Prior to installing the ibm web sphere application server v8.0 or later product, you must follow the instructions below to download and install the latest version of the ibm installation manager product. notes: the ibm installation manager (im) versions 1.8.x and later require jdk 7.0 32 bit (57xxjv1 option 14). this is a hard requirement.. The ibm installation manager (im) is a tool used to install and maintain several different ibm software packages. on the ibm i, the ibm websphere application server (was) v8.0 and later software. Verify ibm im 1.8 installation. click on restart installation manager and you will have ibm installation manager 1.8 opened. that’s all for today. hope it helps you in installing ibm im 1.8 on linux..
