The installer maintains an installation registry. The registry location depends on the platform. This section explains where the registry files are located. The files have vpd as a prefix, which stands for Vital Product Database.
TIBCO products maintain the installation registry in the %SystemRoot% directory. The following files represent the installation registry:
The installer launcher first extracts a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) in a temporary directory and uses this JVM to launch itself. The size of the extracted JVM differs from platform to platform.
If your system does not have sufficient free disk space in the above temporary area, you can still run the installer with a different temporary area by using the following option when starting the installer:
where /new_tmp has sufficient free disk space.
On UNIX platforms, when a regular (non-root) user installs a TIBCO product, the installation registry (two vpd files) is maintained in the user's home directory. As more products are installed, entries are added into these vpd files.
The installer and uninstaller creates a file called TIBCOInstallationHistory.xml in the same location where the installation registry is created. Each time an installation and uninstallation is performed, entries are appended to the file.
The file TIBCOInstallationHistory.xml therefore contains the record of all installation and uninstallation activities of all products, features and components.