Installation media choices and considerations - Assure_Secure_File_Transfer_ - Assure_Elevated_Authority_Manager_(EAM) - Assure_Secure_File_Transfer_PGP - Assure_Encryption - Assure_Secure_File_Transfer - Required_for_All_Modules - Assure_Monitoring_and_Reporting_(AMR) - Assure_Security_Multi-Factor_Authentication_(MFA) - Assure_DB2_Data_Monitor_(DB2MON) - Assure_System_Access_Manager_(SAM) - Assure_Secure_File_Transfer_with_PGP - 7.0

Assure Security Installation (Manual) Guide
Product type
Software
Portfolio
Integrate
Product family
Assure
Product
Assure Security > Assure Elevated Authority Manager (EAM)
Assure Security > Assure Encryption
Assure Security > Assure Secure File Transfer
Assure Security > Required for All Modules
Assure Security > Assure Monitoring and Reporting (AMR)
Assure Security > Assure Security Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
Assure Security > Assure DB2 Data Monitor (DB2MON)
Assure Security > Assure System Access Manager (SAM)
Assure Security > Assure Secure File Transfer with PGP
Version
7.0
Language
English
Content type
Installation (Manual) Guide
Product name
Assure Security
Title
Assure Security Installation (Manual) Guide
Copyright
2023
First publish date
1999
Last updated
2025-01-05
Published on
2025-01-05T12:58:06.220000

Assure Security delivers regularly scheduled software service packs that include enhancements and updates.

Assure Security software can be installed or upgraded with either of these media choices:
  • Assure Security Installation Wizard (.exe)
  • Stream file (STMF) installed using commands from the 5250 user interface

Either choice will install or upgrade software for Assure Security and License Manager on a system or partition running the IBM i operating system. Assure Security will be installed or upgraded in the specified library, a secondary library is also created or updated, and the product IFS directory is created if it doesn't already exist. If the IFS directory already exists, it will be reused.

Media differences: The following table summarizes the significant differences between the media choices.

  Wizard Stream File

Media considerations 

Install or upgrade software on multiple nodes in one operation

Yes

No

Automatically obtain and apply license keys

Yes

No

Media self-contained for new install (no additional bootstrap software needed)

Yes

No

Require communications between PC and IBM i system for duration of install or upgrade

Yes

No

Environment considerations 

Use if a firewall prevents PC from accessing IBM i system?

No

Yes

Use if IBM i system operates in a restricted state?

No

Yes

Use if business practices prevent having open communication channels that are not monitored by Assure System Access Manager (SAM) when SAM is not available?

No

Yes

Where to find requirements and instructions 

Assure Security Installation (Wizard) Guide

Assure Security Installation (Manual) Guide 

Yes

No

No

Yes
Manual actions not addressed by media: Regardless of your media choice, the following activities must be performed manually.
  • When upgrading, the wizard and the command-based processes do not quiesce activity or end jobs associated with the product library, end the subsystem, or take other actions that may be necessary to prepare for upgrade. You must do these activities. Examples of additional activities that you must do include de-registering programs from exit points, ending jobs on the system that are monitored by Assure System Access Manager, ending other applications or subsystems that use Assure Security software, or ending products that replicate Assure Security objects. Only the installation wizard prompts you when to shut down product activity if it finds locks on Assure Security objects in the product’s subsystem. Both methods for performing upgrades verify whether active product jobs or locks on product objects exist that prevent the upgrade process from running and prevent you from continuing until any active product jobs or locks have been ended. These checks are not a substitute for you ending activity in an appropriate manner.
  • Following an install or upgrade, the wizard and the command-based processes do not start the security subsystem, configure, or start activity for the available licensed features.
  • The Assure Security Console and other tools that run on a Windows system are not installed by either the wizard or the command-based processes. To install the optional Console and Windows tools, you must use the Assure Security Installation Wizard for Windows to install the Windows components.