Finding and installing product updates
Locate and install product updates and optional new features to
installed Rational® software development products with the Rational Product Updater tool.
By default, Internet access is required but you can change the preferences
for the Product Updater to retrieve updates from a local update site instead.
(See "Changing the update sites preference" topic for more information in the Product Updater documentation.)
- To launch the Product Updater, click . An inventory of installed products
is displayed.
- To search for available updates, click the Find Updates button.
To search for available optional new features, click the Find Optional
Features button. (You can achieve the same results by clicking
the Updates tab or the Optional Features tab,
respectively.) A progress indicator tells you the update sites are being
searched.
Note: You can search for new updates and optional
features only once per session of the Product Updater tool.
- If updates are found for the Product Updater itself, a dialog
box opens to confirm that you want to proceed with installing the updates.
Click OK to proceed. The tool automatically stops,
restarts, and resumes the requested search. If you click Cancel,
the tool cannot search for new updates or optional new features.
- For product updates:
- The Updates page shows the type and number of available updates
for each installed product or feature. You can click on each update to display
its description and detailed information.
- Recommended updates are selected by default. Corequisite updates
are automatically selected and deselected together. If you change any selections,
you can restore the default by clicking the Set Recommended button.
- Note: the Product Updater currently cannot uninstall
or roll back installed updates. Click Install Updates to install the selected
list of updates. A dialog will display to show the progress of the installation.
When installation is finished, the installed updates are removed
from the Updates list and added to the Installed Products list. You can click
each item in the Installed Products list to see its description in the "Detailed
information" pane. Because fix packs are cumulative, only the highest fix
pack level is shown. Interim fixes, if any, are listed below the product to
which they apply.
- For optional features:
- The Optional Features page shows the name and version of any
new optional features that are available.
- Before installing any new feature, click on its name to review
the detailed information.
- Select the list of features you want to install, and click Install
Features.
When installation is finished, the new items are removed from
the Optional Features page and added to the Installed Products page.