Rational Developer
for System z V7.6 Fix Pack 7.6.2.5
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 7.6.2.5. 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 7.6.2.5
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 7.6.2.5 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 RDz76FixPack7625.zip
file from the support website.
- Unzip RDz76FixPack7625.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 RDz76FixPack7625Repository.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 7.6.2.5 (7.6.2005.rdz7625O-I20130809_1626)
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 7.6.2.5 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 7.6.2.5 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 7.6.2.5. 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/.