IBM® Installation Manager uses installation packages to install InfoSphere® Optim™ solution components. A package is an installable unit of a software product.
A package group is a group of one or more packages that are designed to work together and that can be installed to one directory. When you install a package with Installation Manager, you can create a new package group or install the packages into an existing package group.
IBM InfoSphere Data Architect installation media is included with InfoSphere Optim solutions. InfoSphere Optim Designer can be installed with InfoSphere Data Architect in a shell-sharing configuration, where InfoSphere Optim Designer and InfoSphere Data Architect are installed together in a package group and share an Eclipse platform.