Exporting a list of installed Rational software development products

Rational® Product Updater allows you to create a text file list of currently installed Rational software development products, including details such as product version, updates (fixes) and optional features applied, and installation dates. You might be asked to provide this list to IBM® Software Support if you contact them with a problem or question.

To export the list of installed products:

  1. Start Rational Product Updater:
    • On Windows® operating systems, click Start > Programs > IBM Rational > Rational Product Updater.
    • On Red Hat Enterprise Linux® 3.0, open the main menu and click Programming > Rational Product Updater.
    • On SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0 (GNOME desktop environment), open the main menu and click Applications > 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.
    An inventory of installed products is displayed.
  2. From the Rational Product Updater menu, click File > Export Installed Product List.
  3. Specify the output location and name of the output text file. (The default name for the file is installHistory.txt)
Here is an example of the report:
IBM Rational Application Developer
  Version: 6.0.0
  Installed on: Nov 8, 2004 5:08 PM
  Identifier: com.ibm.rational.application.developer.update
  Updates: http://www3.software.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/rad/60/update
  Optional Features: http://www3.software.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/rad/60/discovery
  Interim Fix 001 - EGL Enhancement Fix Pack
    Installed on: Feb 9, 2005 5:30 PM
    Identifier: com.ibm.rational.application.developer.600.ifix001.win32

IBM Rational Product Updater Tool
  Version: 6.0.0.2
  Installed on: Jan 26, 2005 8:19 AM
  Identifier: com.ibm.orca.product.updater
  Copyright 2005 IBM Corporation
  Updates: http://www3.software.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/updater/60/update/site.xml
  Fix Pack 6.0.0.1
    Version: 6.0.0.1
    Installed on: Feb 1, 2005 9:15 AM
    Identifier: com.ibm.orca.product.updater
    Copyright 2004 IBM Corporation
  Fix Pack 6.0.0.2
    Version: 6.0.0.2
    Installed on: Feb 9, 2005 1:49 PM
    Identifier: com.ibm.orca.product.updater
    Copyright 2005 IBM Corporation 
Related concepts
Fix packs and other types of updates
Related tasks
Finding and installing product updates
Running Rational Product Updater from a command line
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