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Setting up the IBM Installation Manager on AIX

Use the IBM Installation Manager to install packages such as HCL Digital Experience (DX) and IBM WebSphere Application Server on AIX.

Before you begin, ensure to update the IBM Installation Manager to the latest available version. On AIX deployments, download the IBM Installation Manager version 1.9 before starting the installation. For more information, refer to Installation Manager shipped with Portal 8.5 fails to install on AIX Portal 9.5.

Warning

Do not update IBM Installation Manager to version 1.10. Recent IBM Installation Manager versions conflict with HCL DX installation packages.

  1. Download the latest IBM Installation Manager v1.9 version from the IBM Download pages (for example version 1.9.3.4) For more information, refer to Installation Manager and Packaging Utility download documents.

    Note

    Download the agent.installer.aix.gtk.ppc_<version>.zip file to obtain full installation binaries instead of update packages.

  2. Navigate to the <PRODUCT_ROOT>/SETUP/IIM in the HCL DX product directory and delete all files and subdirectories.

  3. Extract agent.installer.aix.gtk.ppc_<version>.zip into the <PRODUCT_ROOT>/SETUP/IIM folder.
  4. Start all servers and applications that require a port number to avoid port conflicts during HCL DX installation.

  5. Ping your fully qualified domain name (FQDN) to verify host name resolution:

    ping yourserver.yourcompany.com

  6. Ping localhost to verify local network configuration:

    ping localhost

Note

  • Disable active firewalls, antivirus software, screensavers, or desktop search engines before installing. Active applications can trigger warnings or cause the installation to fail.
  • If the user interface does not support the current language setting, the interface defaults to English.

Installing IBM Installation Manager as a non-root user

To install the IBM Installation Manager as a non-root user:

  1. Log in to the operating system as the root user.
  2. Open a command line.

  3. Create a non-root group and user:

    mkgroup <group_name>
mkuser pswdrequired=true groups=<group_name> <user_name>
passwd <user_name>

  4. Set the open files limit in the user profile to ulimit -n 10240.

  5. Add the non-root user to the new group.

  6. Change ownership of the IIM directory to the non-root user:

    chown user:group IIM

  7. Change directory permissions:

    chmod -R 755 IIM

  8. Log in as the non-root user.

  9. Install the IBM Installation Manager to /IBM/InstallationManager.

    • GUI mode:

      ./userinst

    • Console mode:

      ./userinstc -acceptLicense

  10. Navigate to /IBM/InstallationManager to start the IBM Installation Manager.

    • GUI mode:

      ./IBMIM

    • Console mode:

      cd tools
./imcl -c

Installing the IBM Installation Manager as a root user

To install the IBM Installation Manager as a root user, run the command for your preferred installation mode:

  • GUI mode:

    ./install

  • Console mode:

    ./installc -acceptLicense

For more information, refer to Installing IBM Installation Manager. Verify that the installation was successful after completing all required steps.