-Once Installation Manager is installed, the appData Location cannot be changed.

-If directory is lost or corrupt, future updates to the product can be affected

-Products will run fine but cannot be updated or uninstalled

-Recommended to backup this directory when WAS backup is taken

-The default can be changed by installing IM with -dL or -dataLocation option •Example for Graphical Install

− ./userinst -dL /usr/IBM/AppData (non root) − ./install -dL /opt/IBM/AppData (root)

-The user can use different appDataLocation for each product by specifying the – dataLocation (or –dL) option when starting Installation Manager, and then should use the same option on subsequent invocations

-User need to maintain record of data agent used for each install