Reinstalling Installation Manager in wizard mode

IBM® Installation Manager might become unresponsive because an update of Installation Manager failed, or the program files became corrupted.

About this task

To fix these issues, you can reinstall Installation Manager without uninstalling other packages that are installed. The reinstalled version continues to use the current Agent Data Location directory, which is the memory of the Installation Manager, and can detect the previously installed packages. To reinstall Installation Manager, you can use the -reinstallIM option or manually reinstall Installation Manager.

To manually reinstall Installation Manager in wizard mode, see Manually reinstalling Installation Manager.

Procedure

To reinstall Installation Manager by using the -reinstallIM option:

  1. You must use the installation kit from the same version or a later version of the installed version of Installation Manager. To download the latest version of Installation Manager, see Installation Manager downloads.

    Installing an earlier version can cause issues that cannot be recovered from.

  2. Extract the kit to a temporary location.
  3. Run the command to reinstall Installation Manager from the directory that contains the extracted files.
    Table 1. Examples of using the -reinstallIM option by operating system and mode
    Operating system Administrator Nonadministrator Group
    Windows install.exe -reinstallIM userinst.exe -reinstallIM Not available
    Linux, UNIX, and the OS X operating system ./install -reinstallIM ./userinst -reinstallIM ./groupinst -dataLocation /user_home_directory/var/ibm/InstallationManager_Group -reinstallIM

  4. When the installation is complete, start Installation Manager.

Manually reinstalling Installation Manager

Procedure

To reinstall Installation Manager manually:

  1. Delete the Installation Manager installation directory. Depending on the operating system, the default location of the installation directory for administrators is as follows:
    • Windows: install_dir\IBM\Installation Manager
    • Linux and UNIX: install_dir/IBM/InstallationManager

    Nonadministrators, see Installing as an administrator, nonadministrator, or group.

  2. Download the latest version of Installation Manager, see Installation Manager related links.
  3. Extract the installation kit to a temporary location.
  4. Run one of these commands to start the installation:
    • Windows: install.exe
    • Linux, UNIX, and the OS X operating system: ./install
  5. Proceed through the installation.
  6. When the installation is complete, start Installation Manager.
  7. To confirm that all previously installed products are still available, click File > View Installed Packages to see a list of products.
Related tasks:
Updating Installation Manager by using wizard mode
Exporting data for problem analysis
Uninstalling Installation Manager by using wizard mode
Backing up and restoring Installation Manager
Changing the bit mode of Installation Manager
Related information:
Installation Manager downloads
Installing as an administrator, nonadministrator, or group
Command-line arguments for the imcl command
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