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Installing
Learn how to install the product.
Deploy HCL VersionVault
Read these topics for information about planning, installing, and configuring your HCL VersionVault deployment.
Plan your deployment
Review a checklist of required and optional tasks with links to additional information for planning the installation and deployment process for HCL VersionVault and HCL VersionVault MultiSite.
Enterprise software installation strategies
HCL VersionVault can be installed by using an enterprise strategy.
Installation scenario walkthroughs
These instructions walk you through four key scenarios for installing VersionVault.
Installation scenario walkthrough: silent installation of HCL VersionVault from a shared network drive
These steps describe how to silently install HCL VersionVault from a shared network drive.
Installing an HCL product on a local computer
Use these instructions to install your HCL products on additional computers or for users installing on their local computer.

Installing
Learn how to install the product.
- 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.
  - Requirements
    Review the requirements information to identify system requirements, prerequisite tasks, and other information needed to successfully install or upgrade HCL VersionVault and HCL VersionVault MultiSite
  - Plan your deployment
    Review a checklist of required and optional tasks with links to additional information for planning the installation and deployment process for HCL VersionVault and HCL VersionVault MultiSite.
    - Enterprise software installation strategies
      HCL VersionVault can be installed by using an enterprise strategy.
      - Placing the product package on an HTTP web server
        There are several steps to follow to place the product package on an HTTP web server.
      - Installing from a repository on an HTTP or HTTPS web server
        In this scenario, IBM Installation Manager retrieves the product packages from an HTTP or HTTPS web server.
      - Placing the electronic image on a shared directory
        In this scenario, you place the electronic image on a shared directory or drive so that users in your enterprise can access the installation files for the product from a single location.
      - Installation scenario walkthroughs
        These instructions walk you through four key scenarios for installing VersionVault.
        Installation scenario walkthrough: installation of HCL VersionVault from a shared network drive
        These steps describe how to install HCL VersionVault from a shared network drive.
        Installation scenario walkthrough: silent installation of HCL VersionVault from a shared network drive
        These steps describe how to silently install HCL VersionVault from a shared network drive.
        Silently installing an HCL product from a shared network drive
        This procedure has three parts: downloading the installation files, recording a response file, and running the silent installation. IBM Installation Manager is used only to record the response file.
        Recording a response file
        Silent installs require a response file. You can manually create a response file, or record a response file with Installation Manager. Recording a response file, unlike the other methods, requires that Installation Manager be installed.
        Running the silent install
        After you create a response file, you run the silent install.
        Installing an HCL product on a local computer
        Use these instructions to install your HCL products on additional computers or for users installing on their local computer.
        Installation scenario walkthrough: silent installation of HCL VersionVault with Installation Manager from a shared network drive
        These steps describe how to silently install HCL VersionVault from a shared network drive or a remote server.
        Installation scenario walkthrough: installation of HCL VersionVault with Installation Manager from an HTTP server
        These steps describe how to install HCL VersionVault from an HTTP server.
    - HCL VersionVault Explorer installation planning
      Install the HCL VersionVault Explorer web client to access and modify resources under HCL VersionVault source control through dynamic views or web views.
    - HCL VersionVault MultiSite installation
      Review requirements and other considerations to consider when planning the installation of the HCL VersionVault MultiSite.
    - VersionVault for Microsoft Visual Studio installation planning
      VersionVault for Visual Studio can be deployed with the VersionVault for Windows™ client or with the VersionVault Explorer. After deployment, HCL VersionVault for Visual Studio provides an interface to complete HCL VersionVault operations from the Microsoft™ Visual Studio IDE.
    - Selecting the HCL VersionVault registry server
      Before running any of the installation programs, you must select a host to be your HCL VersionVault registry server. As the installation prompts you for this information, you must prepare this host beforehand.
    - Planning VersionVault support for ACL-enabled VOBs and VOB objects
      If you plan to include ACL-enabled VOBs in your HCL VersionVault environment, review important information about planning installation and upgrade for clients and servers, preparing VOBs, cross-version compatibility, and operating in a mixed version environment.
    - Managing licensing for HCL VersionVault
      Products in the HCL VersionVault product family implement an active-user floating-license scheme.
    - Specifying the default registry region
      An HCL VersionVault registry region (or network region) is a conceptual partition of a local area network required to install the product. During the installation process, you must specify a default region name for your site.
    - Preparing shared locations for an enterprise deployment
      If you are using an enterprise deployment strategy, you must prepare your shared locations before users can install the product packages.
    - Verify that the required Linux™ software packages are installed
      Instructions for verifying whether the required software packages are installed on your system depend on which version of Linux™ you are running.
  - Install HCL VersionVault clients and servers
    The method that is used to install HCL VersionVault depends on the target platform and on your installation strategy.
  - Configuring your environment after deploying
    For some types of HCL VersionVault and HCL VersionVault MultiSite hosts, you must complete some configuration tasks after you have installed the products.
- Use IBM® installation and packaging utilities
  Use IBM installation and packaging utilities to download and install software.

Installing an HCL product on a local computer

Use these instructions to install your HCL products on additional computers or for users installing on their local computer.

Before you begin

Check user requirements before installing. HCL products require administrator access.

Procedure

Mount a directory or map a shared drive from the HTTP server onto the local computer.
On the local computer, navigate to the Installation Manager directory located on the shared network drive. The Installation Manager directory contains the extracted installation files.
Windows™ systems
```
install_files\InstallationManager
```
Linux or UNIX systems
```
/install_files/InstallationManager/
```
As administrator, run the silent install command to install the HCL product.
Windows™ systems
```
installc.exe --launcher.ini silent-install.ini -input response_file_path_and_name
```
Note: On Windows™, use installc.exe for silent installations, and use install.exe for installations that use the GUI.
Linux or UNIX systems
```
install --launcher.ini silent-install.ini -input response_file_path_and_name 
```

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