Rational Developer for System
z V7.6 Fix Pack 7.6.2.3
1.0 Overview
2.0 Installation prerequisites
3.0 Workstation installation instructions
4.0 Host installation instructions
5.0 Downloading the update for local installations
6.0 Installing product updates from a command line
7.0 Verifying your installation
8.0 Uninstalling the update
9.0 Customer support
1.0 Overview
This
document describes how to install IBM® Rational®
Developer for System zTM V7.6 Fix Pack 7.6.2.3. This Fix
Pack
is provided as an update and installed using IBM Installation Manager.
The
update is generally installed directly from the IBM update server,
however you
can also choose to download an archive file that contains the update
and then use
IBM Installation Manager to perform local installations. The following
sections
describe how to install this update.
2.0 Installation
prerequisites
Workstation:
This update requires that you have the following products and Refresh
Packs
installed on Windows:
If you disabled any product features by modifying the feature.xml
files or through
the Update Manager by clicking Help > Software Updates >
Manage
Configuration in the workbench, you must enable them before you
install
this update.
Host:
For information about host prerequisites, refer to the Host
prerequisites
and corequisites for Rational Developer for System z section of the
"IBM Rational Developer for System z Prerequisites"
guide.
3.0 Workstation
installation instructions
Follow the steps below to install the update. You should perform the
installation using the same Windows account that originally installed
the IBM
Rational Developer for System z product.
To install directly from the IBM update server:
- Start IBM Installation
Manager from the Windows Start menu. By default this is under Start
> All
Programs > IBM Installation Manager > IBM Installation Manager.
- Click Update.
- Select the package
group in which you installed IBM Rational Developer for System z. The
default is IBM Software Development
Platform. The Installed Packages list at the bottom of the panel
should
show IBM Rational Developer for System z as one of the entries. Click Next.
- Update Installation Manager, if required.
- Select IBM Rational Developer for System z Version 7.6.2.3
and any other required or optional updates from the list of available
updates. Any updates you already have installed will be displayed in
grey and will not be selectable. Click Next.
- Read and accept the license
agreements for the selected updates, and then follow the remaining
installation
dialogs to install the selected updates.
- Select Next to update the features you have installed.
- Review your selections on the Summary panel. If you want to make
any changes to your selections, click Back and make your
changes. When you are ready to install the update, click Update.
Note: Depending on the speed of your computer processor, the
amount of
RAM, and the speed of your Internet connection, the update(s) could
take an
extended period of time to download and install.
- When the updates are complete, a message will be displayed by IBM
Installation Manager informing you that updates were successfully
installed. You can click View Log File to view the log file for
the current Installation Manager session. When you are finished, click Finish.
- Exit IBM Installation Manager and start IBM Rational Developer
for System z from the Windows Start menu to begin using the product. By
default this is under Start > All Programs > IBM Software
Development Platform > IBM Rational Developer for System z > IBM
Rational Developer for System z.
4.0 Host installation instructions
For Fix Pack 7.6.2.3
Host PTF download and installation information, please see the support
website.
5.0 Downloading the
update for local installations
Ideally, this update
should be installed directly from the IBM update server, as described
in the Workstation installation instructions
section above.
However, you may also download an archive file containing the update
and
perform local installations. You might want to do this if:
- 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.
- Download the
RDz76FixPack7623.zip
file from the support website.
- Unzip RDz76FixPack7623.zip to a folder on your system.
These files are temporary and may be deleted after the
installation is completed.
- Start IBM Installation
Manager from the Windows Start menu. By default this is under Start
> All
Programs > IBM Installation Manager > IBM Installation Manager.
- From the menu bar,
select File > Preferences This is where you will tell the
IBM
Installation Manager the location of the installation files you just
extracted.
- Click Add Repository in the Preferences dialog.
- In the Add Repository
dialog, browse to the directory where you extracted the update
installation
files. Inside that directory you will see a rational
folder. Change to that directory, select RDz76FixPack7623Repository.zip
and then click OK.
- Click Test Connection and ensure that the
repository can be found.
- Click OK.
- Now that the local
repository has been set, follow the instructions outlined in the Workstation installation instructions section
above.
6.0 Installing product
updates from a command line
You can install product
updates, such as interim fixes and Fix Packs, from a command line so
that you
do not have to monitor or input information during the installation.
For more
information about installing product updates from a command line, see Working
with
silent
installations in the IBM Installation Manager help.
7.0 Verifying your
installation:
You can verify that the
update is installed by running View
Installed Packages which is located under Start > All
Programs >
IBM Installation Manager > View
Installed Packages. You should see IBM
Rational Developer for System z Version 7.6.2.3 (7.6.2003.20111117_1351)
listed.
8.0 Uninstalling the
update
Depending on your current Installation Manager preferences and your
installation history, you may be able to remove the Rational Developer
for System z 7.6.2.3 update and roll back to a previously installed
version. To roll back your installation to a previous version:
- Start IBM Installation
Manager from the Windows Start menu. By default this is under Start
> All Programs > IBM Installation Manager > IBM Installation
Manager.
- Click Roll Back Packages
- Select the package
group in which you installed IBM Rational Developer for System z. The
default is IBM Software Development Platform. The Installed
Packages list at the bottom of the panel should
show IBM Rational Developer for System z Version 7.6.2.3 as one of the
installed packages in the package group you selected. Click Next.
- The Packages panel will show you the previous versions of
Rational Developer for System z to which you can roll back. Select the
version to which you would like to roll back. If there are no previous
versions listed, you cannot roll back your installation. You may be
required to roll back Rational Application Developer to a previous
version as well to ensure that you maintain compatible product versions
on your system. If this is required, or if you cannot roll back to a
previous version without invalidating your current configuration,
Installation Manager will display an error message at the top of the
Packages panel and you will not be allowed to continue. If you are
unable to roll back your installation, you will need to uninstall the
entire IBM Rational Developer for System z product in order to
uninstall Fix Pack 7.6.2.3. If you are able to roll back, click Next.
- Review your selections on the Summary panel. If you want to make
any changes to your selections, click Back and make your
changes. When you are ready to roll back the update, click Roll Back.
9.0 Customer support
For product support and
other information, see the IBM Rational Developer for System z home
page at www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/devzseries/.