You can install
and configure IBM® Rational® Asset Manager manually
on Tomcat. Follow this outline plan to install Rational Asset Manager and
to configure it on an existing Apache Tomcat server.
Procedure
- Install a database application for Rational Asset Manager:
Rational Asset Manager requires
a database for storing assets and associated data. If you do not have
one of the supported database applications installed, you can install IBM DB2® Enterprise Server Edition, version 9.7 from
the Rational Asset Manager launchpad.
To
improve performance, the database server typically resides on a computer
that is physically separate from the application server and on its
own dedicated disk.
To configure the database tables and schema,
you must have database administrator privileges.
Choose one
of the following databases:
- DB2
- Oracle
- Microsoft SQL
Server
- Install Rational License Server.
To
distribute license keys to clients, Rational Asset Manager server
requires the IBM Rational License Server.
- Retrieve the Rational Asset Manager server
application files for Apache Tomcat:
- See Retrieving the server application files directly from the installation media. The archive files
have the .war application files and database
scripts that you need. Extract it to a convenient location.
- Create a
database for Rational Asset Manager.
- Create
a database for managing custom lifecyles.
- Deploy the server application files to Apache
Tomcat and configure the database connection.


Configure the server environment
settings. Additional configuration steps are required
on Linux, AIX®, and Linux for zSeries®:
- Enable content
indexing to run for non-root users.
- Enable database connectivity
for non-root users.
- Install
the X Virtual Frame Buffer
- Configure
the Rational Asset Manager Server
application.
Before you can use Rational Asset Manager server,
you must configure the licensing, storage, and other configuration
settings.
- Configure the
email settings for Rational Asset Manager.
- Optional: See the Rational Asset Manager Tuning
Guide and the guidelines for system and capacity planning.
If you are an administrator, ensure the best possible performance
for users, regardless of the number of concurrent users or the number
of assets in the repository.
- Optional: Install the Rational Asset Manager Eclipse
client.
You can install the
Rational Asset Manager Eclipse
client by the following methods:
- If a supported Eclipse integrated
development environment (IDE)
is installed on your computer, use Eclipse update manager to find
and install the Rational Asset Manager Eclipse
client plug-ins from a Rational Asset Manager server.
To install the client plug-in, follow the Eclipse update process ().
- If
an Eclipse IDE is not installed on your computer, install the
Eclipse client from the Rational Asset Manager installation
media. You can also install the Eclipse client into an existing Eclipse
V3.3.2 IDE by this method.