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8.4 Installing the IBM Installation Agent (IIA)

Remote deployment is a process that installs a solution on a remote computer. We call this

remote computer Target Computer. Before starting remote deployment, we need to install

IBM Installation Agent on a Target Computer. The IBM Installation Agent is an application that

acts as an interface for software installations. We need to install this agent on each remote

computer where we want to deploy a solution.

The agent acts as a listener process that waits for a connection from a system where you run

Deployment Wizard. On i5/OS (known as OS/400 prior to Version 5 Release 3)*, the IBM

Installation Agent runs as a background program.

For supported platforms, refer to Table 8-1 on page 178. For system requirements, refer to

8.1.1, “System requirement” on page 178.

To locate the executable for the operating systems onto which you want to install IIA, refer to

the following directory structure of the IIA installation CDs:

򐂰 diskIIA1

– doc/ — This directory contains Web-based documentation in any supported

languages.

– readme/ — This directory contains installation instructions for IBM Installation Agent.

– linux/ — This directory contains installation programs and licenses for Linux.

– w32/ — This directory contains installation programs and licenses for Windows.

򐂰 diskIIA2

– linuxOnPOWER/ — This directory contains installation programs and licenses for

Linux on POWER.

– os400/ — This directory contains installation programs and licenses for OS/400.

Errors encountered before the installation program is able to determine the destination path

(or errors with the destination path specified) are logged to the current directory, unless

write-access is not allowed. If write-access is not allowed, the errors are not logged.

To install the IBM Installation Agent, you must be logged on to the target computer as a user

with administrator authority (root for Linux or Administrator for Windows, or a user profile that

has SECOFR user class with all special authorities for i5/OS or OS/400). The installation fails

if you are not logged on as an administrator, and there might not be any error messages

logged to IRU_IIAInstall.log indicating the problem. If the installation fails and no information

is available in the log file, exit the installation, log in as a user with administrator authority, and

try the installation again.

Note: Remember, for all platforms, additional space is required to deploy and run each

application that you install on a target computer. Refer to IBM Installation Agent Product

Documentation available on the First Steps menu for more details.

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8.4.1 Installing on Windows, Linux, and Linux on POWER

Follow these steps to install IIA:

1. You can perform installation of IBM Installation Agent with a graphical user interface (GUI).

Select the command appropriate for your platform (these commands are located on

different CDs and in different folders):

– For Windows, use this command:

IIA_WindowsLaunchpad.exe

– For Linux, use this command:

IIA_LinuxLaunchpad

– For Linux on POWER, use this command:

IIA_LinuxPPCLaunchpad

2. Ensure that both the setup.exe and launchpad.exe setup files exist in the same directory

for each platform.

For Linux and Linux on POWER, we also need to have an X11 graphical environment

available for using Launchpad program.

3. The LaunchPad main window contains the following links:

– Install — Starts the IBM Installation Agent installation wizard.

– Installation Guide — Displays the IBM Installation Agent information center, providing

detailed information about installing the IBM Installation Agent.

– Exit — Exits the LaunchPad.

Click Install and follow the prompts to install the IBM Installation Agent as it is shown in

Figure 8-2.

Figure 8-2 Install Shield Wizard for IBM Installation Agent