Rational Developer
for System z V8.5.1.4 Interim Fix 1
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 V8.5.1.4
Interim Fix 1. This Interim Fix 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 product installed:
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 user account that originally
installed the IBM Rational Developer for System z product.
To install directly from the IBM update server:
Start IBM Installation Manager.
Click Update.
Select the package group in which you installed IBM Rational
Developer for System z 8.5. The default is IBM Software Delivery
Platform. The Installed Packages list at the bottom of the panel
should show IBM Rational Developer for System z 8.5.0 as one of the
entries. Click Next.
Update Installation Manager, if
required.
Select IBM Rational Developer for System z Version 8.5.1.4
iFix 1 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.
4.0 Host installation
instructions
For Fix Pack 8.5.1.4 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
RDz8514InterimFix1.zip file from the support website.
Unzip RDz8514InterimFix1.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 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 the
rational\RDz8514iFix1\disk1 directory, select diskTag.inf
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 IBM
Installation Manager - View Installed Packages. You should see
Version 8.5.1.4iFix1 (8.5.1041.rdz8514O-I20140605_1844)
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 8.5.1.4 iFix 1 update and roll back to a
previously installed version. To roll back your installation to a
previous version:
Start 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 8.5.1.4 iFix 1 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
8.5.1.4 iFix 1. 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
http://www.ibm.com/software/rational/products/developer/systemz/.