IBM Rational Deployment Toolkit for WebLogic Server - Local installation instructions

For Rational Application Developer, Version 6.0

Contents

1.0 Overview

This document describes how to install a downloaded version of the IBM^® Rational^® Deployment Toolkit for WebLogic Server for IBM Rational Application Developer. This document also links to instructions that describe how to create a local mirror of your product update server.

2.0 Installation prerequisites

The following prerequisites exist for this feature:

• IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software, Version 6.0.
• BEA WebLogic Server 8.1 SP3, 7.0 SP5, or 6.1 SP7 (not supported on Windows^® XP). These must be installed locally even if the target deployment server is not local.

Before you can install this feature, you must install IBM Rational Product Updater 6.0.0.4, available at ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/rationalsdp/updater/60/zips/rpu_6004.zip.

Installation instructions for the IBM Rational Product Updater 6.0.0.4 are available at http://www3.software.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/updater/60/zips/install_6004.html.

Also, if you disabled any product features through the Update Manager by clicking Help > Software Updates > Manage Configuration, or by modifying feature.xml files, you must re-enable them before you install this feature.

3.0 Configuring the Rational Product Updater to install the local feature

Install the feature with the same user account that installed Rational Application Developer.

Restrictions:

• Rational Application Developer cannot be open when you install this feature.
• On Windows operating systems, you must use an account with Administrator privileges.

To install the feature, complete the following steps:

1. Start the Rational Product Updater:
   • On Windows operating systems, click Start > Programs > IBM Rational > Rational Product Updater.



2. Click Preferences > Update Sites.
3. Navigate to temp_dir\rad\policy_WLToolkit_60.xml, where temp_dir is the location of the extracted feature.
4. Click OK.
5. Click Find Optional Features.
6. Select IBM Rational Deployment Toolkit for WebLogic Server.


Tip: To view the description for this feature, click the feature. The description is displayed in the Detailed information pane.


7. Click Install Features.
8. To accept the license agreement and continue the installation, click OK.


Depending on the speed of your computer processor and the amount of RAM in your computer, the feature might take an extended period of time to install.

After the installation is complete, the Rational Product Updater lists the installed features on the Installed Products page.


9. Close the Rational Product Updater.

4.0 Creating a local mirror of the update server

You might want to create a local mirror of the Rational Application Developer update server in the following situations:

• You administer a set of product installations that do not have direct access to the Internet.
• You administer a set of product installations that would benefit from a local mirror of the update server.

For instructions on how to create a local mirror of the Rational Application Developer update server, visit www3.software.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/rad/60/local_mirror/6001/local_mirror.html.

5.0 Uninstalling the feature

Uninstall the feature with the same user account that installed Rational Application Developer.

Restrictions:

• Rational Application Developer cannot be open when you uninstall this feature.
• On Windows operating systems, you must use an account with Administrator privileges.

To uninstall the feature, complete the following steps:

1. Start the Rational Product Updater:
   • On Windows operating systems, click Start > Programs > IBM Rational > Rational Product Updater.



2. Click the Rollbacks tab.


The Rollbacks page shows an inventory of updates and optional features that are currently installed for Rational Application Developer.


3. Select IBM Rational Deployment Toolkit for WebLogic Server.


Dependencies between updates are automatically enforced. If you select to roll back an update that is required by other installed updates, the updates that depend on the update are also selected to be rolled back.


4. Click Roll Back Updates.
5. Close the Rational Product Updater.