Installation default values and conventions

The installation documentation uses conventions such as Shared resources directory that infer specific directory locations. This topic describes the conventions in use for Rational® Application Developer for WebSphere® Software and the associated default value.
Table 1. Installation documentation conventions and default values
Name Convention in installation documentation Default Value
Installation Manager installation directory Installation Manager directory
  • Admin installation:
    • For Windows XP Professional: C:\Program Files\IBM\InstallationManager
      Note: The support for Windows XP operating system is deprecated. It is only supported with Rational Application Developer, version 9.0 and earlier versions.
    • For other supported Windows operating systems:C:\Program Files [(x86)]\IBM\Installation Manager\eclipse
    • For Linux: /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse
    • For OS X: /Applications/IBM/Installation Manager/eclipse
  • Non-admin installation:
    • For Windows XP Professional: C:\Documents and Settings\user\IBM\Installation Manager\eclipse
    • For other supported Windows operating systems:C:\Users\user\IBM\Installation Manager\eclipse
    • For Linux/user_home_directory/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse
    • For OS X: /Users/user/var/ibm/Installation Manager/eclipse
Installation Manager shared resources directory Shared resources directory
  • Admin installation:
    • For Windows:: C:\Program Files\IBM\IBMIMShared
    • For Linux.: /opt/IBM/IBMIMShared
  • Non-admin installation:
    • For Windows:: user.home\IBM\IBMIMShared
    • For Linux.:: user.home/IBM/IBMIMShared
Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software installation directory Rational Application Developer directory
  • Admin installation:
    • For Windows: C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP
    • For Linux.: /opt/IBM/SDP
    • For OS X: /Applications/IBM/SoftwareDeliveryPlatform
  • Non-admin installation:
    • For Windows: user.home\IBM\SDP
    • For Linux.: user.home/IBM/SDP
    • For OS X: user.home/Applications/IBM/SoftwareDeliveryPlatform
Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software workspace directory workspace directory
  • For Windows: user.home\IBM\rationalsdp\workspace
  • For Linux.: user.home/IBM/rationalsdp/workspace
WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0 Test Environment profile directory WebSphere Application Server V7.0 test environment directory
  • For Windows: Rational Application Developer directory\runtimes\base_v7\profiles\was70profile1
  • For Linux.: Rational Application Developer directory/runtimes/base_v7/profiles/was70profile1
WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0 Test Environment profile name WebSphere Application Server V7.0 test environment profile name was70profile1

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