Creating a local repository connection using the IBM Installation Manager graphical user interface

Follow this procedure to use the IBM® Installation Manager graphical user interface to create a local repository connection that contains the IBM Tivoli® Monitoring components for a dashboard environment.

1. Install IBM Installation Manager from the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Dashboards for Servers and Authorization Policy Components DVD or DVD image, if it is not already installed or is at a version before V1.6.1. IBM Installation Manager version 1.6.1 is provided on the DVD under the im.<operating system>.<architecture> directories. For more details about the installation, see the IBM Installation Manager information center at http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/install/v1r6/index.jsp.
2. Start the IBM Installation Manager in graphical user interface mode:
   • Double-click the IBMIM.exe file that is located in the eclipse subdirectory in the directory where IBM Installation Manager was installed. The default path for IBM Installation Manager on Windows is C:\Program Files\IBM\Installation Manager.
   • Execute the IBMIM binary under /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse.
3. Click File → Preferences.
4. Click Add Repository.
5. In the Repository field, browse to the location of the diskTag.inf file on the Dashboards for Servers and Authorization Policy Components DVD or DVD image and click OK
6. The diskTag.inf file location should now be listed on the Repository Preferences panel. Select the Location check box and click OK. This tests the connection to the local repository.