Help content preferences
If the product you are installing supports access remote
help, a network administrator can provide help content to users from
an intranet server. By creating a connection to the remote help, you
can update the help to offer users the latest help content between
releases. With remote help, less space is used on user computers and
users can receive more information that might not get installed with
the product.
Before you begin
- Set up the application server.
- Add the help.war file to the server.
- Download the help content to the server.
- In the Install wizard Features pane of the product installation, select Access help from a server on your intranet and define the host, port, and path details.
For instructions on remote help for a particular product, see the documentation for your product.
About this task
Procedure
After you set up remote help during the installation of your product, you can manage the remote help connection. Click Preferences option is under the IBM® Installation Manager menu. Next, complete these steps:
. On the OS X operating system, the- Click Edit to change the connection settings.
- Click View Properties to see the details of the connection setting.
- Click Test Connection to test the documentation connection.
- Click Disable to save the connection information without using it to connect.
- Click Enable to activate a disabled connection.
- Click Up or Down to change the order that the connections are attempted.
What to do next
You can return to the default documentation that was installed with Installation Manager without losing the details of your remote connections: Open the Help content preferences window and select Include local help only. Your remote documentation connections are saved even if you choose not to use the connections.
Creating a documentation connection
You can create a documentation connection after installation
or if you are recording a response file for a silent installation.
Procedure
To create a documentation connection: