Installation Overview

The TIBCO Universal Installer is used to install and uninstall TIBCO ActiveMatrix Adapter for IBM i.

Installation Modes

You can run the TIBCO Universal Installer in GUI, console, or silent mode. Each mode is supported on all platforms.

GUI Mode

In GUI mode, you can use the installation wizard to select a product, product location, and so on.

Console Mode

In console mode, you can run the installer on the command line. This is useful if your machine does not have a GUI environment.

Silent Mode

In silent mode, the installer installs the product without prompting you for information. The installer uses either default or custom settings that are saved in a response file.

Installation Environment

An installation environment isolates product installations. A product installed into an installation environment does not access components in other installation environments.

An installation environment is the top-level installation directory for TIBCO products. An installation environment consists of the following properties:

•	Directory: identifies the name of the directory where the product is installed. This directory is referred to as TIBCO_HOME.

•	Name: identifies the installation environment. On Microsoft Windows, the name is a component of the path to the product shortcut in the Windows Start > All Programs menu.

TIBCO recommends that you install each version of TIBCO ActiveMatrix Adapter for IBM i into a new, empty TIBCO_HOME (separate from earlier versions of TIBCO ActiveMatrix Adapter for IBM i or other TIBCO products).

You must install TIBCO ActiveMatrix Adapter for IBM i into an existing TIBCO_HOME where TIBCO ActiveMatrix Adapter for IBM i is already installed. On Microsoft Windows, the default value of TIBCO_HOME is C:\tibco.

Installation Components

Different installation components associate with different functions. You can use the installer to select the components to be installed during the installation.

The following installation components are available for the product:

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Design Time  This component includes palettes and shared resources that you can use to design a business process. Adapter-specific GUI that is loaded in TIBCO Designer at configuration time. This component also contains samples for how to use the adapter. This component includes the palette and samples that demonstrate how TIBCO ActiveMatrix Adapter for IBM i interacts with TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks.

•	Run Time  This component does the actual work of passing and converting data to and from the vendor application. Parameters of data exchanges are stored in projects created using the adapter palette and the design-time adapter.

•	Documentation  This component is required for context sensitive help. The documentation of the product is installed in the ADAS400_HOME directory

Installer Log File

An installer log file is created during the installation that captures installation environment details, such as the user that invoked the installer, host name, operating system details, list of assemblies installed, and so on.

The location of the log file depends on the platform, as follows:

Microsoft Windows

User_Home\.TIBCO\install_identifier

where identifier is the date and time the product was installed, and a unique number used to identify this particular installation.

For example:

C:\Documents and Settings\franko\.TIBCO\install_03-02-2014.132827

UNIX

$Home/.TIBCO/install_identifier

where identifier is the date and time the product was installed, and a unique number used to identify this particular installation.

For example:

/home/user1/.TIBCO/install_03-02-2014.134908