages. Packaging varies depending on the size and complexity of each product.

  7. Under "Select criteria", select a language and platform (operating system) for the product you want to download.
  8. Under "Download options", select Yes for the option "If available, would you like to see associated products at no additional charge?".

    This ensures that you can view and download optional products that are used with the primary product (for example, an LDAP directory server where you can store user names).

  9. Click Continue.

    Passport Advantage displays the list of assemblies (packages) for the selected criteria.

  10. Select your download:
    • Select an assembly to download all of its included packages:
    • Click the + to expand the assembly so you can select individual packages:
    Important: You should always download a copy of the product's Quick Start Guide because it provides an overview of the product installation as well as links to additional documentation.
  11. Select items to download and scroll to the end of the page.
  12. Review the license agreement, and click I agree.
  13. Click Download and select a location on your computer to store the downloaded files.