The installation directories for IBM® Business Process Manager are represented by several variables. The meaning of those variables can differ for a number of factors.
Several variables representing specific default directories are used throughout the documentation. These file paths are default locations. You can install the product and other components and create profiles in any directory for which you have write access. Multiple installations of IBM Business Process Manager products or components require multiple locations.
Here are the main variables used in the documentation:
The meaning of variables used to represent installation directories can differ based on whether you are installing the product on a clean workstation or on a workstation that has an existing installation of WebSphere Application Server or WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment. The variables can also differ depending on whether you are performing the installation as a root (Administrator on a Windows system) or nonroot user.
Root, Administrator, and nonroot users can install the product. The default directories the installation program provides differ based on whether the user has root (Administrator) privileges. Root and Administrator users can register shared products and install into system-owned directories (globally shared resources that are available to all users), while nonroot users cannot. Nonroot users can install only into directories they own.
The following tables show the default installation locations of the IBM Business Process Manager base installation and its profiles during a typical installation.
Default install_root for root or Administrator users | Default install_root for nonroot users |
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/opt/IBM/BPM/v7.5 |
user_home/IBM/BPM/v7.5 |
/opt/ibm/BPM/v7.5 |
user_home/ibm/BPM/v7.5 C:\IBM\BPM\v7.5 |
C:\IBM\BPM\v7.5 |
C:\IBM\BPM\v7.5 |
Default profile_root for root or Administrator users | Default profile_root for nonroot users |
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/opt/IBM/BPM/v7.5/profiles/profile_name |
user_homeIBM/BPM/v7.5/profiles/profile_name |
/opt/ibm/BPM/v7.5/profiles/profile_name |
user_home/ibm/BPM/v7.5/profiles/profile_name |
C:\IBM\BPM\v7.5\profiles\profile_name |
C:\IBM\BPM\v7.5\profiles\profile_name |
Default DB2 Express binary location | Database Instance location |
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/opt/ibm/BPM/v7.5/DB2 |
Database instance is created under the bpminst user. For example: user_home/bpminst |
C:\IBM\BPM\v7.5\DB2 |
The BPMINST database instance is created under the root (\) of the drive where IBM Business Process Manager is installed. For example, if IBM Business Process Manager is installed under C:\IBM\BPM\v7.5\ then you will see C:\BPMINST. |
Default install_root for root or Administrator users | Default install_root for nonroot users |
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/usr/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer |
user_home/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer |
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer |
user_home/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer |
C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer |
user_home\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer |
Default profile_root for root or Administrator users | Default profile_root for nonroot users |
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/usr/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile_name |
user_home/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile_name |
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile_name |
user_home/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile_name |
C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\profile_name |
user_home\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\profile_name |
Table 6 shows two default directories related to the Installation Manager tool.
The directories under Installation directory are the defaults (per platform) into which the launchpad application installs Installation Manager.
The directories under Agent data location directory are the defaults (per platform) used by Installation Manager for data associated with the application, such as the state and history of operations performed by Installation Manager.
Values are given for both root (Administrator) and nonroot users.
For more information about the Agent data location, see Agent data location in the Installation Manager documentation. For more information on other defaults for Installation Manager, see Installing as an administrator or non-administrator in the Installation Manager documentation.
Defaults for root or Administrator users | Defaults for nonroot users |
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Installation directory: | Installation directory: |
/opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse |
user_home/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse |
/opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse |
user_home/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse |
C:\Program Files\IBM\Installation Manager\eclipse |
C:\Documents and Settings\userID\IBM\Installation Manager\eclipse C:\ProgramData\IBM\Installation Manager |
Agent data location directory: | Agent data location directory: |
/var/ibm/InstallationManager |
user_home/var/ibm/InstallationManager |
/var/ibm/InstallationManager |
user_home/var/ibm/InstallationManager |
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\IBM\Installation Manager C:\ProgramData\IBM\Installation Manager |
C:\Documents and Settings\userID\Application Data\IBM\Installation Manager C:\Users\userID\AppData\Roaming\IBM\Installation Manager |