My question is related to the Installlation Manager and not to Core Websphere. We are running a WAS Cell on Linux, which is working fine.

But the Linux Admins changed the $HOME Directory. The old style was like the default /home/userid

Now they changed this directory to /home/userid/remote

So the $HOME variable does also have this new value. That seems to be fine. But if we run imcl then the tool is still using /home/userid for the registry. So if we copy /home/userid/remote/etc/.ibm/registry to /home/userid everything is fine. But our Admins do have a houskeeping task, which removes every content from /home/userid.

So we have to take a copy of the registry everytime we run imcl. A second solution is to create a symbolic link, which is also effected by the housekeeping task.

And there is no option for imcl to enter the path to the registry. Does anybody know, why imcl does not use $HOME? It seems imcl just takes a look to the used userid and assumes home is /home/userid.

It might be better to use $HOME.

I'd like to know if somebody has the same problem and about best practice to handle this issue.

Hi Karl,

If you install using response files, you can include the user:home keyword

Response file variables

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/installation-manager/1.8.5?topic=files-response-file-variables

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user:home The full path name of the user's home location.

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If you install as root you could verify the content of install.ini file

If you install as non-root you could verify the content of userinst.ini file

If you install using group installation, check groupinst.ini

Probably you have a similar keyword to include in these ini files

Installation kit

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/installation-manager/1.8.5?topic=manager-installation-kit#installationfiles__installer

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Make a backup copy of the install.ini file.

For a nonadministrator installation, make a backup copy of userinst.ini. For group installation on Linux, UNIX, and OS X platforms, make a backup copy of groupinst.ini. For information about installation modes or silent installations, see Installing as an administrator, nonadministrator, or group.

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Of course before changing something make a full backup of all the IM configuration directories.

Best regards,