1.1 Checklist for Installing iManager

Before beginning the installation, NetIQ recommends that you review the following steps.

Checklist Items

  1. Understand the difference between iManager and iManager Workstation. For more information, see Understanding the Server and Client Versions of iManager.

  1. (Conditional) To ensure that Linux computers meet the prerequisites for installing iManager and iManager Workstation, review the following considerations:

  1. (Conditional) To ensure that Windows computers meet the prerequisites for installing iManager and iManager Workstation, review the following considerations:

  1. Review the hardware and software requirements for the computers that will host iManager:

  1. Access the installation files for iManager from the iManager installation package.

    Alternatively, download the installation files from the NetIQ Downloads website. Search for iManager products, select the iManager version that you want, then download the .tgz and tar.bz2 or win.zip file to a directory on your server. For example, iMan_300_linux_x86_64.tgz and iMan_300_workstation_linux_x86_64.tar.bz2 or iMan_300_win_x86_64.zip.

  1. (Optional) To learn more about the process for installing plug-ins, see Understanding Installation for iManager Plug-ins.

  1. (Optional) To review actions that you can perform after installing iManager, see Section 3.0, Post-Installation Tasks for iManager.

  1. To install iManager and iManager Workstation, see the following sections: