Feature | Supported | Information about the feature | Comment |
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Administrator mode | Supported | Administrator, nonadministrator, and group mode | You can install Packaging Utility for the following modes:
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Nonadministrator mode | Supported | ||
Group mode | Supported | ||
Console Mode | Supported | Working in console mode | Managing Packaging Utility in the Installation
Manager console
mode You can use console mode to install, modify, update, roll back, or uninstall Packaging Utility. |
IBM Fix Central Entitlement Support | Supported | IBM Fix Central | Packaging Utility does not require entitlement. |
Import | Not applicable | Importing installed packages in Installation Manager | The Import wizard is used only with IBM WebSphere® Application Server products. |
Installation Manager installer | Not supported | Using Installation Manager or the installer to install packages | You cannot use the Installation Manager installer to install Packaging Utility. You must use an installed instance of Installation Manager to install Packaging Utility. |
Installing a package to a directory that contain files | Not applicable | Installation Manager generates an error when you install Packaging Utility to an installation directory that contains files. | You must install Packaging Utility to a directory that does not contain files. |
Installing an IBM package into multiple locations | Supported | You can install different versions of a package to different directories. | |
Installing multiple IBM packages into multiple locations at the same time | Not supported | Installing multiple packages into multiple locations | Packaging Utility cannot be installed at the same time as other packages. |
Languages | Supported | Packaging Utility supports the same set of languages that Installation Manager supports. Some languages support only partial translations. When a language is partially translated, the non-translated content is presented in English. | |
Manage License wizard | Not applicable | Managing licenses | |
IBM Passport Advantage® integration | Supported | Installing packages from Passport Advantage(r) | |
Platforms that are supported | Supported | System Requirements technical document | System
Requirements technical document Packaging Utility supports a subset of the operating systems that are supported by Installation Manager. |
Rollback | Supported | Rolling back updates by using wizard mode | |
Sensitive data | Not applicable | Data is provided during an installation, an update, or a modify process that you do not want to persist. An example of sensitive data is credentials. | Packaging Utility does not use sensitive data. |
Service repositories | Supported | Installing packages from Passport Advantage | You can use a service repository to install, modify, update, roll back, or uninstall Packaging Utility. |
Service repositories available on IBM Fix Central | Supported | IBM Fix Central | |
Share a package group with other packages | Not supported | Overview of package groups and the shared resources directory | |
skipinstall | Supported | You can simulate Installation Manager operations without changing your system. | |
Stop All Blocking Process | Supported | Installing packages by using wizard mode: Stop All Blocking
Process button Command-line arguments for the imcl command: -stopBlockingProcesses option |
This option is available only for Windows. In wizard mode, if processes are blocking the installation, a list of these processes is shown on the summary page. If there are no blocking processes, you do not see this list. |