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™: C:\Users\<user>\IBM\Installation Manager\eclipse |
Eclipse log file | AIX® or Linux™: /var/ibm/InstallationManager/pluginState/.metadata Windows™: C:\ProgramData\IBM\Installation Manager\pluginState\.metadata |
AIX® or Linux™: /<user/var/ibm/InstallationManager/pluginState/.metadata Windows™: 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™: C:\ProgramData\IBM\Installation Manager |
AIX® or Linux™: /<user>/var/ibm/InstallationManager Windows™: 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.