IBM Rational Product Updater Version 6.0.2 - Local installation instructions

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Contents

1.0 Overview

This document describes how to install a downloaded version of IBM^® Rational^® Product Updater Version 6.0.2. This document also links to instructions that describe how to create a local mirror of your product update server.

2.0 Installation prerequisites

To download, extract, and install the update from a ZIP file, you will require 7 MB of disk space.

This update contains all previously released interim fixes to the Rational Product Updater. Therefore, you do not need to install any prior updates to the Rational Product Updater before installing this update.

You must have at least one Rational Software Development Platform desktop products installed on your system. The Rational Product Updater is installed automatically along with the first Rational software development product that you install.

3.0 Downloading the fix pack for local installations

You should install the update directly from the IBM update server; however, it is also available for download. You might want to download and install the update in the following situations:

• You have a slow or unstable Internet connection and want to use a download manager that can resume the download.
• You have difficulty accessing the live IBM update servers from behind a firewall.
• You prefer to download the update and install it later.

To download and extract the update, complete the following steps:

1. Download the fix pack from ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/rationalsdp/updater/60/zips/rpu_602.zip.
2. Extract the file rpu_602.zip to a temporary directory, such as C:\temp.

4.0 Creating policy.xml

To create the policy.xml file, complete the following steps:

1. Navigate to <temp_dir>\rpu\, where <temp_dir> is the location of the extracted update.
2. Open policy_602.xml in a text editor.
3. Edit the file to point to where you extracted the update. For example, if you extracted the update to C:\temp, your modified file will be similar to the following example:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<update-policy>
   <url-map pattern="com.ibm.orca.product.updater" url="file:///C:/temp/rpu/60/update/site_602.xml"/>
</update-policy>

Note: On Linux^® operating systems, if you extracted the interim fix to the /root directory, your modified file will be similar to the following example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<update-policy>
   <url-map pattern="com.ibm.orca.product.updater" url="file:///root/rpu/60/update/site_602.xml"/>
</update-policy>


4. Save the updated file as policy.xml. Keep the original policy_602.xml file as a reference.
5. Close your text editor.

5.0 Configuring the Rational Product Updater to install the local fix pack

Install the update with the same user account that installed your IBM Rational software development product.

Restriction:

• On Windows^® operating systems, you must use an account with Administrator privileges. On Linux^® operating systems, you must use the root user account.

To install the fix pack, complete the following steps:

1. Start the Rational Product Updater:
   • On Windows operating systems, click Start > Programs > IBM Rational > Rational Product Updater.
   • On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 (GNOME desktop environment), open the main menu and click Programming > Rational Product Updater.
   • On SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0 (K Desktop Environment), open the main menu and click IBM Rational > Rational Product Updater.

Note: On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0, if you use a desktop environment other than the default, the product shortcuts might not appear in the default location.


2. Click Preferences > Update Sites.
3. Navigate to temp_dir\rpu\policy.xml, where temp_dir is the location of the extracted fix pack.
4. Click OK.
5. Click Find Updates.


If your computer does not have Internet access, or cannot connect to the live IBM update server, a warning appears in the Rational Product Updater that states that other update sites are not available. You can ignore this warning if you installed IBM Rational Product Updater 6.0.2.

The Rational Product Updater will prompt you that it requires an update, and you are prompted to install it before you can continue. Click OK. The Rational Product Updater installs the update and restarts.


6. Close the Rational Product Updater.

6.0 Installing product updates from a command line

You must update Product Updater to the latest required version first and separately before installing updates for other products (such as interim fixes, fix packs, and refresh packs) from a command line. You can update the Product Updater either by using the graphical user interface (GUI) or from a command line (silent mode). For information on updating Product Updater from a command line, see www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21213407.

For additional information on installing product updates from a command line so that you do not have to monitor or input information during the installation, see Running Rational Product Updater from a command line in the product updater help.

7.0 Creating a local mirror of the update server

You might want to create a local mirror of the Rational Product Updater update server in the following situations:

• You administer a set of product installations that do not have direct access to the Internet.
• You administer a set of product installations that would benefit from a local mirror of the update server.

For instructions on how to create a local mirror of the Rational Product Updater update server, visit www3.software.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/updater/60/local_mirror/602/local_mirror.html.