Pre-installation checklist
Review the following information and ensure the pre-installation
steps are completed as required.
Procedure
Review the topic Scenarios for installing with the Installation Manager GUI.- If you are installing from an electronic image downloaded
from IBM Passport Advantage®, verify that
you have all the required parts and extracted the download files correctly.
For more information, see Creating an installable image from installation files downloaded from Passport Advantage.
- (For Linux) If you
are installing from physical media, mount your disk drive.
- (For Linux) If you
want the product to be used by users other than root, then set the
umask variable to 0022 before you install the product. To set
this variable, log in as root user, start a terminal session, and
type umask 0022.
- (For Linux) Increase
the number of file handles on your computer.
- Ensure that you are logged on to your computer with an
appropriate user ID.