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IBM Packaging Utility
Use IBM Packaging Utility software to set up a repository for IBM Installation Manager and to copy product packages to the repository. After you copy product packages, you define the repository location in the Preferences window of Installation Manager.
Copying product packages using Packaging Utility
To create a repository from which IBM Installation Manager can install product, you must use the IBM Packaging Utility to copy the product package to the repository.

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- HCL VersionVault Release Notes
  To learn about the changes in the product, see the release notes.
- Deploy HCL VersionVault
  Read these topics for information about planning, installing, and configuring your HCL VersionVault deployment.
- Use IBM® installation and packaging utilities
  Use IBM installation and packaging utilities to download and install software.
  - Installation Manager
    IBM Installation Manager helps you manage the installation, update, and uninstallation of HCL applications, or packages, on your computer.
  - Installing Installation Manager in wizard mode
    Use wizard mode to install Installation Manager
  - Installing silently
    Use IBM Installation Manager to run a silent install of an HCL product. When you run a silent install, the Installation Manager interface is not available. Installation Manager uses a response file that contains commands required to install the product package.
  - Package groups and the shared resource directory
    When you install a product package using IBM Installation Manager, you must choose a package group and a shared resource directory.
  - Updating the product
    You can install updates for packages that were installed by using IBM Installation Manager. Package updates provide fixes and updates to installed features and might include new features that you can install by using the Modify wizard.
  - Modifying a product installation
    IBM Installation Manager enables you to modify the language and feature selections of an installed product package.
  - Uninstalling the product
    The Uninstall option in IBM Installation Manager enables you to uninstall packages from a single installation location. You can uninstall all installed packages from every package group.
  - IBM Packaging Utility
    Use IBM Packaging Utility software to set up a repository for IBM Installation Manager and to copy product packages to the repository. After you copy product packages, you define the repository location in the Preferences window of Installation Manager.
    - Installing Packaging Utility
      Use IBM® Packaging Utility to copy a product package.
    - Copying product packages using Packaging Utility
      To create a repository from which IBM Installation Manager can install product, you must use the IBM Packaging Utility to copy the product package to the repository.

Copying product packages using Packaging Utility

To create a repository from which IBM Installation Manager can install product, you must use the IBM Packaging Utility to copy the product package to the repository.

About this task

Packaging Utility can also be used to combine multiple product packages into a single repository location. See the Packaging Utility online help for more information.

Procedure

These steps explain how to copy an HCL product packages and create a repository using Packaging Utility:

Start the Packaging Utility.
Click Copy Package > Next. The Source page opens. Repositories are listed in the Content table.
Click Open repository, if the repository for your product package is not listed.
Remember: A repository can be a path to a directory in the file system or a URL to a directory on a server.
Click Browse and navigate to the directory containing the HCL product installation files. Example repository locations:
- Windows™: C:\installation_files\HCL_product\disk1\diskTag.inf
- Linux or UNIX systems: /installation_files/HCL_product/disk1/diskTag.inf
If you have a repository that contains a diskTag.inf and a repository.config, you must select the diskTag.inf directory. When the repository.config directory is selected, the copy process fails.
Select the repository to copy and click Next.
Accept the License Agreement to continue
In the Destination window, select an existing repository directory from the drop-down list or click Browse... to select a directory path.
Click Next. Review the repositories selected for copying.
Click Copy.

Example

You use the Packaging Utility to copy the product installation files into the repository location: C:\install\myrepository. In Installation Manager, you open the Repository preferences page and add the repository location, C:\install\myrepository, to the repository table. You can also place the repository on a UNC drive, or place the repository on a web server to make the directories and files available over HTTP.

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