Directory paths for IBM Installation Manager
IBM® Installation Manager uses default directory paths for its installation files.
Purpose
This topic describes the default directory paths for IBM Installation Manager.IBM Installation Manager
Each instance of Installation Manager must have its own installation directory and agent data directory.
The directories where IBM Installation Manager is installed are determined by the type of user account that you used to install the product.
Any changes that you make to an installation of IBM Installation Manager that you installed with a root user or non-administrator account do not affect an installation of IBM Installation Manager that you installed with a non-root user or non-administrator account. The reverse is also true.
The following table indicates the location of the relevant directories.
Directory | Root/Administrator | Non-root/non-administrator |
---|---|---|
Default installation directory | AIX® or Linux™: /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse Windows™: C:\Program Files\IBM\Installation Manager\eclipse |
AIX or Linux: /<user/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003: C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\IBM\Installation Manager\eclipse Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7: C:\Users\<user>\IBM\Installation Manager\eclipse |
Eclipse log file | AIX or Linux: /var/ibm/InstallationManager/pluginState/.metadata Windows Server 2008: C:\ProgramData\IBM\Installation Manager\pluginState\.metadata |
AIX or Linux: /<user/var/ibm/InstallationManager/pluginState/.metadata Windows Server 2008: C:\Users\<user\IBM\Installation ManagerInstaller\pluginState\.metadata |
Default agent data location. For more information about agent data, go to the Agent data location page in the IBM Installation Manager information center. |
AIX or Linux: /var/ibm/InstallationManager Windows Server 2008: C:\ProgramData\IBM\Installation Manager |
AIX or Linux: /<user>/var/ibm/InstallationManager Windows Server 2008: C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\IBM\Installation Manager |
- AIX or Linux:
- Open the /etc/.ibm/registry/InstallationManager.dat file.
- Examine the location entry. For example, location=/var/ibm/InstallationManager.
- Windows:
- Open the Windows Registry.
- Search for the following registry key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\IBM\Installation Manager\location.
- Open the key and examine its value.