The repository is a persistent storage area for data and other application resources.
For InfoSphere® Optim™ solutions, the repository is the central location that contains all service information for services that are in development, test, or production. The repository contains a registry that contains the locations of all components that use the repository. The repository also contains configuration information for the manager and the service interface.
You can install and use multiple repositories, but each component instance can use only one repository at a time.
Each repository consists of a repository server and a repository manager. The repository server is an Informix® database that is specifically configured to hold the service information for IBM® InfoSphere Optim data management solutions. The repository manager is the repository management application that administers the repository server. You can obtain a repository by installing the repository manager and the repository server together on a single Linux or UNIX computer. Alternatively, you can obtain a repository by installing IBM InfoSphere Optim Repository. InfoSphere Optim Repository is a VMware image of a Linux environment that includes preconfigured instances of the repository manager and the repository server. Use VMware Player or similar software to play the VMware image.