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the information in Notices.
Fourth Edition (December 2009)
This edition applies to version 7.2.0.1 of IBM Rational Asset
Manager and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise
indicated in new editions.
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Installing Rational Asset
Manager with the embedded WebSphere Application
Server
Follow this outline to consider installation options for IBM® Rational® Asset
Manager and
to install it with IBM WebSphere® Application Server,
version 6.1.
About this task
To install Rational Asset Manager with
the embedded WebSphere Application Server:
Rational Asset Manager requires
a database for asset and data storage. If you do not have one of the
supported database applications installed, you can install IBM DB2® Enterprise Server Edition, version
9.5 from the Rational Asset Manager launchpad.
To
improve performance, the database server typically resides on a computer
that is physically separate from the application server and on its
own dedicated disk.
To configure the database tables and schema,
you must have database administrator privileges.
Use IBM Installation Manager to
simultaneously install an embedded version of WebSphere Application Server,
Version 6.1 and the Rational Asset Manager server
setup application. This is the easiest method for installing Rational Asset Manager server.
The Rational Asset Manager server
setup application is browser-based application that works like a wizard
to help you deploy application files, set up databases, configure
users and security, and adjust repository settings.
Configure the server environment
settings.
Additional configuration steps are required
on Linux®, AIX®, and Linux for zSeries®:
If you are an administrator, ensure the best possible performance
for users, regardless of the number of concurrent users or the number
of assets in the repository.
You can install the Rational Asset Manager Eclipse
client by the following methods:
If a supported Eclipse integrated development environment (IDE)
is installed on your computer, use Eclipse update manager to find
and install the Rational Asset Manager Eclipse
client plug-ins from a Rational Asset Manager server.
To install the client plug-in, follow the Eclipse update process (Help -> Software Updates -> Find and Install).
If an Eclipse IDE is not installed on your computer, install the
Eclipse client from the Rational Asset Manager installation
media. You can also install the Eclipse client into an existing Eclipse
V3.3.2 IDE by this method.
Installing Rational Asset
Manager to an existing WebSphere Application
Server by using Installation Manager
Follow this outline to plan the installation of IBM Rational Asset Manager to
an IBM WebSphere Application Server by
using IBM Installation Manager.
About this task
To install Rational Asset Manager to
a WebSphere Application Server:
Rational Asset Manager requires
a database for asset and data storage. If you do not have one of the
supported database applications installed, you can install IBM DB2 Enterprise Server Edition, version
9.5 from the Rational Asset Manager launchpad.
To
improve performance, the database server typically resides on a computer
that is physically separate from the application server and on its
own dedicated disk.
To configure the database tables and schema,
you must have database administrator privileges.
To
distribute license keys to clients, Rational Asset Manager server
requires the IBM Rational License Server.
Create a backup of your server configuration by using the <WebSphere_install_location>/bin/backupConfig.bat
command. For more information, see the WebSphere Application Server documentation.
Use IBM Installation
Manager to install the Rational Asset Manager server
setup application on an existing WebSphere Application Server.
On the Features page of the Install wizard, select WebSphere
Application Server, 6.1.X
The Rational Asset Manager server
setup application is browser-based application that works like a wizard
to help you deploy application files, set up databases, configure
users and security, and adjust repository settings.
Configure the server environment
settings.
Additional configuration steps are required
on Linux, AIX, and Linux for zSeries:
If you are an administrator, ensure the best possible performance
for users, regardless of the number of concurrent users or the number
of assets in the repository.
You can install the Rational Asset Manager Eclipse
client by the following methods:
If a supported Eclipse integrated development environment (IDE)
is installed on your computer, use Eclipse update manager to find
and install the Rational Asset Manager Eclipse
client plug-ins from a Rational Asset Manager server.
To install the client plug-in, follow the Eclipse update process (Help -> Software Updates -> Find and Install).
If an Eclipse IDE is not installed on your computer, install the
Eclipse client from the Rational Asset Manager installation
media. You can also install the Eclipse client into an existing Eclipse
V3.3.2 IDE by this method.
Installing Rational Asset
Manager on an Apache Tomcat server
You can install
and configure IBM Rational Asset
Manager manually
on Tomcat. Follow this outline plan to install Rational Asset Manager and
to configure it on an existing Apache Tomcat server.
Rational Asset Manager requires
a database for asset and data storage. If you do not have one of the
supported database applications installed, you can install IBM DB2 Enterprise Server Edition, version
9.5 from the Rational Asset Manager launchpad.
To
improve performance, the database server typically resides on a computer
that is physically separate from the application server and on its
own dedicated disk.
To configure the database tables and schema,
you must have database administrator privileges.
If you are an administrator, ensure the best possible performance
for users, regardless of the number of concurrent users or the number
of assets in the repository.
You can install the Rational Asset Manager Eclipse
client by the following methods:
If a supported Eclipse integrated development environment (IDE)
is installed on your computer, use Eclipse update manager to find
and install the Rational Asset Manager Eclipse
client plug-ins from a Rational Asset Manager server.
To install the client plug-in, follow the Eclipse update process (Help -> Software Updates -> Find and Install).
If an Eclipse IDE is not installed on your computer, install the
Eclipse client from the Rational Asset Manager installation
media. You can also install the Eclipse client into an existing Eclipse
V3.3.2 IDE by this method.
Upgrading Rational Asset Manager
Upgrading from a previous version on WebSphere Application
Server
Use this guide to upgrade from an earlier version of IBM Rational Asset
Manager on IBM WebSphere Application Server.
Before you begin
Important:To upgrade
to Rational Asset Manager,
Version 7.2, you must install IBM Rational Team Concert,
which requires its own application server instance - you cannot install Rational Team Concert to
a cluster - and an additional database. You
will also have to stop and restart your application server several
times.
If you have Internet access, you can use IBM Installation Manager to
locate and install the updates directly from the IBM update repository
for Rational Asset Manager.
Important:When Rational Asset Manager installs,
the location of its update repository is automatically embedded in
Installation Manager. For Installation Manager to search the default
update repository, the Search the linked repositories during
installation and updates preference on the Repositories
preferences page must be selected; this preference is selected by
default.
To install the fix pack from a different repository
location (for example, if the update is on a shared drive or HTTP
or HTTPS server), add the repository location in Installation Manager.
To add a repository location, see Setting
installation repository preferences in Installation
Manager.
Create a backup of your Rational Asset Manager database.
For more information, see the documentation for your database software.
Create a backup of the Persist folders
for all of your servers. To find the location of the Persist folders,
log in to the Web client as a repository administrator and click Administration;
then click Configuration. In the Disk Storage
section, you will see the location of the Persist folder.
On Linux, AIX, or Linux for zSeries, increase the number of file descriptors
a process may have open at once to at least 2048:
To view the current number of descriptors that can be
open at once, in the command line type: ulimit -n
If the limit is not at least 2048,
increase the limit with the following command: ulimit -n 2048
If you have modified your theme, before
you update the Rational Asset Manager server,
download the current theme and then, after you have updated the server,
reapply the theme. You might have to update your theme after you migrate.
Create a backup of your IBM WebSphere Application Server configuration
by using the <WebSphere-Install-Directory>\bin\backupConfig.bat command. For more information, see the WebSphere Application Server documentation.
If you use a WebSphere Application Server cluster,
you must create a stand-alone application server instance on your
cluster for Rational Team Concert.
To do so, see Creating an application server instance for Rational Team Concert
on a WebSphere Application Server cluster. If you are not using a cluster, you do not have to do this; Rational Team Concert and Rational Asset Manager can
be installed on the same application server.
Configure the application security
and authentication settings for WebSphere Application Server:
In a Web browser, log in to the WebSphere Application Server Administrative
Console. By default, this is located
at:
For embedded WebSphere Application Server: http://localhost:13060/ibm/console .
The default username is admin and the default
password is admin.
For WebSphere Application Server: http://localhost:9060/ibm/console
Click Security.
Click Secure administration, applications,
and infrastructure.
In the Administrative Security section, if the Enable
administrative security checkbox is selected, select the Enable
application security checkbox.
In the Authentication section, click Web
security.
Click General settings.
In the Web Authentication Behavior section, select the Use
available authentication data when an unprotected URI is accessed checkbox
if it is not already selected.
Click Apply.
In the Messages window, click Save directly
to the master configuration.
Stop, and then restart the server.
If you are using Rational Asset Manager,
version 7.0.0.2 or earlier, verify that the job server is enabled.
To enable the job server:
Log in to the Rational Asset Manager Web
client as a repository administrator.
Click Administration.
In the Repository Administration sidebar, click Tools.
In the address bar of the browser, replace tools.faces with advancedConfiguration.faces and
go to that address. For example, http://example.com:9080/com.ibm.ram.repository.web/admin/repository/advancedConfiguration.faces
On the Advanced Settings page, in the Job Options section,
select Enable job server.
Click Save.
Restart the application server.
Verify that all of the repository
servers are set to the same current date, time, and time zone.
If you are not using the embedded WebSphere Application Server,
you must install the following Interim Fix to your server: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24023024. This Interim Fix prevents an issue where WebSphere Application Server is
unable to release connections with Rational Team Concert.
If you use the embedded WebSphere Application Server,
stop the embedded WebSphere Application Server. If issuing the Rational Asset Manager Stop
the server command does not stop the server, run the stopServer command
from a command line in the <Install-directory>\ram\ewas\bin directory,
and specify a server administrator user name and password by using
the -username and -password options.
Retrieve the appropriate Rational Asset Manager applications:
If you use WebSphere Application Server and
you used Installation Manager to deploy Rational Asset Manager to
your server, use Installation Manager for the upgrade process.
See the instructions Installing Rational Asset
Manager server by using Installation Manager and
note these differences:
Start Installation Manager. On Windows® Vista, run Installation Manager
as an administrator (Right-click the program shortcut and select Run
as administrator.
Installation Manager might need to update to a later version.
To configure Installation Manager so that it checks for updates: on
the Start page click File -> Preferences; then click Updates. In the
Updates page, select Search for Installation Manager updates.
On the Start page of Installation Manager, click Update.
If a more recent version of Installation Manager is available,
a window appears that asks you to update. Click Yes.
Once the update process completes, click OK to
restart Installation Manager, then click Update again.
On the Update Packages page, select IBM Rational Asset
Manager; then click Next. Expand
and select the latest version of Rational Asset Manager server and
click Next.
Follow the instructions in the Update wizard.
On the Context Root page of the Features
section, Installation Manager detects the context roots for your current Rational Asset Manager Web
applications. Note the context root for Rational Asset
Manager Setup Server; you need the context root to access
the server setup application. Then click Next.
If application server security is enabled or the security
settings for WebSphere Application Server have
changed, on the Administrative security page
of the Features section, select Yes and type
the user name and password for the application server administrator.
Then click Next.
After the update process finishes:
If you use the embedded WebSphere Application Server,
the server setup application .ear file has been updated. Start the
embedded WebSphere Application Server.
Go to step 14.
If you use an existing WebSphere Application Server,
the server setup application .ear file has been updated. Go to step 14.
If you deployed the Rational Asset Manager .ear
and .war files to your application server, retrieve the latest
version of the Rational Asset Manager application
files. For more information, see Retrieving the server application files directly from the installation
media.
After you have the application files, proceed to step 13.
Deploy the Rational Asset Manager server
setup application to your application server:
If you use WebSphere Application Server and
have deployed the Rational Asset Manager server
setup application, update com.ibm.ram.repository.setup.web.ear to
the latest version that you retrieved:
Launch the WebSphere Application Server Administrative
Console and log in as an administrator.
Update the Rational Asset Manager server
setup application:
Click Applications.
Click Enterprise Applications.
Select com.ibm.ram.repository.setup.web.ear;
then click Update.
Browse to or type the path and file name of the Rational Asset Manager server
setup enterprise archive file (com.ibm.ram.repository.setup.web.ear).
On the next three pages, click Next.
On the Summary page, click Finish.
When the com.ibm.ram.repository.setup.web.ear file
installs, click Save to Master Configuration.
The server setup application is now updated and deployed. You will use the server setup application
to update all the other applications. Go to step 14
Note:If you used Rational Asset Manager 7.1.0.1
or earlier, the default context root for the server setup application
has changed from com.ibm.ram.repository.setup.web to ram.setup.
If you bookmarked the server setup application, your bookmark might
not work after you update the server setup application. For more information,
see the WebSphere Application
Server documentation on context roots for Web modules.
After you have deployed the most
recent version of the server setup application, in a Web browser,
open the server setup application by using the URL: http://<host>:<port>/<setup-server-context-root>.
The default URL is: http://<host>:<port>/ram.setup/.
If security is enabled on the application server, type the user ID
and password for an application server administrator. For the embedded WebSphere Application Server,
the default user ID and password are admin and admin.
In the Step 1: Locate Installation
Files section, in the Location field type the
directory on the file system where the new web application files are
located. If you used the Update wizard in Installation
Manager, the files will be at the <package_group_location>\ram\apps\was directory.
The following files must be in that directory:
com.ibm.ram.repository.web_runtime.ear
RTC-Server.zip
iehs_war.ear
rmcabdgovernprocess_war.ear
To verify that all required application files are in the Location directory,
click Verify Location. A message
will verify if all the required files are present.
Click Update. The server
setup application updates all other Rational Asset Manager application
files to the latest versions and maintains their context roots, a
process that can take several minutes.
Next:
If you are upgrading from V7.1.1.1 or earlier, the
Introduction page opens; proceed to step 19.
If you are upgrading from V7.2, the Summary page opens;
proceed to step 24.
Click Next.
You must deploy Rational Team Concert,
which is required for the enhanced asset lifecycle process:
On the Deploy Rational Asset Manager page,
in the Deploy Rational Team Concert section,
confirm the application server in the Servers list
- you cannot deploy Rational Team Concert to
a cluster - and click Deploy Applications. The operation to deploy Rational Team Concert can
take several minutes. The Deploy Rational Asset Manager page
reopens when the process completes.
When the operation completes, click Next.
Create a new database for asset lifecycles
for Rational Team Concert
For DB2: The server setup application
can create the database for you:
On the Create or Locate a Database for Rational Asset Manager page,
select You need to create the Lifecycle database and
click Next.
In the Create a database for
Lifecycle Management field, type a name for the lifecycle
management database (for example, RTCDB).
Click Create database(s).
For Oracle or SQL Server: To
create the database manually, see Creating a database for asset lifecycles.
After you have created the database, select You have already
created both databases and want to modify the settings and
then click Next.
On the Configure Database page, enter and test the connection
to the database for lifecycle management:
In the Database name for Lifecycle field,
type the name of the database that you created in step 20.
To test the connection, click Test Connection.
If the connection succeeds, click Next.
Configure the Rational Team Concert database.
Under Step 6: Configure Rational Asset Manager Lifecycle
Database:
Click Populate the Database.
A message asks you to verify that you want to configure
the lifecycle database. Click OK.
Restart the server. To restart
the server in the server setup application, click Tools -> Restart the server. Next:
If you are upgrading from V7.1.1.1 or earlier, after the
server has restarted, the Lifecycle management settings page opens.
Proceed to step 25.
If you are upgrading from V7.2, after the server has restarted,
the Summary page opens. Proceed to step 26.
In the Lifecycle management settings
page, type the path and login information for the Rational Team Concert application:
In the Rational Team Concert field,
type the path to the Rational Team Concert location.
You must use a secure (https://) connection.
By default, this value is:
For the embedded WebSphere Application Server: https://localhost:13443/jazz
For an existing WebSphere Application Server: https://localhost:9443/jazz
In the User ID field, type the
username of the WebSphere Application Server repository
administrator. By default, this is admin.
In the Password field, type the password for the repository
administrator. By default, this is admin.
Click Configure server. This
process may take a few minutes. After the configuration,
the Summary page appears again.
On the Summary page, click Start
using Rational Asset Manager. The Web client opens.
Migrate the Rational Asset Manager repository
to the newest version:
In a Web browser, open the Rational Asset Manager Web
client. The first time that you open the Web client
after the upgrade, a message is displayed that indicates that you
must migrate the repository.
If necessary, log in with a user ID that has repository
administrator authority.
Note:For SQL Server, if an existing Rational Asset Manager database
does not have the collation set to a sequence that ends with _BIN2
(for example, Latin1_General_BIN2) then the Manual Configuration
Required page appears with a message. You can either recreate
the database and set the collation option to be case-sensitive to
work correctly with Rational Asset Manager or
you can accept that there may be unexpected case-sensitivity conflicts.
Click Migrate. On
large repositories, the migration might take several minutes; until
the migration is complete, some information on the repository might
not be available.
After the migration process completes, click Home.
To upgrade, you need to file a request for a new license key.
You need to acquire a new server license and new user authorized licenses.
Go to the Rational License Key Center: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/rational/support/licensing/ If you see an error about Rational License Server, adjust your
license configuration:
Click Administration
On the Administration page, click Configuration.
In the License and Version section, to select what type
of server license this repository will use, select either Standard
edition or Enterprise edition.
At the bottom of the page, click Save.
You might see the License Server error again. Click Retry
connection to license server.
After configuration is complete, manually remap shared
library references for the previous version of Rational Asset Manager to
the RAM1WebApplication (for example, integration with IBM Rational ClearQuest®).
Update the Rational Asset Manager Eclipse
application by using the same method that you used to install it.
For more information on installing the Eclipse client, see Installing the Rational Asset
Manager Eclipse
client.
Note:Before you
install the latest version of the Rational Asset Manager Eclipse
client, uninstall the Rational Asset Manager Eclipse
client plug-in.
If you installed the Rational Asset Manager V7.0.0.2
Eclipse client into an existing Eclipse V3.3 application by using
Installation Manager, use Installation Manager to uninstall the client.
You cannot use the Eclipse Configuration Manager to uninstall Rational Asset Manager from
the Eclipse client.
If you installed the Rational Asset Manager Eclipse
client plug-ins by using the Eclipse update manager, before you install
the latest version of Rational Asset Manager,
use the Eclipse configuration manager to remove any features that
are named Rational Asset Manager.
To use the Eclipse configuration manager, in Eclipse, click Help -> Software Updates -> Manage Configuration.
Deploying the server setup application to a Websphere Application
Server cluster To manually deploy the IBM Rational Asset Manager server setup application to a Network Deployment cluster, it is necessary to run a Jython script. If you used IBM Installation Manager to install Rational Asset Manager to a cluster, Installation Manager performed this step.
Deploying and configuring application files by using the server
setup application The server setup application is a browser-based Web application that opens after the installs IBM Rational Asset Manager features on a new embedded IBM WebSphere Application Server or an existing WebSphere Application Server. It helps you deploy the other Rational Asset Manager applications and configure the database, security, performance, and repository settings. You can use the server setup application to later modify these settings instead of using the Administration pages within Rational Asset Manager Web client.
Use this guide to upgrade from an earlier version of IBM Rational Asset
Manager on
Apache Tomcat.
Before you begin
Important:To upgrade
to Rational Asset Manager,
Version 7.2, you must install IBM Rational Team Concert,
which requires an additional database. You
will also have to stop and restart your application server several
times.
Create a backup of your Rational Asset Manager database.
For more information, see the documentation for your database software.
Create a backup of the Persist folders
for all of your servers. To find the location of the Persist folders,
log in to the Web client as a repository administrator and click Administration;
then click Configuration. In the Disk Storage
section, you will see the location of the Persist folder.
If you have modified your theme, before
you update the Rational Asset Manager server,
download the current theme and then, after you have updated the server,
reapply the theme. You might have to update your theme after you migrate.
Verify that all of the repository
servers are set to the same current date, time, and time zone.
Create a backup of your Tomcat server configuration by
copying the <tomcat_install_directory>\conf\server.xml file.
Create a backup of the Tomcat server startup file:
<tomcat_install_directory>\bin\startup.bat
<tomcat_install_directory>/bin/startup.sh
If you are using Rational Asset Manager,
version 7.0.0.2 or earlier, verify that the job server is enabled.
To enable the job server:
Log in to the Rational Asset Manager Web
client as a repository administrator.
Click Administration.
In the Repository Administration sidebar, click Tools.
In the address bar of the browser, replace tools.faces with advancedConfiguration.faces and
go to that address. For example, http://example.com:9080/com.ibm.ram.repository.web/admin/repository/advancedConfiguration.faces
On the Advanced Settings page, in the Job Options section,
select Enable job server.
Stop the Tomcat server. Your repository
and any other applications on your server will now be offline.
Extract the shared library files to the <tomcat_install_directory>\shared\lib folder:
Find and extract the <archive_extract_location>\apps\tomcat\sharedLib.zip file.
Copy the entire contents of the extracted sharedLib.zip file
to the <tomcat_install_directory>\shared\lib directory.
Find the <archive_extract_location>/apps/tomcat/RTC-server.zip file
on the installation media.
Next:
If you upgrading from V7.1.1.1 or earlier: You must
install and configure the included Rational Team Concert.
Proceed to step 14.
If you upgrading from V7.2: You must update the included Rational Team Concert.
Proceed to step 23.
Extract RTC-server.zip to
a location on your hard drive, which is referred to in these instructions
as <rtc_install_dir>.
Find the <rtc_install_dir>/jazz/server/jazz_war.ear file
and extract it. You can use the free utility 7-Zip to extract .war files.
From the extracted package, copy the jazz.war file
to the <tomcat_install_directory>/webapps/ directory.
Configure the Tomcat system
property settings:
Find the Tomcat startup
file and open it in a text editor. On Windows this is <tomcat_install_directory>\bin\startup.bat.
On Linux, AIX, or Linux for zSeries, it is <tomcat_install_directory>/bin/startup.sh.
In the startup file, type
the following text, where <rtc_install_dir> is
the extracted directory from step 10:
if you use Oracle, <oracle_jar_dir> is
the location of the Oracle ojdbc14.jar file;
if you use SQL Server, <sqlServer_jar_dir> is
the location of the SQL Server sqljdbc.jar file:
On Windows (replace
space characters in the <rtc_install_dir> with %20):
set ORACLE_JDBC=<oracle_jar_dir>
set SQLSERVER_JDBC=<sqlServer_jar_dir>
set JAZZ_INSTALL_DIR=<rtc_install_dir>
set JAVA_OPTS=-Djava.awt.headless=true -DSQLSERVER_JDBC="%SQLSERVER_JDBC%" -DORACLE_JDBC="%ORACLE_JDBC%" -DDB2I_JDBC="%DB2I_JDBC%" -DDB2Z_JDBC="%DB2Z_JDBC%" -Dorg.eclipse.emf.ecore.plugin.EcorePlugin.doNotLoadResourcesPlugin=true -DJAZZ_HOME=file:///%JAZZ_INSTALL_DIR%conf -Dcom.ibm.team.repository.tempDir=%TEMP% -Xmx700M
Add the following properties
to the teamserver.properties file, where <unsecure_port> is
the unsecure port for your Tomcat server (by default, 8080), <secure_port> is
the secure port number for your Tomcat server (by default, 8443),
and <team_temp_dir> is an absolute path to a
directory for storing temporary files:
Configure the administrative
user for Rational Team Concert:
Launch the Admin Web UI of Rational Team Concert in
a Web browser at https://<machine_name>:<secure_port>/jazz/admin/.
Log in with the User ID and Password for
the administrator of the application server.
Click User Management.
Click Create New.
Enter the following details:
User Name: The user ID of the Tomcat server
administrator
User ID: The user ID of the Tomcat server
administrator
E-mail Address: A valid e-mail address
for the Tomcat server administrator
In the Client Access License section, select Rational
Team Concert - Developer to assign the developer license
to that user.
Click Save.
Import the lifecycles process
template into Rational Team Concert:
In the Rational Team Concert Admin
Web UI, click Process Template Management.
Click Import Template and browse
to the com.ibm.ram.lifecycle.zip file in the <archive_extract_location>/DatabaseScripts/ folder.
Then click OK.
Create a new project area in Rational Team Concert:
In the Rational Team Concert Admin
Web UI, click Project
Area Management.
Click Create Project Area.
Enter the following details about the project area:
Project name: RAM Lifecycle
Summary: Rational Asset Manager
Lifecycle control project area
Description: This area is used
to manage the lifecycles for Rational Asset Manager
Click Save.
Assign the appropriate memberships
and process roles for the project area:
On the Project Area Management page, click the RAM
Lifecycle project area.
In the Administrators section, click Add;
then search for and select the administrator user that you created.
In the Members section, click Add;
then search for and select the administrator user that you created.
After you add the administrator, click the Process
Roles icon next to the administrator's name.
In the Edit Process Roles dialog, from the Available
Roles list, select Administration and
click Add.
Click Finish.
Click Save.
If you upgrading from V7.2, upgrade
the included Rational Team Concert:
From the installation media, extract
the RTC-Server.zip file to a new location on
your hard drive, which in these instructions is referred to as <new_rtc_install_dir>.
From the older <rtc_install_dir>/jazz/server/conf/jazz folder,
copy the file teamserver.properties to the new <new_rtc_install_dir>/jazz/server/conf/jazz/ folder.
You can find the existing <rtc_install_dir> location
in the Tomcat startup file. In the startup file, search for the line
that contains JAZZ_INSTALL_DIR= ; the value
of the JAZZ_INSTALL_DIR variable is the location of the current
RTC files.
Find the Tomcat startup
file and open it in a text editor. On Windows this is <tomcat_install_directory>\bin\startup.bat.
On Linux, AIX, or Linux for zSeries, it is <tomcat_install_directory>/bin/startup.sh.
In the Tomcat startup file, search for the line that
contains JAZZ_INSTALL_DIR=. Edit the value
per the followng, where <new_rtc_install_dir> is
the extracted directory from step 23a:
(replace space characters in <new_rtc_install_dir> with %20 ):
set JAZZ_INSTALL_DIR=<new_rtc_install_dir>
:
JAZZ_INSTALL_DIR=<new_rtc_install_dir>
Start the Tomcat server.
In Web browser, navigate to the following URL: https://<host>:<secure_port>/jazz/admin?internal,
where <host> is your IP address or machine name,
and <secure_port> is the secure port for your
Tomcat server.
Log on as an application server administrator.
In the side, under Internal Tools section, click Server
reset.
Click Request server reset.
Stop, and then restart the Tomcat server. The included Rational Team Concert application
is updated.
Remove the Rational Asset Manager .war
files that are installed on Tomcat:
In a Web browser, open the Tomcat Manager (http://<host>:<port>/manager/html ;
the default is http://localhost:8080/manager/html/)
and log in with the Tomcat administrator user ID and password.
Remove the following applications:
/abdprocess
/com.ibm.ram.repository.web.tomcat_runtime
/com.ibm.ram.repository.web.ws.tomcat_runtime
/help
Install the Rational Asset Manager WAR
files on Tomcat server:
In the Select WAR file to upload field at the
bottom of the Tomcat Web Application Manager page, under WAR file
to deploy, browse to the location where you retrieved the com.ibm.ram.repository.web.tomcat_runtime.war file
from the installation media. To find this file, see Retrieving the server application files directly from the installation
media.
Click Deploy.
Repeat the previous steps to deploy the com.ibm.ram.repository.web.ws.tomcat_runtime.war file.
The WAR files are displayed in the list of applications.
Install the Rational Asset Manager help
WAR file on Tomcat server:
In the Tomcat Manager, in the section Deploy directory
or WAR file located on server, in the WAR or Directory
URL field, enter the location where you retrieved the iehs.war file
from the installation media. To find this file, seeRetrieving the server application files directly from the installation
media.
In the Context Path (optional) field,
type /help.
Click Deploy.
The WAR file is displayed in the list of applications.
Install the Rational Asset Manager Asset-based
Process Governance documentation WAR files on the Tomcat server:
In the Tomcat Manager, in the section Deploy directory
or WAR file located on server, in the field WAR or Directory
URL, enter the location where you retrieved the rmcabdgovernprocess.war file
from the installation media. To find this file, see Retrieving the server application files directly from the installation
media.
In the Context Path (optional) field,
type /abdprocess.
Click Deploy.
The WAR file is displayed in the list of applications.
In a Web browser, open Rational Asset Manager.
By default, the URL will be http://localhost:8080/com.ibm.ram.repository.web/home.faces,
or through a Web server, the URL will be http://<Web_server_address>:<port>/com.ibm.ram.repository.web/home.faces. The Rational Asset Manager Web
client opens.
Migrate the Rational Asset Manager repository
to the newest version:
In a Web browser, open the Rational Asset Manager Web
client. The first time that you open the Web client
after the upgrade, a message is displayed that indicates that you
must migrate the repository.
If necessary, log in with a user ID that has repository
administrator authority.
Note:For SQL Server, if an existing Rational Asset Manager database
does not have the collation set to a sequence that ends with _BIN2
(for example, Latin1_General_BIN2) then the Manual Configuration
Required page appears with a message. You can either recreate
the database and set the collation option to be case-sensitive to
work correctly with Rational Asset Manager or
you can accept that there may be unexpected case-sensitivity conflicts.
Click Migrate. On
large repositories, the migration might take several minutes; until
the migration is complete, some information on the repository might
not be available.
After the migration process completes, click Home.
To upgrade, you need to file a request for a new license key.
You need to acquire a new server license and new user authorized licenses.
Go to the Rational License Key Center: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/rational/support/licensing/ If you see an error about Rational License Server, adjust your
license configuration:
Click Administration
On the Administration page, click Configuration.
In the License and Version section, to select what type
of server license this repository will use, select either Standard
edition or Enterprise edition.
At the bottom of the page, click Save.
You might see the License Server error again. Click Retry
connection to license server.
Update the Rational Asset Manager Eclipse
application by using the same method that you used to install it.
For more information on installing the Eclipse client, see Installing the Rational Asset
Manager Eclipse
client.
Note:Before you
install the latest version of the Rational Asset Manager Eclipse
client, uninstall the Rational Asset Manager Eclipse
client plug-in.
If you installed the Rational Asset Manager V7.0.0.2
Eclipse client into an existing Eclipse V3.3 application by using
Installation Manager, use Installation Manager to uninstall the client.
You cannot use the Eclipse Configuration Manager to uninstall Rational Asset Manager from
the Eclipse client.
If you installed the Rational Asset Manager Eclipse
client plug-ins by using the Eclipse update manager, before you install
the latest version of Rational Asset Manager,
use the Eclipse configuration manager to remove any features that
are named Rational Asset Manager.
To use the Eclipse configuration manager, in Eclipse, click Help -> Software Updates -> Manage Configuration.
Installing Rational Asset
Manager Eclipse client using Eclipse update manager You can install the IBM Rational Asset Manager Eclipse client into an existing version of Eclipse by using the Eclipse update manager. This method insures that your the versions of Rational Asset Manager on your Eclipse client and on the server are compatible.
Related information
Creating and configuring databases for Rational Asset
Manager If your database software is installed and the database server is running, you can create and configure a database either prior to installing IBM Rational Asset Manager, or while using the Rational Asset Manager server setup application. If you are using IBM DB2, the server setup application can create the databases for you.
Planning your installation
Before you install the IBM Rational Asset Manager server,
consider the aspects of the installation, including which configuration
you will use.
Installation scenarios
You can install Rational Asset Manager in
four basic scenarios:
Upgrading from an existing version of Rational Asset Manager
Installing Rational Asset Manager V7.2
on a new instance of an embedded IBM WebSphere Application Server,
version 6.1
Installing Rational Asset Manager V7.2
on an existing installation of IBM WebSphere Application Server,
version 6.1
Manually installing Rational Asset Manager V7.2
on a supported version of WebSphere Application Server or
Apache Tomcat.
For each scenario, you can install Rational Asset Manager either
by using IBM Installation Manager
or by using the deployment .zip files and installing them manually.
If you are using Installation Manager, you can use the GUI or run
a silent install by using the command line.
In this release, Rational Team Concert is a required component
that you must install as part of the Rational Asset Manager installation.
Rational Team Concert requires an additional 250MB+ of disk space
for the server files, and the Rational Team Concert database needs
5GB+ of free space. You cannot install Rational Asset Manager into
an existing Rational Team Concert server, nor can you update Rational
Team Concert in the Rational Asset Manager 7.2 server. In a WebSphere
network deploy environment, Rational Team Concert cannot be deployed
onto clusters; Rational Team Concert has to be deployed on an application
server only.
In all of these scenarios, you can also install the Rational Asset Manager Eclipse
client to interact with the repository.
Eclipse client and server version compatibility
The Rational Asset Manager Eclipse client communicates with Rational
Asset Manager servers that use either the same version or one-level
earlier version. If it is possible, use the same versions of both
the Rational Asset Manager server and the Eclipse client. However,
the Eclipse client can communicate with a Rational Asset Manager server
of the same version or of a version that is earlier by one level.
This includes fix packs of each version. For more information, see
this technote: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21380362
Client access licenses
Every valid client access license includes a designated authorization
for one user or one program to directly or indirectly access the Rational Asset Manager server
for use of the program.
Beginning in Version 7.2, the licensing for Rational Asset Manager Enterprise
edition is based on two defined types of user licenses:
Publisher: A publisher client access license provides access
to all product capabilities. A publisher can submit, search, view,
discuss, rate, comment, update, download and review assets, and run
reports.
Collaborator: A collaborator client access license provides
access to a limited set of product capabilities. A collaborator can
search, view, discuss, rate, comment and download assets.
Both publisher and collaborator client access licenses can access Rational Asset Manager by
using the Web Client, Eclipse Client and through published Rational Asset Manager application
programmer interfaces.
User licenses can be assigned or floating. An assigned, or authorized,
user is a person or program that is authorized by an administrator
to use the licensed product. You must maintain licenses for the equivalent
number of persons and programs that use the licensed product. People
or programs cannot share user IDs. A user can be assigned either a
publisher or a consumer license.
The following licenses are available for Rational Asset Manager:
Rational Asset Manager Enterprise
Edition Server License (unrestricted). A server license is required
for each application server process that the licensed product is installed
on.
Rational Asset Manager Enterprise
Edition Publisher client access license (authorized user or floating).
Rational Asset Manager Enterprise
Edition Collaborator client access license (authorized user or floating).
Rational Asset Manager Standard
Edition (authorized user).
Rational Asset Manager uses FLEXlm license key enforcement. FLEXlm
consumes a license whenever a person logs in to a Rational Asset Manager
server. Rational Asset Manager Standard Edition licenses can only
be used on Rational Asset Manager servers configured to be a Standard
Edition Server. You can not use Rational Asset Manager Standard Edition
authorized user licenses on a Rational Asset Manager Enterprise Edition
Server. Administrators assign who has named authorized user licenses
by using the Rational Asset Manager Web Client; users are assigned
their authorized licenses by the administrator, not automatically.
Floating licenses are used for any user that does not already have
the appropriate authorized license assigned to them. Programmatic
access also requires a Rational Asset Manager license based on the
user id. A single Rational Asset Manager user id authorized user license
cannot be used across multiple programs concurrently.
When an authorized user logs in, a license is allocated to the
user. If a user logs in with a different session or from the Eclipse
client, the user is still considered to be logged in and they do not
consume additional licenses. The license is released only when the
user logs out completely from all of the sessions or when all of the
sessions timeout.
If a user is not an authorized user and does not have an assigned
license, logging in does not consume a license. Depending on the action
a user selects, a specific type of license is required. When a user
requests an action, a floating license of the correct type is allocated.
If no licenses are available, the action is denied. A floating license
is held until the user logs out or all of the user's sessions expire.
For example, if a user chooses an action that requires a collaborator
floating license and then chooses an action that requires a publisher
license, a publisher floating license is allocated to the user and
the collaborator floating license is released. The user then holds
the publisher license until he or she logs out or all of the sessions
expire. If this user had an assigned collaborator license, the license
would not be released because that license is assigned. Only floating
licenses can be promoted. A license server will still allocate a publisher
floating if it can in the case of an assigned collaborator license.
When you plan for the number of each license type to be available
for your deployment, the following guidelines might be helpful:
For large deployments of 1000 users or more, the majority of users
might be collaborators. Consider using 10-20% publisher and 80-90%
collaborator licenses.
For smaller deployments of less than 100 users, the majority of
users will likely be publishers.
Disk considerations for optimizing performance
Plan to separate the database, repository index, temporary folders,
and assets directory on separate hard disk drives. This prevents certain
operations (for example, asset retrieval, or the indexing of assets
in the repository) from interfering with the users' experience while
they perform different operations (for example, asset browsing).
Database
Rational Asset Manager requires
a database for asset and data storage. To improve performance, place
the database server on a separate physical computer from the application
server and on a dedicated disk.
To configure the database tables and schema, you must have database
administrator privileges.
Application server
If you use WebSphere Application Server,
you can either choose to install a new embedded WebSphere Application Server or
use your existing version of WebSphere Application Server.
You can use either server with any database or other platform software.
Embedded WebSphere Application Server is
a lightweight version of the server. It supports environments that
run a limited number of applications and do not require the full administration
support provided by WebSphere Application Server.
The embedded WebSphere Application Server provides
a lightweight version of the WebSphere Application Server administration
console with limited configuration options.
User registries
Although you can add users to Rational Asset Manager from
an external registry (such as LDAP or a custom registry), you do not
have to use an external registry. You can add users manually.
Security and user authentication
If you plan to manually install Rational Asset Manager onto
an existing WebSphere Application Server that
is configured for security (for example, using LDAP), reconfigure
the application server for file-based security until the installation
and configuration of Rational Asset Manager is
complete.
File-based security is not intended for use in production environments.
Integrations
Optional: You can integrate Rational Asset Manager with IBM Rational ClearQuest, IBM Rational ClearCase®,
and IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository.
Client applications must be installed on the same computer as the
server and Rational Asset Manager server
application. To improve performance, run the servers for these applications
on computers other than the application server.
When you integrate with Rational ClearCase,
the WebSphere Application Server service
must be started by the same user who has access to the versioned object
base (VOB).
Clusters
When you deploy Rational Asset Manager to
a cluster environment, the components must be homogenous with regard
to operating system and application server. If you plan to integrate
with Rational ClearCase and Rational ClearQuest,
client applications must be installed on every component in the cluster
and have the same installation path on every node in the cluster.
You cannot configure individual nodes independently.
Large numbers of assets
If you expect that the repository will contain a large number of
assets (for example, tens or hundreds of thousands), several asset
management operations, such as indexing, might require several hours.
You might improve performance if you use data management and hard-disk
management techniques, such as using a Redundant Array of Independent
Disks (RAID) and a technique called disk striping.
Disk striping involves
dividing data into blocks and storing the data blocks on multiple
partitions on multiple hard disk drives. For instructions to set up
disk striping for your environment, see the documentation for your
operating system. As mentioned in the previous paragraph, consider
placing the repository index, assets, and database each on a different
hard disk.
Learn more about the component based software architecture practice: This practice focuses on identifying
the major abstractions of the system and making decisions on how the
system will be built to ensure resilience and maintainability. Read
more about the component based software architecture practice at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/practices/compbased_sa/.
Rational Asset Manager
system and capacity planning guidelines
This topic includes planning and performance guidelines
for IBM Rational Asset Manager.
Consider the following areas in your system and capacity planning:
Performance factors
IBM WebSphere Application Server clusters
Integrations
System Maintenance
Performance factors
Many factors determine
capacity requirements and performance results:
Number of servers
Processor speed
Number of processors and their configuration
Amount of memory on a node
Type of disk storage device and RAID configuration
Capacity of disk storage devices
Network bandwidth and latency
System tuning (for WebSphere Application Server,
databases, Web servers, operating systems, and cache proxies)
Performance and scalability depend on hardware setup and
tuning, operating system tuning, software tuning, network traffic
and latency, user usage models, the number of assets stored in Rational Asset Manager,
and other factors.
When you plan your server hardware requirements,
consider the number of concurrent users to have access and the number
of assets to be stored in the repository. Response time depends on
the details of your specific use cases. For example, uploading a large
file takes more time than displaying a Web page.
By adjusting
hardware, you can improve performance:
To increase availability, add nodes.
To increase the number of concurrent users, add nodes, servers,
or memory.
To improve response, search response, and file upload and download
times, use faster disks and make network improvements.
When you plan for the initial platform size and for production
environment upgrades, consider the relative system resources that
are consumed by different classes of user operations. Heavier system
resources are required for Eclipse operations than for the Web interface.
For example, the system requirements and steps to improve performance
for the following user actions vary:
User searching assets: add disks.
User creating and updating assets: add disks and network latency.
Users downloading files: add disks, processors, and memory.
Users running asset reports and audits: database and processor.
Systems accessing Rational Asset Manager by
using Web services: on the configuration page, view the users of your
Web services and configure the number of concurrent sessions that
users can have.
Plan to need more storage for additional assets or for
assets with high artifact content. To support more users, add memory
or application servers or use faster disks.
Place
the database, repository index, temporary folders, and assets directory
on separate hard disk drives. This prevents certain operations (such
as asset retrieval and asset indexing) from interfering with user
performance (for example, browsing assets).
You can install
and maintain Rational Asset Manager on
a single server; however, at a minimum, use an external database server
and file server. You can also install Rational Asset Manager on
a single computer that runs WebSphere Application Server and
a database, and use local disks for assets and indexing. However,
that configuration cannot scale beyond 50 to 75 concurrent users.
To increase the capacity of a single application server, distribute
the overall load.
Database: Rational Asset Manager requires
a database for asset and data storage. Place the database server on
a separate server and on a dedicated disk.
Application Server: The embedded WebSphere Application Server is
a lightweight version of the server. It supports environments that
run a limited number of applications and that do not require the full
administration support provided by WebSphere Application Server.
User registries: Although Rational Asset Manager supports
adding users from an external registry (such as LDAP or a custom registry),
you do not need to use an external registry.
The following two figures show deployment examples.
This
figure shows a simple deployment that supports up to 100 users:
This figure shows
a complex system that can support more than 100,000 users:
Rational Asset Manager storage
is composed by two components: the database and the file system. The
assets are stored in the file system and the metadata are stored in
the database.
The number of assets in a repository can affect
performance. The size of the assets does not affect database size,
but does affect file system storage.
Three major storage points
are required for Rational Asset Manager:
asset files, the index, and the database. A clustered environment
contains one asset storage location and one database storage location.
The indexes against which searches are performed are on
each application server, not the database server. The size of the
index depends on both the size of the assets and whether the content
of the assets are mostly text, which can be indexed, or binary content,
which cannot be indexed. If you use large amounts of text and large
asset files, the index size will be large.
The amount of disk
space that the index needs depends on the type of assets, number of
assets, level of user activity, and length of time that the repository
has existed.
The size of the database depends on the size
of asset descriptions and other repository activity, such as forums,
tagging, and registered users. Metrics are recorded in the database
for many user activities, such as searching and downloading. Even
if you do not add assets to the repository, the database grows over
time as user activity metrics are recorded. The size of the database
increases in a linear fashion that is based on the repository usage.
If you plan to
complete large file size uploads and downloads, follow these guidelines:
Use a dedicated disk and a dedicated server for the persist folder.
When users upload a large file, they should select the
advanced upload utility in the Submit wizard on the Web.
Rational Asset Manager supports
HTTP range requests, which Web clients use to resume an interrupted
download or to download a file in portions. When users download a
large file, they can use HTTP range requests by using a Web browser
such as Firefox with the extension DownThemAll! (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/201).
Users might also consider changing large files into a set of smaller
files.
The Rational Asset Manager Web
application accesses the help application to deliver contextual assistance
for pages, tools, and forms:
If
you require users to authenticate (for example, through the application
server or an external firewall) to access the Rational Asset Manager help
application, you must install the Rational Asset Manager help
application on the same server as the Rational Asset Manager Web
application.
Capacity and system planning example
Use
the following numbers of users and assets as base configuration guidelines:
Up to 300 users and 300,000 assets on AIX
Up to 600 users and 10,000 assets on Windows
The following guidelines apply to both of the base configuration
examples:
Memory: one application server that is dual processors and has
4 GB memory with one WebSphere Application
Server instance.
Storage: 40 GB of storage on the asset storage (filesystem) server
and 400 MB of storage for the database. The average asset index size
in this example is 1.81 GB for each application server.
The assets are composed as follows:
Asset structure: all assets contain one text file.
Largest asset: 375MB
Smallest asset: 4KB
Asset sizes in the repository:
3% are 1MB - 375MB
5% are 100KB - 999KB
12% are 10KB
80% are less than 10KB
This example is based on a workload of these user operations:
Table 1.
User action
User activity
Description
Keyword Search
48%
Users search keywords and occasionally use a
wildcard search.
Download Assets
20%
Users search, locate, and download an asset.
Faceted Search
26%
Users run faceted searches that return 10, 100,
and 1000 assets, regardless of the repository size.
Submit Assets
1%
Users create assets and upload content.
Communities Page
5%
Users select the Communities tab and view the
pages of a community.
If a workload includes more of complex operations,
it supports fewer users for each application server; a lighter workload
supports more users.
When you monitor system performance,
you can review both the processor load and the index drive capacity
to learn how load affects your Rational Asset Manager server
and decide to add disks or a cluster server.
WebSphere Application Server clusters
A large IBM WebSphere Application Server cluster
is composed of front end HTTP servers and proxy servers with a load
balancer that directs requests around the cluster.
You can scale WebSphere Application Server both
vertically and horizontally. Use a dedicated database server and file
server. The degree to which WebSphere Application Server can
be scaled and the number of servers that you can use depend on the
type and magnitude of server requests and the number of assets.
IBM HTTP Server
The first tier is the HTTP server, which
handles requests from Web clients and relieves the application server
from serving static content. It provides a logical URL that encompasses
ancillary applications, such as the IBM Rational Asset Manager application,
the Rational Asset Manager Help
application, and the Rational Asset Manager Asset
Based Development application. Note that in a large configuration,
a cache server is deployed in front of the HTTP server.
Load Balancer
A load balancer distributes load across
a number of systems. If you have more than one HTTP server, you must
use a load balancer. For moderately sized deployments, use a software-based
load balancer, such as Edge Component. For larger deployments, which
support a large number of concurrent users, use a hardware-based load
balancer.
Cache Proxy
A forward-caching proxy system stores application
data for clients in a cache and relieves load from other server systems.
If your Rational Asset Manager server
supports a moderate number of concurrent users, you need only one
forward proxy system. If your Rational Asset Manager server
supports a large number of concurrent users, you might need multiple
proxy systems.
Application Server
The Rational Asset Manager EAR
file is comprised of two WAR files: the repository and Web application
file and the Web services file. Deploy the Rational Asset Manager EAR
file on every WebSphere Application Server instance
in a cluster. Rational Asset Manager also
includes Help and IBM Rational Unified Process RUP WAR files; you do not have
to deploy these WAR files. If high availability is not required for
the Help and RUP support functions,
deploy them on a single WebSphere Application Server instance
or on an external WebSphere Application Server container.
Rational Asset Manager application
The Rational Asset Manager repository
is normalized for searches and data retrieval so that data is stored
in a manner that is designed to make searching for data, browsing
artifacts, and downloading assets more efficient. To do so, every Rational Asset Manager server
instance builds a local index for assets and a local index for artifacts.
This optimizes search performance, relieves database load, and enhances
scalability in a clustered environment. Local index directories might
perform better than an index that is shared across nodes.
Database server
The most important considerations in
choosing database hardware are the number of disks in the machine
and the RAID schema that the machine uses. A RAID array should contain
at least 6 to 10 drives for every processor. While memory is important,
there is no significant difference between database server configurations
with 4GB and 8GB of memory for 1000 users and 50,000 assets.
Database
disk space requirements depend on many factors: the number of assets,
the number of artifacts for each asset, the number of team spaces,
the number of roles, the number of reviews, the number of asset types,
the number of users, the amount of transactions on the server (user
metrics), and quantity of forum discussions.
File server
Assets must be shared across WebSphere Application Server instances.
Use a concurrently accessed file system. Rational Asset Manager accesses
these files only during uploads, downloads, artifact indexing, and
significant changes to the Rational Asset Manager model
that require an asset manifest update.
Clustering topologies
Clustering is combining
a group of machines into a logical entity that can be referenced as
if it were one machine. This section describes various cluster configurations
and the primary advantages and disadvantages of each.
Horizontal clustering
Horizontal clustering, sometimes
referred to as scaling out, is adding physical machines to increase
the performance or capacity of a cluster pool. Typically, horizontal
scaling increases the availability of the clustered application at
the cost of increased maintenance. Horizontal clustering can add capacity
and increased throughput to a clustered application; use this type
of clustering in most instances.
Vertical clustering
Vertical clustering, sometimes referred
to as scaling up, is adding WebSphere Application Server instances
to the same machine. Vertical scaling is useful for taking advantage
of unused resources in large SMP servers. You can use vertical clustering
to create multiple JVM processes that, together, can use all of the
available processing power.
Hybrid horizontal and vertical clustering
Hybrid clustering
is a combination of horizontal and vertical clustering. In this configuration,
disparate hardware configurations are members of the same cluster.
Larger, more capable machines might contain multiple WebSphere Application Server instances;
smaller machines might be horizontally clustered and only contain
one WebSphere Application Server instance.
When
you use vertical clustering, be cautious. The only way to determine
what is correct for your environment and application is to tune a
single instance of an application server for throughput and performance,
and then add it to a cluster and incrementally add additional cluster
members. Test performance and throughput as each member is added to
the cluster. When you configure a vertical scaling topology, always
monitor memory usage carefully; do not exceed the amount of addressable
user space or the amount of available physical memory on a machine.
Scalability
Scalability is how easily a
site can expand. The number of users, assets, and communities for
a given Rational Asset Manager installation
must be able to expand to support an increasing load. The increasing
load can come from many sources, such as adding additional teams or
departments to the set of Rational Asset Manager users
or importing large sets of historical assets into Rational Asset Manager.
Scalability
is an architectural consideration that drives the design of your architecture.
While you might improve scalability by adding additional hardware
to your system, it might not improve performance and throughput.
The
choice between scaling up (vertical clustering) and scaling out (horizontal
clustering) is usually a decision of preference, cost, and the nature
of your environment. However, application resiliency issues can change
your preferences.
Scaling up implements vertical scaling on a small number of machines
with many processors and large amounts of addressable user space memory.
This can present significant single points of failure (SPOF) because
your environment is composed by fewer large machines.
Scaling out uses a larger number of smaller machines. In this
scenario, it is unlikely that the failure of one small server will
create a complete application outage. However, scaling out
creates more maintenance needs.
Availability
Also referred to as fault-tolerance
or resiliency, availability is the ability of a system to provide
operational continuity in spite of failed components and systems.
Architectural decisions, such as horizontal versus vertical scaling
and using backup load balancers (that is, dispatchers), can impact
the availability of your Rational Asset Manager application.
Consider availability for all shared resources, networks, and disk
storage systems that compose your Rational Asset Manager environment.
In a fault-tolerant design, if an application or server fails, other
members of the cluster can continue to service clients.
There
are two categories of failover: server failover and session failover.
When server failover occurs, sessions on the failed cluster member
are lost (a user will have to log in again) but services are still
available to the clients. In session failover, the existing sessions
are resumed by other members of the cluster as if the cluster member
had not failed (although the last transaction can have been lost).
If a redundant infrastructure is configured to support server failover, Rational Asset Manager will
support it.
Integrations
with Rational Asset Manager
If you want to integrate
a IBM Rational Asset
Manager installation
with other software, such as IBM Rational ClearCase, IBM Rational ClearQuest,
or IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository
(WSRR), consider a common authentication strategy, such as LDAP or
Active Directory.
Also consider the connectivity
to each of the constituent components.
If the products cross firewall boundaries, open the appropriate ports
for each of the integrated products.
Rational ClearCase
Rational ClearCase provides
version control, automated workspace management, parallel development
support, baseline management, and build and release management, which
can improve productivity and operational efficiency. To meet internal
and external compliance requirements, Rational ClearCase contains
extended security features, such as user authentication and audit
support. You can use UCM capabilities to add project and workflow
management can be added to Rational ClearCase.
.
Rational ClearQuest
Rational ClearQuest is
a customizable defect change and tracking system. With it you can
manage most types of change activity that are associated with software
development, including enhancements, defects, and documentation modifications. Rational ClearQuest shortens
development cycles by unifying your entire team in the process of
managing software change requests.
WebSphere Service
Registry and Repository
As part of the Rational Asset Manager and
WSRR integration, you can publish Rational Asset Manager assets
into WSRR. When you plan to integrate the registries for the two applications,
consider the usage of the registries. For example, if Rational Asset Manager is
the development time registry that contains assets that development
teams use and WSRR is a runtime registry that is used for documents
and for the logical services that are derived from the documents,
then some assets that are developed might be deployed and a portion
of the artifacts of the asset might be published in WSRR.
After
the artifacts of a Rational Asset Manager asset
pass onto WSRR, they are owned and managed as runtime documents. They
can change and be governed as needed by the runtime organization.
However, it is useful for both development and the runtime organization
to preserve links between the development assets and their runtime
counterpart documents so that users can understand the links between
developed assets and the deployed documents.
IBM Tivoli® Change and Configuration Management
Database
To support the integration scenarios, Rational Asset Manager uses
the Reusable Asset Specification (RAS) from the Object Management
Group (OMG) as the core structure for asset metadata. To integrate
with tools and other repositories, such as IBM Tivoli CCMDB,
additional metadata is required. RAS provides a structure for unique
asset identification and metadata extension; this combination provides
the basis to manage references between Rational Asset Manager and Tivoli CCMDB.
By using
RAS in Rational Asset Manager,
the enterprise can configure multiple asset types to meet their particular
needs. Regardless of the asset type configuration in Rational Asset Manager,
the synchronization works with Tivoli CCMDB.
In addition to the asset metadata (such as ID, which creates a reference
between Rational Asset Manager and Tivoli CCMDB) other metadata
elements (such as classification) are synchronized between Rational Asset Manager and Tivoli CCMDB. Synchronizing asset
classification and metadata can reduce administrative tasks and simplify
developer use. Even so, when you select a subset of Rational Asset Manager assets
and a subset of configured items in the CCMDB repository, you create
a many-to-many connection point, which makes tracing relationships
and finding necessary information more complicated.
The volatility
of the references in each of the repositories can impact several levels
of integration for these references, and thus impact the performance
of Rational Asset Manager.
Determine what to connect across the repositories. Do not connect
all Rational Asset Manager assets
for all asset types to all possible configured items in CCMDB. Instead,
identify the scenarios that are relevant to your enterprise and then
identify the asset and configured item relationships that you need
to support those scenarios, selecting a subset of the asset and configuration
item relationships to manage.
IBM Rational Team Concert
Rational Team Concert is
a team collaboration tool that is built on a scalable, extensible
platform that integrates tasks across the software lifecycle.
System maintenance
As you monitor your system, check Web server log files
for errors and server restarts.
Also review system log files, which are in the following
location:
<install path>\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\AppSrv01\logs
Backing up Rational Asset Manager
To
prevent data loss, back up the IBM Rational Asset
Manager database,
the asset storage location, and (if you used Installation Manager)
the Rational Asset Manager installation
location. Also consider backing up your IBM WebSphere Application Server configuration.
You do not need to back up your indexes; Rational Asset Manager creates
an index for you. Do not back up any /temp data.
Before you
upgrade your system, perform the necessary back ups.
Upgrades to Rational Asset Manager
When
you plan to upgrade your system, consider the path that your upgrade
must follow. For example, do you plan to use IBM Installation Manager to
install the media on your server, or do you plan to copy the media
from other sources?
Pre-upgrade considerations:
If
you plan to use Installation
Manager, install it before you upgrade your system.
You
do not need to uninstall Rational Asset Manager before
you upgrade.
By using your existing Rational Asset Manager server,
the Installation
Manager and Setup assistant application maintain their context
root information for Rational Asset Manager.
If you do not log in at the console of your Rational Asset Manager server
machine, plan to access the server remotely.
Use IBM Packaging
Utility software to copy product packages to a repository that can
be placed on a Web server available over HTTP or HTTPS.
Packaging Utility software
is located on the Enterprise Deployment
CD for each platform
(Windows and Linux) that is included with IBM Rational Asset Manager.
If you want to place a repository that contains a Rational Asset Manager package
on a Web server that will be available over HTTP or HTTPS, you must
use Packaging Utility to copy the product package of Rational Asset Manager into
the repository.
Use this utility to perform the following
tasks:
Generate a new repository for product packages.
Copy
product packages to a new repository. You can copy multiple
product packages into a single repository, thereby creating a common
location for your organization from which product packages can be
installed using IBM Installation
Manager.
Delete product packages from a repository.
Refer to the online help for Packaging Utility for full instructions
using the tool.
Installing Packaging
Utility
Before you can use the IBM Packaging
Utility to copy the Rational Asset Manager product
package, you must install the Packaging Utility from the Enterprise
Deployment CD.
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To install IBM Packaging
Utility software from the Enterprise Deployment CD:
Run the Enterprise Deployment CD for the appropriate platform
and extract the compressed file from the CD.
In
the Packaging Utility directory, extract the Packaging
Utility installation package from the compressed file (pu.disk_win32.zip
or pu.disk_linux.zip).
Locate the Packaging
Utility installer executable file.
Change to the
InstallerImage_win32 directory in the area where the pu.disk_win32.zip
file was unpacked. Locate the install.exe file.
Change to the InstallerImage_linux
directory in the area where the pu.disk_linuz.zip file was unpacked.
Locate the install.exe file.
Start
the installer executable file and follow the instructions
in the wizard to install the Packaging Utility.
If Installation Manager is not detected
on
your workstation, you are prompted to install it and the installation
wizard starts. To install Installation Manager, follow the instructions
in the wizard.
After Installation
Manager is installed on your computer, Installation Manager starts
and automatically begins the installation wizard.
To complete
the installation, follow the instructions in the installation wizard.
Installation requirements
This section details hardware and software requirements for successfully
installing and running your software.
Hardware requirements
Before you can install the product, verify that your system
meets the minimum hardware requirements.
You can
install Rational Asset Manager server
that includes an embedded version of IBM WebSphere Application Server or
you can install Rational Asset Manager server
on one of the supported application servers.
For WebSphere Application Server,
both Network Deployment and clustered deployments are supported.
Database application (for server)
A database
application is required for the Rational Asset Manager server.
You can use any of the supported databases in conjunction with an
installation of Rational Asset Manager server
installed on any of the supported application servers.
Web browser
A supported Web browser is
required to run the Rational Asset Manager Web
client, to view the documentation, and to support the Eclipse Standard
Widget Toolkit (SWT) browser widget.
Additional
software requirements
Adobe® Acrobat Reader
To view multimedia
help, such as tours, tutorials, and demonstrations,
you must install Adobe Flash
Player.
Version 6.0 release
65 or later.
Version
6.0 release
69 or later.
User privileges
requirements
You must have a user ID that meets
the following requirements
before you can install IBM Rational Asset Manager.
Your user ID must
not contain double-byte
characters.
You
must have a user ID that belongs to the Administrators group.
You
must be able to log in as root.
Pre-installation
tasks
Before you install the product, complete these
steps:
Confirm that your system meets the
requirements
that are described in the section Installation requirements.
Confirm that your user ID meets the required access privileges
for installing the product. See User privileges
requirements.
You can install IBM Rational Asset Manager either
by using IBM Installation Manager or
by using the deployment .zip files and installing them manually. If
you are using Installation Manager, you can use the GUI or install
silently by using the command line.
Installing from
download
After obtaining the installation files,
extract the contents.
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You install IBM Rational Asset
Manager manually
by downloading the .zip files and then extracting the contents of
the compressed files to your file system.
If
you download the installation files from IBM Passport Advantage®,
you must extract the image from the compressed files before you can
install Rational Asset Manager.
If you select
the Download Director option for downloading the installation files,
the Download Director applet automatically verifies the completeness
of each file that it processes.
Extracting the
files
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Extract each
compressed file to the
same directory.
Do not include spaces in the directory
names, or you will not be able to run the launchpad.sh command to
start the launchpad from a command line.
Installing
from the launchpad program
The launchpad program
provides you with a single location
to view release information and start the installation process.
Before you begin
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Use the launchpad program to start the installation of IBM Rational Asset Manager in the following cases:
Installing from the product CDs
Installing
from an electronic image on your local file system
Installing
from an electronic image on a shared drive
By starting
the installation process from the launchpad program, IBM Installation Manager is
automatically installed if it is not already on your computer, and
it starts preconfigured with the location of the repository that contains
the Rational Asset Manager package.
If you install and start Installation Manager directly,
then you must set repository preferences manually.
Starting
the launchpad program
If you
are installing from a CD and
autorun is enabled on your workstation, then the Rational Asset Manager launchpad
starts automatically when you insert the first installation disc into
your CD drive. If you are installing from an electronic image, or
if autorun is not configured on your workstation, then you must start
the launchpad program manually.
Before you begin
Complete the preinstallation tasks
described in Pre-installation
tasks, if you
have not done so already.
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To start the launchpad
program:
Insert
the IBM Rational Asset
Manager CD
into your CD drive.
Ensure
that you have mounted the CD drive.
If autorun is enabled on your system,
the IBM Rational Asset
Manager launchpad
program automatically opens. If autorun is not enabled on your system:
Run launchpad.exe, which is
located in the root directory of the CD.
Run
launchpad.sh, which is located in the root directory of the CD.
Starting
an installation from the launchpad program
Start the launchpad program.
If
you have not done so already, read the release information by clicking Release
notes.
When you are ready to begin
the installation, click Install IBM Rational Asset
Manager.
If IBM Installation Manager is
not detected on your system or if an older version is already installed,
then you must continue with the installation of the latest release
of it.
When the installation
of Installation Manager completes
successfully, click Finish to close the wizard. After the installation is complete, Installation Manager opens
automatically.
If this is a product update,
you must start Installation
Manager that you already have installed and then select Update and
choose the Rational Asset Manager offering
to check for updates. For complete details, see Upgrading from a previous version on WebSphere Application
Server.
Installing from the IBM Installation
Manager
IBM Installation Manager is
a program that helps you install the product packages on your computer.
Installation Manager also
helps you update, modify, and uninstall any package that you install.
A package can be a product, a group of components, or a single component
that is designed for Installation Manager to
install.
In most installation scenarios for IBM Rational Asset
Manager,
you use Installation Manager. Rational Asset Manager usually
requires the most recent version of IBM Installation Managerat
the time of release.
This section deals
with some common tasks relating to IBM Installation Manager.
For more information, see the Installation Manager online
help or the Installation Manager Information
Center at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/install/v1r2/index.jsp.
Installing Installation Manager on Windows
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If
you start the installation of your product from the launchpad
program, then the installation of Installation Manager is
started automatically if it is not already installed on your workstation.
(For more information on this process, refer to Installing
from the launchpad program.) In other cases, you
must manually start the installation of Installation Manager.
To
start the installation of Installation Manager manually:
Run install.exe from the InstallerImage_win32
folder on the first installation disk.
Click Next on
the Install
Packages page.
Review the license
agreement on the License Agreement page
and select I accept the terms in the license agreement to
accept. Click Next.
Click
the Browse button on the Destination
Folder page to change the installation location if required. Click Next.
Click Install on the Summary
page.
When the installation process is complete, a message confirms the
success of the process.
This file is located in the InstallerImager_linux
folder on the first installation disk.
This file is located in the InstallerImager_aix
folder on the first installation disk.
Click Next on the Install
Packages screen.
Review the license
agreement on the License Agreement page
and select I accept the terms in the license agreement to
accept. Click Next.
If
necessary, edit the installation directory location.
Click Next.
Click Install on
the information
summary page. When the installation process is complete,
a message confirms the success of the process.
Click Finish. IBM Installation Manager opens.
Starting Installation Manager on Windows
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Installation Manager should
be started from the launchpad program. Doing so starts Installation Manager with
a configured repository preference and selected Rational Asset Manager packages.
If you start Installation Manager directly,
then you must set a repository preference and choose product packages
manually. For more information, see Planning your installation.
To
start Installation Manager manually:
Open the Start menu from
the Taskbar.
Select All Programs -> IBM Installation Manager -> IBM Installation
Manager.
What to do next
Starting Installation Manager on Linux and AIX
About this task
Installation Manager should
be started from the launchpad program. Doing so starts the Installation Manager with
a configured repository preference and selected Rational Asset Manager packages.
If you start Installation Manager directly,
then you must set repository preference and choose product packages
manually. For more information, see Planning your installation.
To
start Installation Manager manually:
Open a terminal window with root user privileges.
Change directory to the installation directory for Installation Manager (by
default, /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse) and
run IBMIM.
Uninstalling Installation Manager on Windows
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To
uninstall Installation Manager:
Open the Start menu
from the Taskbar.
Select All Programs -> IBM Installation Manager -> Uninstall
IBM Installation Manager.
Click Next on the Uninstall page. The IBM Installation Manager is
selected for uninstallation.
Click Uninstall in
the Summary page.
Results
Note:You
can also uninstall Installation Manager by
using the Control Panel. Click Start -> Settings -> Control Panel, and then double-click Add or Remove Programs.
Select the entry for IBM Installation Manager and
click Remove.
Uninstalling Installation Manager on Linux and AIX
About this task
Installation Manager must
be uninstalled using the package management tool that is included
with your Linux or AIX version.
To uninstall Installation
Manager manually on Linux or AIX:
Open
a terminal window with root user privileges.
Change
directory to the uninstallation directory of Installation
Manager. By default, this is /var/ibm/InstallationManager/uninstall.
If Installation Manager has been installed to a location other than
the default path, locate the uninstall directory relative to where
Installation Manager is installed.
Run ./uninstall.
Silently
installing and uninstalling Installation Manager
IBM Installation Manager can
be silently installed and uninstalled.
Silently installing Installation Manager on Windows
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To
silently install Installation Manager onto a default install
location on Windows:
Change directory to InstallerImage_win32 folder
on the
first installation disk.
Run setup.exe
/S /v"/qn"
What to do next
If you want to change
the install location, you can add the
INSTALLDIR property inside the /v option. For example: setup.exe
/S /v"/qn INSTALLDIR=\"C:\InstallationManager\""
Silently uninstalling
Installation Manager from Windows
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To silently uninstall Installation Manager on Windows:
Run the following command in the command prompt: msiexec
/x {DBD90D51-BD46-41AF-A1F5-B74CEA24365B}
Installation
repositories for Installation Manager
IBM Installation Manager retrieves
product packages from specified repository locations.
If the launchpad is used
to start Installation Manager,
the repository information is passed to Installation Manager.
If the Installation Manager is
started directly, you must specify an installation repository that
contains the product packages that you want to install. See Setting
installation repository preferences in Installation
Manager.
Some organizations bundle and host their own product packages on
their intranet. For information about this type of installation scenario,
see the IBM Installation
Manager online help. Your system administrators will need to
provide you with the correct URL.
By default, IBM Installation Manager uses
an embedded URL in each Rational software
development product to connect to a repository server over the Internet.
Installation Manager then searches for the product packages as well
as new features.
Setting
installation repository preferences in Installation
Manager
When you start the installation of IBM Rational Asset Manager from
the launchpad program, the location of the repository that contains
the product package you are installing is automatically defined in IBM Installation Manager when
it starts. However, if you start Installation Manager directly (for
example, installing Rational Asset Manager from
a repository located on a Web server) then you must specify the repository
preference (the URL for the directory that contains the product package)
in Installation Manager before you can install the product package.
Specify these repository locations on the Repositories page of the
Preferences window. By default, Installation Manager uses an embedded
URL in each Rational software development product to
connect to a repository server through the Internet and search for
installable packages and new features. Your organization may require
you to redirect the repository to use intranet sites.
Before you begin
Note:Before starting the installation
process, be sure to
obtain the installation package repository URL from your administrator.
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To add, edit, or remove a repository location in Installation
Manager:
Start Installation Manager.
On the Start page of Installation Manager, click
File -> Preferences, and then click Repositories. The Repositories page opens, showing any available repositories,
their locations, and whether they are accessible.
On the Repositories page, click Add
Repository.
In the Add
repository window, type
the URL of the repository location or browse to it and set a file
path.
Click OK. If you
provided an HTTPS
or restricted FTP repository location, then you will be prompted to
enter a user ID and password. The new or changed
repository location is listed. If the repository is not accessible,
a red x displays in the Accessible column.
Click OK to exit.
What to do next
Note: For Installation Manager to search the default
repository
locations for the installed packages, ensure the preference Search
service repositories during installation and updates on
the Repositories preference page is selected; this preference is selected
by default.
Installing IBM DB2 Enterprise Server Edition, version
9.5
IBM Rational Asset
Manager requires
a database application. If you do not already have one of the supported
database applications installed, then you can install IBM DB2 Enterprise
Server Edition, version 9.5 which is included with the Rational Asset Manager installation
media.
For installation instructions, click Database
fundamentals -> Installing -> Database
systems. For Windows, click DB2 Database for
Windows and click the appropriate installation topics.
For Linux, click DB2 Database for Linux and UNIX -> DB2
Servers and click the appropriate installation
topics.
For release notes, click Product overviews -> DB2 Database for Linux, UNIX, and Windows -> Release notes.
To start an installation of DB2 Enterprise
Server Edition, version 9.5:
Start the DB2 Setup
Launchpad program. From the Rational Asset Manager launchpad
program, click Install IBM DB2 Enterprise Server Edition,
Version 9.5. If you are installing from CD media, you
might be prompted to insert the first DB2 installation
CD. The DB2 Setup
Launchpad starts.
Make sure that you have read the release information that
is available in the DB2 Setup
Launchpad or in the information center.
In the left menu, click Install a product,
and then in the page that opens, under DB2 Enterprise Server
Edition, click Install new. The DB2 Setup wizard
opens.
Follow the instructions in the wizard to complete the installation.
For more information, see the installation instructions in the IBM DB2 Database
for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Information
Center or click Help in the DB2 Setup wizard.
The IBM DB2 Enterprise Server Edition, Version
9.5 license
key must be registered using the db2licm command.
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The DB2 product uses
the license key information contained in the nodelock file. The nodelock
file is created or updated by running the db2licm command and specifying
the license file for the DB2 product.
Creating or updating the nodelock file is referred to as registering
the DB2 product license key.
The DB2 product uses the license key
information that is contained in the nodelock file, which is created
or updated by running the db2licm command and specifying the license
file for the DB2 product. To
register the license key, you must run the db2licm command on each
computer where DB2 is installed.
To
manually register your DB2 product
license key using root authority:
Log in as a user with root
authority.
Register the DB2 product
license key with the appropriate command:
/usr/opt/db2_08_01/adm/db2licm
-a filename on AIX
/opt/IBM/db2/V8.1/adm/db2licm
-a filename for
all other UNIX-based operating systems
where filename is
the full pathname and
filename for the license file that corresponds to the product you
are bundling.
For example, on AIX,
if
the CD-ROM is mounted in the /cdrom directory and the name of the
license file is db2ese_o.lic, the command should be: /usr/opt/db2_08_01/adm/db2licm
-a /cdrom/db2/license/db2ese_o.lic
After running
the db2licm command, the DB2 product
license key information is contained in the nodelock file in the following
directories:
AIX: /var/ifor.
HP-UX, Linux, or Solaris
Operating Environment: /var/lum.
Windows: DB2PATH/sqllib/license.
To
register your DB2 product
license key as the instance owner:
Create
the instance environment and become the instance
owner.
Register your DB2 product
license with the appropriate command:
For UNIX operating
systems: db2instance_path/adm/db2licm -a filename
For Windows operating
systems: db2instance_path\adm\db2licm -a filename
where db2instance_path is where
the DB2 instance was created
and filename is
the full pathname and filename for the license file that corresponds
to the product that you are bundling.
Installing Rational License
Server
To distribute license keys to clients, IBM Rational Asset Manager server
uses the IBM Rational License Server.
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To install and configure Rational License
Server for Rational Asset Manager:
Install IBM Rational License Server.
If you use Rational License
Server version 7.0 or earlier, upgrade to the Rational License Server for Windows version 7.0.1 or the Rational License Server for UNIX and Linux version
7.0.0.1. Rational License
Server 7.0.1 and 7.0.0.1 are compatible with your previously installed
license keys and will continue to service your existing client computers.
Rational License
Server is included with the Rational Asset Manager installation
media.
Use Rational License Server for Windows version 7.0.1.
Use Rational License Server for UNIX and Linux version 7.0.0.1.
License Management Guide for information on installing
and configuring the license server:
Start the Rational License
Server. See the IBM Rational License Management
Guide or the License Key Administrator Help.
After you have deployed the Rational Asset Manager applications
to your application server, configure Rational Asset Manager server
to communicate with Rational License
Server.
Enabling application
security on WebSphere Application
Server V6.1
If you are installing to an existing IBM WebSphere Application Server,
version 6.1,
application security must be enabled. If application security is not
enabled, the IBM Rational Asset
Manager server
setup application will be unable to make any configuration changes
for IBM WebSphere Application Server.
In the WebSphere Application Server Administrative
Console, click Security.
Make
sure Enable application security is
checked.
Click Apply.
Click Save.
Installing Rational Asset
Manager
This section discusses the steps to upgrade IBM Rational Asset
Manager,
to install it with embedded IBM WebSphere Application Server,
version 6.1,
and to install it to an existing installation of WebSphere Application Server or
Apache Tomcat server.
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Note:As of version 7.2, only the server setup
application
is installed using IBM Installation Manager.
You then use the server setup application to complete the installation.
Installing Rational Asset
Manager server by using Installation Manager
You can install the IBM Rational Asset Manager server
setup application, which you will use to deploy all other applications,
by using IBM Installation Manager.
You can install the server application with an embedded version of IBM WebSphere Application Server,
or on an existing version of WebSphere Application Server,
Version 6.1. You can install to a single node or to a cluster.
Before you install Rational Asset Manager,
make sure that the database application (DB2,Oracle,
or SQL Server) is installed and running.
If you are installing to an existing WebSphere Application Server,
make sure the application server or cluster is running. You must run Installation Manager on
the same server as the application server, or for a network-deployed
cluster, on the server that is running the deployment manager.
Start the Rational Asset Manager launchpad
program (see Installing
from the launchpad program).
To use a different language, select a language from the Select
a language list.
Click Install IBM Rational Asset
Manager server. Installation Manager
launches, and the Install wizard opens.
If you are installing from the launchpad program, go to
step 7.
If Installation Manager is already installed
on your system but you do not have the latest version, the latest
version of Installation Manager appears; select it and continue through
the Install wizard to update Installation Manager.
To search for available updates
to the Rational Asset Manager server
package, click Check for Other Versions and Extensions.
Note: To use Installation Manager to search the predefined
IBM update repository locations for the installed packages, on the File -> Preferences -> Repositories preferences page, select Search service
repositories during installation and updates. This preference
is selected by default. To search, you must be connected to the Internet.
Installation Manager searches for updates in the predefined
service repository for the product package. It also searches any other
repository locations that you have set. You can install updates at
the same time that you install the base product package.
If updates are found for the Rational Asset Manager server
package, they are displayed after their corresponding products in
the Installation Packages list on the Install
Packages page. By default, only the latest updates are displayed.
To see other versions of packages, select Show all versions.
In the Installation Packages
window, expand IBM Rational Asset Manager server and
select Version 7.2. Updates that have dependencies
are automatically selected and cleared together.
Note: If
you install multiple packages at the same time, all of the packages
install into the same package group.
Click Next.
On the Licenses page, read the license
agreement for the selected package. If you selected to install more
than one package, there might be a license agreement for each package.
To display each license agreement, select each package version. The
package versions that you selected to install (for example, the base
package and an update) are listed under the package name.
If you agree to the terms of each license agreement,
click I accept the terms of the license agreements.
To continue, click Next.
On the Location page, either type
the path for the shared resources directory in the Shared
Resources Directory field or accept the default path.
The shared resources directory contains resources that package groups
can share. To continue, click Next.
Default
paths:
C:\Program Files\IBM\IBMIMShared
/opt/IBM/IBMIMShared
Important:You can specify the shared resources
directory only the first time that you install a package. To ensure
that adequate space is available for the shared resources of packages,
use your largest disk for this directory. You cannot change the directory
location unless you uninstall all packages.
On the Location page, either choose
an existing package group to install the Rational Asset Manager server
package into or create a new one. A package group represents a directory
in which packages share resources. To create a package group:
Click Create a new package group.
Type the path for the installation directory for the
package group. The name for the package group is created
automatically.
Default paths:
C:\Program Files\IBM\RAM72Server
/opt/IBM/RAM72Server
To continue, click Next.
On the Features page, select IBM Rational Asset Manager server
7.2.
On the next Features page, in
the Select application server list, select
the application server:
Packaged embedded WebSphere Application Server:
Installs a new embedded WebSphere Application
Server and deploys the Rational Asset Manager server
setup application. If you choose this option, go to step 14.
WebSphere Application Server, 6.1.X:
Installs the Rational Asset Manager server
setup application into an existing installation of WebSphere Application Server,
any release of V6.1 that you specify. If you choose this option, go
to step 15.
If you selected Packaged embedded
WebSphere Application Server, indicate the server configuration
to use:
Specify the embedded WebSphere Application Server ports,
or use the default port assignments. The Available column indicates
whether the port is already in use or not.
Table 2. Default port definitions for embedded WebSphere Application Server V6.1
Port name
Default value
HTTP Transport Port (WC_defaulthost)
13080
Administrative Console Port (WC_adminhost)
13060
HTTPS Transport Port (WC_defaulthost_secure)
13443
Administrative Console Secure Port (WC_adminhost_secure)
13043
Bootstrap Port (BOOTSTRAP_ADDRESS)
13809
SOAP Connector Port (SOAP_CONNECTOR_ADDRESS)
13880
Click Next.
On the Context Root page, in
the Rational Asset Manager Setup
Server field, type a context root for theRational Asset Manager server
setup application. A context root identifies the location
of a web application on the server. For example, if you use the default
context root ram.setup on a server with a domain
of www.example.com, you would access the server
setup application in a web browser at the URL www.example.com/ram.setup
If you selected WebSphere Application
Server V6.1.x, indicate the server configuration:
In the Application server
profile location field, type the full path to the application
server on the local computer, or click Browse and
navigate to the application server profile location. (For a Network
Deployment cluster, select the application server that the deployment
manager application is running on.) For example, on a full installation
of WebSphere Application Server,
enter C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\<profile_name> (where
profile name is the name of the profile on the server or the deployment
manager for a cluster). For an installation of embedded WebSphere Application Server that
is installed with Rational Asset Manager,
by default this is C:\Program Files\IBM\RAM71Server\ram\ewas\profiles\profile1.
In the Server root URL text field,
type the root URL for the server (that is, the root URL to the server
hosting the WebSphere Application Server administrative
console). By default, this URL is http://localhost:9080.
If you use a different port number for your WebSphere Application Server administrative
console for the profile that you selected in step 14a (for example,
if security is enabled, or if there are multiple profiles on the application
server), enter that port number in place of 9080.
For a cluster, the default port for the deployment manager is 9060.
If security is enabled on your application server, type
an administrator's user name and password. If security is not enabled,
clear the check box.
In the Type of server configuration section, indicate
whether you are installing a single server or a network deployment
cluster, and provide the server or cluster name. The server must be
identified in the Server Configuration section and must be running.
If you are installing to a single server, click the Get
list from server button.
For single server node installations, the name of the server is
displayed in the text field (for example, server1).
Click Next.
On the Context Root page, in
the Rational Asset Manager Setup
Server field, type a context root for theRational Asset Manager server
setup application. A context root identifies the location
of a web application on the server. For example, if you use the default
context root ram.setup on a server with a domain
of www.example.com, you would access the server
setup application in a web browser at the URL www.example.com/ram.setup
On the Summary page, review your choices.
To change choices or configuration details, click Back,
and make your changes.
When you are satisfied with your installation
choices, click Install. An
indicator shows the progress of the installation and can take several
minutes.
When the installation process is complete,
a message confirms the success of the process. To return to the Start
page of Installation Manager, click Finish.
The Rational Asset Manager Configuration
Web page opens in a browser window. Follow the instructions to start
the server (or restart the server, if it was already running) and
then click the link to start the Rational Asset Manager server
setup application. The server setup application is a wizard that deploys
the other enterprise archive and Web archive files and configures
the database, the database connection, security, and repository settings.
For instructions to use the server setup application, see the Deploying and configuring application files by using the server
setup application section.
You can install IBM Rational Asset
Manager from
the command line using response files rather than using the IBM Installation Manager graphical
user interface.
You can install silently
by using a response file from the command
line. There are sample response files included on the installation
media or installed to be used for silent installs. The sample response
files are on installation media in the disk1/sample_response_files folder
and they are also installed in the /sample_response_files directory.
The sample files are:
RAMClientInstall-Update.xml
RAMClientUninstall.xml
RAMServerInstall-Update_Manual.xml
RAMServerInstall-Update_PeWAS.xml
RAMServerInstall-Update_WAS61.xml
RAMServerUninstall.xml
Each file includes comments that help describe how you must modify
it for your specific installation.
Manually deploying and configuring Rational Asset Manager on an existing application
server
If you want to use your existing IBM WebSphere Application Server or
cluster environment, follow these steps to manually install and configure IBM Rational Asset
Manager.
About this task
The following list is the order of the steps to deploy and
configure Rational Asset Manager for
use with an existing application server. In general, you will be completing
the following tasks:
Retrieving the server application files directly from the installation
media
The installation media contain .zip files for every supported
operating system that contain all of the required files for manually
installing and configuring IBM Rational Asset
Manager.
Before you begin
You must have downloaded the installation media for Rational Asset Manager and
extracted all of the .zip files to the same directory.
About this task
The installation media contains a .zip file for
every supported operating system that contains the following files:
.ear files for the Rational Asset Manager server
setup applications for IBM WebSphere Application Server.
.war files for the Rational Asset Manager server
application for Apache Tomcat
Shared library files for Apache Tomcat
Scripts to help you set up your databases
Jython scripts to help you deploy Rational Asset Manager to
a WebSphere Application
Server clustered environment
Note:The application files and scripts for Rational Asset
Manager are specific for each operating system.
On the installation media, or through the IBM download
site, or in the download package from Passport Advantage, locate the
appropriate .zip files for your operating system and application
server.
The .zip files have the following naming convention: com.ibm.ram.manual.deploy.<application_server>.<operating_system>_<version_number>.disk1.zip,
where <application_server> will be either was for
WebSphere Application Server, or tomcat for Apache Tomcat.
Extract the appropriate .zip file for your operating
system to a local disc image. Each .zip file
contains all the files that are required for the appropriate operating
system
The extracted .zip files contain the following
files:
Table 3. List of installation files for Rational Asset Manager server in .zip files for deploying manually
Disc
Path
File names
Description
.was only
<extracted
.zip location>\apps\was
com.ibm.ram.repository.setup.web.ear
com.ibm.ram.repository.web_runtime.ear
iehs_war.ear
rmcabdgovernprocess_war.ear
RTC-server.zip
Rational Asset Manager .ear application
files, and the included IBM Rational Team Concert server
application that is required for managing asset lifecycles
.tomcat only
<extracted
.zip location>\apps\tomcat
com.ibm.ram.repository.web.tomcat_runtime.war
com.ibm.ram.repository.web.ws.tomcat_runtime.war
iehs.war
rmcabdgovernprocess.war
RTC-Server.zip
sharedLib.zip
Rational Asset Manager Web
Archive files and shared library files for Tomcat
.was only
<extracted
.zip location>\conf\bin
deployClusterSetup.py
UninstallSetup.py
Files for deploying or uninstalling the server
setup application to a IBM WebSphere Application Server cluster.
.was only
<extracted
.zip location>\conf\cq
linkscript.py
A file to help you configure a connection between Rational Asset Manager and IBM Rational ClearQuest.
Both
<extracted
.zip location>\DatabaseScripts
com.ibm.ram.lifecycle.zip
A file to populate the database tables for the
database for asset lifecycles that is used by the internal version
of Rational Team Concert.
Both
<extracted
.zip location>\DatabaseScripts\DB2
bootStrap_DB2.sql
dbcreate.sql
dbcreate_populate.bat
dbcreate_populate.sh
dbcreate_populate_zLinux.sh
RAMSCHEMA_DB2.sql
Files for creating and populating a DB2 database
for Rational Asset Manager.
Both
<extracted
.zip location>\DatabaseScripts\Oracle
bootStrap_Oracle.sql
RAMSCHEMA_Oracle.sql
Files for creating and populating an Oracle
database.
Files for creating and populating
a Microsoft SQL Server
database.
Creating and configuring databases for Rational Asset
Manager
If your database software is installed and the database
server is running, you can create and configure a database either
prior to installing IBM Rational Asset
Manager,
or while using the Rational Asset Manager server
setup application. If you are using IBM DB2, the server setup application
can create the databases for you.
If you are using IBM WebSphere Application Server and DB2 and choose to create your database
with the Rational Asset Manager server
setup application, skip this section.
Creating and populating the database for assets
Creating and populating database tables for assets in DB2 with batch files
Use batch files and database scripts to create and populate
tables in IBM DB2 for IBM Rational Asset Manager.
Before you begin
If you are using IBM WebSphere Application Server and
will be using the server setup application, you can skip this task
because the server
setup application can create and configure the databases for you.
You can create the database and tables
automatically by running batch files. DB2 must
already be installed and running. Ensure that you know the location
of the SQL scripts that are included in the installation media. The
location is install location\ram\DatabaseScripts\DB2 if
you installed by using Installation Manager. You must also know the
installation directory for DB2 (typically C:\Program
Files\IBM\SQLLIB for Windows and opt/IBM/DB2/V9.5 for Linux, AIX, or Linux for zSeries.
You will use the following
scripts:
(
) dbcreate_populate.bat
(
) dbcreate_populate.sh
(
) dbcreate_populate_zLinux.sh
dbcreate.sql
RAMSCHEMA_DB2.sql
bootStrap_DB2.sql
If you are installing from the CD, then copy the SQL scripts
to your local file system.
Check that you have write permission
for the directory containing the SQL scripts.
In a command line, change to the directory containing the
SQL scripts for DB2 (path
to installation media\ db_scripts\DB).
Run the following batch file:
db2create_populate.bat
db2create_populate.sh
db2create_populate_zlinux.sh
When prompted, enter the name of the database or press
the Enter key to accept the default database name (RAMDB).
At the next prompt, enter the installation directory path
for DB2, or press the Enter
key to accept the default value (C:\Program Files\IBM\SQLLIB for Windows, and /opt/IBM/DB2/V9.5 for Linux, AIX, or Linux for zSeries.
The batch file runs. The script performs
the following actions:
A database with the name that you entered is created.
Tablespace is configured for the database.
Tables and schema for RAM are created in the database.
Note:When you run the batch file for the first time, you might
see a number of SQL0204N error messages that name is
an undefined name, and they will be similar to the following example:
** CLI error in executing the SQL statement:
(-204): [IBM][CLI Driver][DB2/NT] SQL0204N "RAMSCHEMA.FORUM" is an undefined name. SQLSTATE=42704
If
you are running the batch file for the first time, then you can safely
ignore these messages.
Verify that the tables were created. For example, start
the DB2 Control Center and browse
for the RAMDB database. Verify that the database and tables were created.
Creating and populating
database tables for assets in DB2 manually
These are the instructions for manually configuring IBM DB2 and
creating and populating tables for IBM Rational Asset Manager in DB2.
Before you begin
If you are using IBM WebSphere Application Server and
will be using the server setup application, you can skip this task
because the server
setup application can create and configure the databases for you.
DB2 must already be installed and
running. Also, make sure that you know the location of the SQL scripts
that are included with the installation media (typically, path
to installation media\ db_scripts\DB2). Finally, ensure
that you also know the installation directory for DB2 (typically C:\Program Files\IBM\SQLLIB for Windows, opt/ibm/DB2/V9.5 for Linux and /opt/IBM/db2/V9.5 for AIX.
Creating and populating the database for assets in Oracle 11g
or 10.2(g)
These are the instructions for manually creating and populating
tables for IBM Rational Asset
Manager in
Oracle 11g or 10.2(g).
Before you begin
Oracle must already be installed and running. Also, make sure
that you know the location of the SQL scripts (typically, <path
to installation media> \db_scripts\Oracle).
About this task
To create the database tables:
Using the Oracle Database Configuration Assistant, follow
the steps in the wizard to create a new database.
Use global database name ramdb_<your
domain>, and a system identifier (SID) ramdb.
On the Custom Scripts tab, do not run
the SQL scripts that are mentioned in the later steps. You must create
a user account first.
On the Character Sets page, select Use Unicode
(AL32UTF8).
Also on the Character Sets page, for National Character
Set, select UTF8 - Unicode 3.0 UTF-8.
Complete the other pages in the wizard, accepting the
default values.
Create a database user:
Open Database Control.
Navigate to the Users page.
(In Oracle 10.2(g), click Administration, then Users;
in Oracle 11(g), click Server, then in the
Security section click Users.)
Create a user named RAMSCHEMA that
meets the following qualifications:
The user has the RESOURCE and CONNECT roles.
The user's quota setting is unlimited.
For tablespace, you can use any default tablespace (with the exception
of Temp) that meets the access level requirements
for the user that you created.
Tip:Oracle provides a default
user named "Scott" that has the appropriate permissions. You can use
this default user as the basis for your new user account.
Run the scripts that will populate the database. (This
step is not necessary if you are using the server setup application;
the server setup application will run the scripts for you.)
Click SQL+ to open it.
Open the RAMSCHEMA_Oracle.sql file
in the sqlscripts/oracle folder. Highlight the
entire contents of the file, copy them (right-click, and then Copy),
and then paste them into the top of the SQL+.
Click Execute. When the process
finishes, delete the commands from the top window.
Repeat these steps for the bootStrap_Oracle.sql file.
Creating and
populating a database for assets in Microsoft SQL Server 2005
These
are the instructions for manually creating and populating
tables for IBM Rational Asset
Manager in Microsoft SQL Server 2005.
Before you begin
SQL Server 2005 must
already be installed and running. Also,
make sure that you know the location of the SQL scripts (typically, path
to installation media\db_scripts\SQLServer).
About this task
To create the database tables:
Ensure
that your ID has permission to execute CREATE SCHEMA
statements. (Typically, the database owner has this permission.)
Create a new database with database name RAMDB. The default collation option for SQL Server is case-insensitive
and must be changed to case-sensitive to work correctly with Rational Asset Manager.
You must select a collation sequence that ends with_BIN2 (for
example, Latin1_General_BIN2).
From the command
line tool, type:
CREATE DATABASE RAMDB COLLATE collation
where collation is where you specify
a collation sequence. For example:
Execute the scripts that will populate the database.
Open a command prompt.
Type sqlcmd -d RAMDB -i path
to SQL scripts\RAMSCHEMA_SQLServer.sql (where RAMDB is
the name of the database that you created in step 2), and press Enter.
Type sqlcmd -d RAMDB -i path
to SQL scripts\bootStrap_SQLServer.sql (where RAMDB is
the name of the database that you created in step 2), and press Enter.
You
must create a second database for custom asset lifecycles.
About this task
If you are using IBM WebSphere Application Server and DB2 and choose to create your database
with the Rational Asset Manager server
setup application, skip this section.
Creating a database for asset lifecycles in DB2
Create a database for lifecycle management in IBM DB2 for IBM Rational Asset
Manager This database will be used by the included version
of IBM Rational Team Concert.
Before you begin
If you are using IBM WebSphere Application Server and
will be using the server setup application, you can skip this task
because the server
setup application can create and configure the databases for you.
Ensure
that you also know the installation directory for DB2 (typically C:\Program Files\IBM\SQLLIB
for Windows and opt/IBM/DB2/V9.5 for Linux, AIX, and Linux for zSeries.
About this task
To set up the DB2 database:
Create the database in the DB2 Command
Window. The following example commands create a new database called RTCDB.
These commands run in the DB2 Command
Window. The Command Window can be opened from the application Start
menu under the DB2 Command Line
Tools menu.
On Windows:,
where <database_storage_drive> is
the drive (for example, C:) where
you want to store the database files:
db2 create database RTCDB on <database_storage_drive> using codeset UTF-8 territory en pagesize 8192
Tip:The hard drive that you create the database on must have
at least 5 gigabytes of storage space available.
On Linux,
AIX, or Linux for zSeries,
where <database_storage_directory> is
a fully qualified path to the directory on your file system where
you want to store the database files:
db2 create database RTCDB on <database_storage_directory> using codeset UTF-8 territory en pagesize 8192
Tip:The database storage directory must already exist and have
at least 5 gigabytes of storage space available.
Note:To ensure proper handling of Unicode content, the database
character set must be UTF-8 encoding.
Tip:If the
database is not running, the command db2start starts DB2.
For DB2 v9.1 only: You must increase the APP_CTL_HEAP_SZ setting
from its default of 128 to 1024. You will have to restart your database
server:
In the DB2 Command Window, type the following command:
db2 UPDATE DATABASE CONFIGURATION FOR RTCDB USING APP_CTL_HEAP_SZ 1024
Stop the database server with the following command:
db2 stop database manager force
Start the database server with the following command:
Creating a database for asset lifecycles in Oracle
These are the instructions for creating a database for
lifecycle management in Oracle for IBM Rational Asset Manager. This database will be used by the included version
of IBM Rational Team Concert.
Before you begin
Oracle must already be installed and running.
You
must create the database for asset lifecycles on the same host as
the database for assets.
About this task
To set up the Oracle database for asset lifecycles:
Using the Oracle Database Configuration Assistant,
follow the steps in the wizard to create a new database.
Use global database name rtcdb,
and a system identifier (SID) rtcdb. The
global database name and the system identifier must be the same and
must be 8 or fewer characters long.
On the Character Sets page, select Use Unicode
(AL32UTF8).
Also on the Character Sets page, for National Character
Set, select UTF8 - Unicode 3.0 UTF-8.
Complete the other pages in the wizard, accepting the
default values.
Create a tablespace. The tablespace
must have the following properties:
A name other than oracle_tbs;
A location in a different directory than the oracle_tbs tablespace;
A size of at least 1 GB; for larger installations, you might need
more space.
The following command for a Windows computer shows a sample create statement:
CREATE BIGFILE TABLESPACE jazz_tbs DATAFILE 'D:\jazz_tbs\jazz_tbs.dbf' SIZE 1G AUTOEXTEND ON EXTENT MANAGEMENT LOCAL AUTOALLOCATE
Note:In
the above command, the directory D:\jazz_tbs\ must
exist.
Create a database user:
Open Database Control.
Navigate to the Users page.
(In Oracle 10.2(g), click Administration, then Users;
in Oracle 11(g), click Server, then in the
Security section click Users.)
Create a user named RAMSCHEMA that
meets the following qualifications:
The default tablespace for the user is the tablespace that you
created in step 2.
The user must have the following permissions:
ALTER ANY INDEX
ALTER ANY TABLE
CREATE ANY INDEX
CREATE DATABASE LINK
CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW
CREATE PROCEDURE
CREATE PUBLIC SYNONYM
CREATE ROLE
CREATE SEQUENCE
CREATE SESSION
CREATE SYNONYM
CREATE TABLE
CREATE TRIGGER
CREATE TYPE
CREATE VIEW
DELETE ANY TABLE
DROP ANY INDEX
DROP ANY TABLE
INSERT ANY TABLE
UNLIMITED TABLESPACE
UPDATE ANY TABLE
Tip:Oracle provides a default
user named "Scott" that has many of the appropriate permissions. You
can use this default user as the basis for your new user account.
Creating
a database for asset lifecycles in Microsoft SQL
Server
These are the instructions for manually creating
a database
for lifecycle management for IBM Rational Asset Manager in Microsoft SQL Server 2005. This database will be used by the included version
of IBM Rational Team Concert.
Before you begin
SQL Server 2005 must already
be installed and running.
About this task
To set up an SQL Server
database by using the command tool sqlcmd:
Create a Jazz Team
Server database. From the command line tool, type:
CREATE DATABASE rtcdb
GO
Change the ownership of the Jazz Team
Server database to the same user that you use for the Rational Asset Manager asset
management database. The following example command assigns the username ramDBuser as
the owner of database rtcdb.
From the command line tool, type:
USE rtcdb;
exec sp_changedbowner 'ramDBuser'
GO
Change the collation of the Jazz Team
Server database. From the command line tool, type:
ALTER DATABASE rtcdb COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP437_CS_AS
GO
Deploying the server applications manually on WebSphere Application Server
About this task
You can manually deploy the IBM Rational Asset
Manager server
setup application, which will deploy all of the other applications,
on an existing IBM WebSphere Application Server.
Deploying the server setup application to WebSphere Application Server V6.1
Manually install IBM Rational Asset
Manager on
an existing installation of IBM WebSphere Application Server,
version 6.1.
Launch the WebSphere Application Server Administrative
Console and login as an administrator.
Click Applications.
Click Enterprise Applications.
Click Install.
Type the path and file name of the Rational Asset Manager Server
setup EAR file (com.ibm.ram.repository.setup.web.ear).
Click Show me all installation options and parameters.
Until you reach Step 10, click Next,
or click this step in the navigation pane.
On the Summary page, click Finish.
After the EAR file is installed, click Save
to Master Configuration.
Click Save.
Start the application.
In the navigation pane, click Applications.
Click Enterprise Applications.
Select the com.ibm.ram.repository.setup.web.ear application
and click Start.
If you access Rational Asset Manager without
a Web server front end, skip this step. If you access Rational Asset Manager through
the IIS or Apache server:
In the navigation pane, click Servers.
Click Web Servers.
Select the Web server name and click Generate
Plug-in. (If the Web server plug-in has not been created,
seeInstalling Web server plug-ins.)
Check the Web server name again and click Propagate
Plug-in. This sends the plug-in to the Web server so that
the Rational Asset Manager Server
application can be referenced through the installed Web server.
Restart WebSphere Application
Server and Web servers.
To access the Rational Asset Manager server
setup application, use the following URLs:
If you use a Web server, type http://<machine_name>/ram.setup/ .
For example, http://www.example.com/ram.setup/
If you do not use a Web server, type http://<machine_name>:<port>/ram.setup/.
For example, http://www.example.com:13080/ram.setup/(Use
the port number for the Default Host that is defined in Virtual Hosts
under Environment in the navigation pane.)
Deploying the server setup application to a Websphere Application
Server cluster
To manually deploy the IBM Rational Asset
Manager server
setup application to a Network Deployment cluster, it is necessary
to run a Jython script. If you used IBM Installation Manager to
install Rational Asset Manager to
a cluster, Installation
Manager performed
this step.
<user_name> is the name of a IBM WebSphere Application Server administrator
<password> is the administrator's password
<install_dir> is the Rational Asset Manager installation
directory
<context_root> (optional) is the context root of the server
setup application; if you do not specify a value, the context root
of the server setup application will be the default ram.setup
Launch the WebSphere Application Server Administrative
Console and login as an administrator.
Start the application.
In the navigation pane, click Applications.
Click Enterprise Applications.
Select the com.ibm.ram.repository.setup.web.ear application
and click Start.
Note:The path to the Jython script should contain backslashes
on Windows and forward slashes on AIX and Linux.
The path to the EAR file should contain forward slashes, regardless
of platform.
What to do next
To uninstall it from the cluster, run the following command
(Windows):
Creating an application server instance for Rational Team Concert
on a WebSphere Application Server cluster
Although you cannot deploy IBM Rational Team Concert,
which is required for managing the lifecycles of assets in IBM Rational Asset
Manager,
to a IBM WebSphere Application Server cluster,
you can create a single application server instance on an existing
cluster for Rational Team Concert.
Before you begin
You must be an application server administrator to create
a new server instance on a cluster.
About this task
Important:Only complete this task if you are
using a clustered environment with WebSphere Application Server. If
you are not using a cluster, you can install Rational Asset Manager and Rational Team Concert on
the same application server.
Because you cannot
deploy Rational Team Concert to a cluster, you must create an additional
application server that is separate from your clustered servers. You
can then deploy Rational Team Concert to that server.
You do
not need another machine; you can create a new stand-alone application
server on any individual node of your cluster.
In a Web browser, log in to the WebSphere Application Server Administrative
Console. By default, this is located
at:
For embedded WebSphere Application Server: http://localhost:13060/ibm/console .
The default username is admin and the default
password is admin.
For WebSphere Application Server: http://localhost:9060/ibm/console
In the navigation pane, click and expand Servers.
Click Application Servers.
Click New.
Select a node for the application server.
Type a name for the application server. For example, ramTeamConcertServer. This name must be within the node.
Click Next.
Select a server template. For this, you can
use the default server template.
Click Next.
Select Generate unique HTTP ports to
assign a unique port to the new application server.
Click Next and review the settings
for the new server.
Click Finish.
Click Review, select Synchronize
changes with nodes, and then click Save.
What to do next
Your new application server is now configured. You can
configure it further by clicking the name of the server on Servers -> Application servers page.
Configuring the included Rational Team Concert™ server
You can manually configure the included IBM Rational Team Concert server
that is required for lifecycles in IBM Rational Asset Manager.
Before you begin
To configure the included Rational Team Concert server
application, the application must be deployed to the application server
and connected to the database. If you are using IBM WebSphere Application Server,
the server setup application does this. If you are using Tomcat, see Deploying the server applications on Apache Tomcat.
You need to know the location of the db2jcc_license_cu.jar and db2jcc.jar files,
which allow Tomcat to communicate with an IBM DB2 database
server. Your database server provider
should provide you with these files.
Note:If
you intend to deploy Rational Asset Manager and
the included Rational Team Concert on
different Tomcat server applications on the same machine, make sure
that you have configured the different Tomcat servers to use different
secure and unsecure ports to avoid collisions. For more information
on ports in Tomcat 5.5, see the Apache Tomcat documentation.
Verify that all of the repository
servers are set to the same current date, time, and time zone.
Extract the shared library files to the <tomcat_install_directory>\shared\lib folder:
Find and extract the <archive_extract_location>\apps\tomcat\sharedLib.zip file.
Copy the entire contents of the extracted sharedLib.zip file
to the <tomcat_install_directory>\shared\lib directory.
Find the <archive_extract_location>/apps/tomcat/RTC-server.zip file
on the installation media.
Extract RTC-server.zip to
a location on your hard drive, which is referred to in these instructions
as <rtc_install_dir>.
Find the <rtc_install_dir>/jazz/server/jazz_war.ear file
and extract it. You can use the free utility 7-Zip to extract .war files.
From the extracted package, copy the jazz.war file
to the <tomcat_install_directory>/webapps/ directory.
Configure Tomcat to access DB2.
In a text editor, open the <tomcat_install_directory>\conf\server.xml file.
Find any lines in server.xml that
begin with <Connector and that contain port="8080" orport="8009".
Change the beginnings of these lines to <Connector URIEncoding="UTF-8".
Between the opening and closing tags for Global JNDI
resources <GlobalNamingResources> and </GlobalNamingResources> in server.xml,
enter the following text for your version of Tomcat.
Note: For
the values your_username and your_password,
use a user ID and password that have access to the database. The values
shown for "maxWait", "maxActive", and "maxIdle" are sample values
and can be adjusted according to your performance needs.
connectionURL: The location and port for the LDAP server
connectionName: The distinguished user name that will be
used to connect to the LDAP repository
connactionPassword: The password for the distinguished
user
userBase: When you search for a user, this is where to
start the search.
userSearch: The LDAP search filter to use to select the
user entry after substituting the user name in {0}.
userSubtree: To enable LDAP searches of the entire subtree,
set to this value to true.
roleBase: The base entry for the role search
roleName: An LDAP entry that contains the name of the role
roleSearch: The LDAP filter that is used for searching
groups
roleSubtree:: To enable LDAP searches of the entire roles
subtree, set this value to true.
Copy the following JAR files from the <DB2_installaton_location>\java folder
of your DB2 installation to
the <tomcat_install_directory>\common\lib folder:
db2jcc_license_cu.jar
db2jcc.jar
Configure the Tomcat system
property settings:
Find the Tomcat startup
file and open it in a text editor. On Windows this is <tomcat_install_directory>\bin\startup.bat.
On Linux, AIX, or Linux for zSeries, it is <tomcat_install_directory>/bin/startup.sh.
In the startup file, type
the following text, where <rtc_install_dir> is
the extracted directory from step5:
On Windows (replace
space characters in the <rtc_install_dir> with %20):
set JAZZ_INSTALL_DIR=<rtc_install_dir>
set JAVA_OPTS=-Djava.awt.headless=true -DSQLSERVER_JDBC="%SQLSERVER_JDBC%" -DORACLE_JDBC="%ORACLE_JDBC%" -DDB2I_JDBC="%DB2I_JDBC%" -DDB2Z_JDBC="%DB2Z_JDBC%" -Dorg.eclipse.emf.ecore.plugin.EcorePlugin.doNotLoadResourcesPlugin=true -DJAZZ_HOME=file:///%JAZZ_INSTALL_DIR%conf -Dcom.ibm.team.repository.tempDir=%TEMP% -Xmx700M
In the <rtc_install_dir>/jazz/server/conf/jazz/ directory,
find the teamserver.properties file and rename
it to teamserver.derby.properties.
In the <rtc_install_dir>/jazz/server/conf/jazz/ directory,
find the teamserver.db2.win32.properties file
(for Windows) or the teamserver.db2.linux.properties file
(for Linux, AIX, or zLinux) and rename the file to teamserver.properties.
In the teamserver.properties file,
specify the database and connection properties:
In a text editor, open the teamserver.properties file.
Edit the value of com.ibm.team.repository.db.jdbc.location for
your DB2 server location, and
the name of the database for lifecycles:
Replace localhost:50000 with the location
and port for the DB2 database.
Tip:In the DB2 Command
Window, run the command db2 get dbm cfg, and
then find the line that contains SVCENAME,
which indicates the DB2 port
name or number. If this command displays a number, use it as the port
number (in place of 50000 in the example above). If the command returns
a non-numeric name, determine what port number was assigned for this
name and use that port number. On Linux,
the /etc/services file contains the mapping between
port names and numbers; on Windows,
the C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\services file
contains the mapping. For more information, ask your database administrator
or see the database documentation.
Replace JAZZ with the name of the database
for lifecycles.
Replace db2admin with the user name for
the DB2 database.
Note:The DB2 user must have permissions to
create tables, table spaces, and to modify the database configuration. DB2 users are created by the operating
system.
Specify the user password in the property com.ibm.team.repository.db.jdbc.password.
Note:Do
not change the password={password} text in
the com.ibm.team.repository.db.jdbc.location property.
Add the following properties
to the teamserver.properties file, where <unsecure_port> is
the unsecure port for your Tomcat server (by default, 8080), <secure_port> is
the secure port number for your Tomcat server (by default, 8443),
and <team_temp_dir> is an absolute path to a
directory for storing temporary files:
Configure the administrative
user for Rational Team Concert:
Launch the Admin Web UI of Rational Team Concert in
a Web browser at https://<machine_name>:<secure_port>/jazz/admin/.
Log in with the User ID and Password for
the administrator of the application server.
Click User Management.
Click Create New.
Enter the following details:
User Name: The user ID of the Tomcat server
administrator
User ID: The user ID of the Tomcat server
administrator
E-mail Address: A valid e-mail address
for the Tomcat server administrator
In the Client Access License section, select Rational
Team Concert - Developer to assign the developer license
to that user.
Click Save.
Import the lifecycles process
template into Rational Team Concert:
In the Rational Team Concert Admin
Web UI, click Process Template Management.
Click Import Template and browse
to the com.ibm.ram.lifecycle.zip file in the <archive_extract_location>/DatabaseScripts/ folder.
Then click OK.
Create a new project area in Rational Team Concert:
In the Rational Team Concert Admin
Web UI, click Project
Area Management.
Click Create Project Area.
Enter the following details about the project area:
Project name: RAM Lifecycle
Summary: Rational Asset Manager
Lifecycle control project area
Description: This area is used
to manage the lifecycles for Rational Asset Manager
Click Save.
Assign the appropriate memberships
and process roles for the project area:
On the Project Area Management page, click the RAM
Lifecycle project area.
In the Administrators section, click Add;
then search for and select the administrator user that you created.
In the Members section, click Add;
then search for and select the administrator user that you created.
After you add the administrator, click the Process
Roles icon next to the administrator's name.
In the Edit Process Roles dialog, from the Available
Roles list, select Administration and
click Add.
Click Finish.
Click Save.
Launch the Tomcat Manager in a Web
browser: for example, http://<Web_server_address>:<port>/manager/html;
by default, this is http://localhost:8080/manager/html.
Install the Rational Asset Manager WAR
files on Tomcat server:
In the Select WAR file to upload field at the
bottom of the Tomcat Web Application Manager page, under WAR file
to deploy, browse to the location where you retrieved the com.ibm.ram.repository.web.tomcat_runtime.war file
from the installation media. To find this file, see Retrieving the server application files directly from the installation
media.
Click Deploy.
Repeat the previous steps to deploy the com.ibm.ram.repository.web.ws.tomcat_runtime.war file.
The WAR files are displayed in the list of applications.
Install the Rational Asset Manager help
WAR file on Tomcat server:
In the Tomcat Manager, in the section Deploy directory
or WAR file located on server, in the WAR or Directory
URL field, enter the location where you retrieved the iehs.war file
from the installation media. To find this file, seeRetrieving the server application files directly from the installation
media.
In the Context Path (optional) field,
type /help.
Click Deploy.
The WAR file is displayed in the list of applications.
Install the Rational Asset Manager Asset-based
Process Governance documentation WAR files on the Tomcat server:
In the Tomcat Manager, in the section Deploy directory
or WAR file located on server, in the field WAR or Directory
URL, enter the location where you retrieved the rmcabdgovernprocess.war file
from the installation media. To find this file, see Retrieving the server application files directly from the installation
media.
In the Context Path (optional) field,
type /abdprocess.
Click Deploy.
The WAR file is displayed in the list of applications.
In a Web browser, open Rational Asset Manager.
By default, the URL will be http://localhost:8080/com.ibm.ram.repository.web/home.faces,
or through a Web server, the URL will be http://<Web_server_address>:<port>/com.ibm.ram.repository.web/home.faces. The Rational Asset Manager Web
client opens.
Deploying Rational Asset
Manager on Apache Tomcat V5.5 connected to Oracle
You can install IBM Rational Asset
Manager manually
on an existing installation of Apache Tomcat. Follow these instructions
to deploy Rational Asset Manager on
Tomcat V5.5.
Before you begin
You must have administrative and file
access to a Tomcat server that is installed and running.
You
will need the ojdbc14.jar file, which allows
Tomcat to communicate with an Oracle server.Your database server provider
should provide you with these files.
Note:If
you intend to deploy Rational Asset Manager and
the included Rational Team Concert on
different Tomcat server applications on the same machine, make sure
that you have configured the different Tomcat servers to use different
secure and unsecure ports to avoid collisions. For more information
on ports in Tomcat 5.5, see the Apache Tomcat documentation.
Verify that all of the repository
servers are set to the same current date, time, and time zone.
Extract the shared library files to the <tomcat_install_directory>\shared\lib folder:
Find and extract the <archive_extract_location>\apps\tomcat\sharedLib.zip file.
Copy the entire contents of the extracted sharedLib.zip file
to the <tomcat_install_directory>\shared\lib directory.
Find the <archive_extract_location>/apps/tomcat/RTC-server.zip file
on the installation media.
Extract RTC-server.zip to
a location on your hard drive, which is referred to in these instructions
as <rtc_install_dir>.
Find the <rtc_install_dir>/jazz/server/jazz_war.ear file
and extract it. You can use the free utility 7-Zip to extract .war files.
From the extracted package, copy the jazz.war file
to the <tomcat_install_directory>/webapps/ directory.
Configure the Tomcat server to access Oracle.
In a text editor, open the <tomcat_install_directory>\conf\server.xml file.
Find any lines in server.xml that
begin with <Connector and that contain port="8080" orport="8009".
Change the beginnings of these lines to <Connector URIEncoding="UTF-8".
Between the opening and closing tags for Global JNDI
resources <GlobalNamingResources> and </GlobalNamingResources> in server.xml,
enter the following text for your version of Tomcat.
Note: For
the values your_username and your_password,
use a user ID and password that have access to the database. The values
shown for "maxWait", "maxActive", and "maxIdle" are sample values
and can be adjusted according to your performance needs.
connectionURL: The location and port for the LDAP server
connectionName: The distinguished user name that will be
used to connect to the LDAP repository
connactionPassword: The password for the distinguished
user
userBase: When you search for a user, this is where to
start the search.
userSearch: The LDAP search filter to use to select the
user entry after substituting the user name in {0}.
userSubtree: To enable LDAP searches of the entire subtree,
set to this value to true.
roleBase: The base entry for the role search
roleName: An LDAP entry that contains the name of the role
roleSearch: The LDAP filter that is used for searching
groups
roleSubtree:: To enable LDAP searches of the entire roles
subtree, set this value to true.
Add the following .jar file
to the <tomcat_install_directory>\common\lib folder:
ojdbc14.jar
This file is available from your database application
provider.
Configure the Tomcat system
property settings:
Find the Tomcat startup
file and open it in a text editor. On Windows this is <tomcat_install_directory>\bin\startup.bat.
On Linux, AIX, or Linux for zSeries, it is <tomcat_install_directory>/bin/startup.sh.
In the startup file, type the following text, where <rtc_install_dir> is the extracted
directory from step 3 and <oracle_jar_dir> is
the location of the Oracle .jar file from step 9:
On Windows (replace
space characters in the <rtc_install_dir> with %20):
set JAZZ_INSTALL_DIR=<rtc_install_dir>set ORACLE_JDBC=<oracle_jar_dir>
set JAVA_OPTS=-Djava.awt.headless=true -DSQLSERVER_JDBC="%SQLSERVER_JDBC%" -DORACLE_JDBC="%ORACLE_JDBC%" -DDB2I_JDBC="%DB2I_JDBC%" -DDB2Z_JDBC="%DB2Z_JDBC%" -Dorg.eclipse.emf.ecore.plugin.EcorePlugin.doNotLoadResourcesPlugin=true -DJAZZ_HOME=file:///%JAZZ_INSTALL_DIR%conf -Dcom.ibm.team.repository.tempDir=%TEMP% -Xmx700M
Edit the value of com.ibm.team.repository.db.jdbc.location for
your Oracle server location and the name of the database for lifecycles:
Replace jazzDBUser with the user name for
the Oracle database (for example, RAMSCHEMA.
Replace @localhost:1521 with the location
and port for the Oracle database. If the location is not localhost,
you must precede the location with two forward slashes (//);
for example, @//oracleserver.example.com:1521.
Replace ORCL with the name of the lifecycle
database; for example, rtcdb.
In the com.ibm.team.repository.db.jdbc.password property,
replace JazzDBpswd with the password for the
Oracle that user you specified above.
Note:Do not change the text {password} in
the com.ibm.team.repository.db.jdbc.location property.
Add the following properties
to the teamserver.properties file, where <unsecure_port> is
the unsecure port for your Tomcat server (by default, 8080), <secure_port> is
the secure port number for your Tomcat server (by default, 8443),
and <team_temp_dir> is an absolute path to a
directory for storing temporary files:
Configure the administrative
user for Rational Team Concert:
Launch the Admin Web UI of Rational Team Concert in
a Web browser at https://<machine_name>:<secure_port>/jazz/admin/.
Log in with the User ID and Password for
the administrator of the application server.
Click User Management.
Click Create New.
Enter the following details:
User Name: The user ID of the Tomcat server
administrator
User ID: The user ID of the Tomcat server
administrator
E-mail Address: A valid e-mail address
for the Tomcat server administrator
In the Client Access License section, select Rational
Team Concert - Developer to assign the developer license
to that user.
Click Save.
Import the lifecycles process
template into Rational Team Concert:
In the Rational Team Concert Admin
Web UI, click Process Template Management.
Click Import Template and browse
to the com.ibm.ram.lifecycle.zip file in the <archive_extract_location>/DatabaseScripts/ folder.
Then click OK.
Create a new project area in Rational Team Concert:
In the Rational Team Concert Admin
Web UI, click Project
Area Management.
Click Create Project Area.
Enter the following details about the project area:
Project name: RAM Lifecycle
Summary: Rational Asset Manager
Lifecycle control project area
Description: This area is used
to manage the lifecycles for Rational Asset Manager
Click Save.
Assign the appropriate memberships
and process roles for the project area:
On the Project Area Management page, click the RAM
Lifecycle project area.
In the Administrators section, click Add;
then search for and select the administrator user that you created.
In the Members section, click Add;
then search for and select the administrator user that you created.
After you add the administrator, click the Process
Roles icon next to the administrator's name.
In the Edit Process Roles dialog, from the Available
Roles list, select Administration and
click Add.
Click Finish.
Click Save.
Launch the Tomcat Manager in a Web
browser: for example, http://<Web_server_address>:<port>/manager/html;
by default, this is http://localhost:8080/manager/html.
Install the Rational Asset Manager WAR
files on Tomcat server:
In the Select WAR file to upload field at the
bottom of the Tomcat Web Application Manager page, under WAR file
to deploy, browse to the location where you retrieved the com.ibm.ram.repository.web.tomcat_runtime.war file
from the installation media. To find this file, see Retrieving the server application files directly from the installation
media.
Click Deploy.
Repeat the previous steps to deploy the com.ibm.ram.repository.web.ws.tomcat_runtime.war file.
The WAR files are displayed in the list of applications.
Install the Rational Asset Manager help
WAR file on Tomcat server:
In the Tomcat Manager, in the section Deploy directory
or WAR file located on server, in the WAR or Directory
URL field, enter the location where you retrieved the iehs.war file
from the installation media. To find this file, seeRetrieving the server application files directly from the installation
media.
In the Context Path (optional) field,
type /help.
Click Deploy.
The WAR file is displayed in the list of applications.
Install the Rational Asset Manager Asset-based
Process Governance documentation WAR files on the Tomcat server:
In the Tomcat Manager, in the section Deploy directory
or WAR file located on server, in the field WAR or Directory
URL, enter the location where you retrieved the rmcabdgovernprocess.war file
from the installation media. To find this file, see Retrieving the server application files directly from the installation
media.
In the Context Path (optional) field,
type /abdprocess.
Click Deploy.
The WAR file is displayed in the list of applications.
In a Web browser, open Rational Asset Manager.
By default, the URL will be http://localhost:8080/com.ibm.ram.repository.web/home.faces,
or through a Web server, the URL will be http://<Web_server_address>:<port>/com.ibm.ram.repository.web/home.faces. The Rational Asset Manager Web
client opens.
You
will need the sqljdbc.jar file, which allows
Tomcat to communicate with Microsoft SQL
Server. Your database server provider
should provide you with these files.
Note:If
you intend to deploy Rational Asset Manager and
the included Rational Team Concert on
different Tomcat server applications on the same machine, make sure
that you have configured the different Tomcat servers to use different
secure and unsecure ports to avoid collisions. For more information
on ports in Tomcat 5.5, see the Apache Tomcat documentation.
Verify that all of the repository
servers are set to the same current date, time, and time zone.
Extract the shared library files to the <tomcat_install_directory>\shared\lib folder:
Find and extract the <archive_extract_location>\apps\tomcat\sharedLib.zip file.
Copy the entire contents of the extracted sharedLib.zip file
to the <tomcat_install_directory>\shared\lib directory.
Find the <archive_extract_location>/apps/tomcat/RTC-server.zip file
on the installation media.
Extract RTC-server.zip to
a location on your hard drive, which is referred to in these instructions
as <rtc_install_dir>.
Find the <rtc_install_dir>/jazz/server/jazz_war.ear file
and extract it. You can use the free utility 7-Zip to extract .war files.
From the extracted package, copy the jazz.war file
to the <tomcat_install_directory>/webapps/ directory.
Configure the Tomcat server to access the SQL Server.
In a text editor, open the <tomcat_install_directory>\conf\server.xml file.
Find any lines in server.xml that
begin with <Connector and that contain port="8080" orport="8009".
Change the beginnings of these lines to <Connector URIEncoding="UTF-8".
Between the opening and closing tags for Global JNDI
resources <GlobalNamingResources> and </GlobalNamingResources> in server.xml,
enter the following text for your version of Tomcat.
Note: For
the values your_username and your_password,
use a user ID and password that have access to the database. The values
shown for "maxWait", "maxActive", and "maxIdle" are sample values
and can be adjusted according to your performance needs.
connectionURL: The location and port for the LDAP server
connectionName: The distinguished user name that will be
used to connect to the LDAP repository
connactionPassword: The password for the distinguished
user
userBase: When you search for a user, this is where to
start the search.
userSearch: The LDAP search filter to use to select the
user entry after substituting the user name in {0}.
userSubtree: To enable LDAP searches of the entire subtree,
set to this value to true.
roleBase: The base entry for the role search
roleName: An LDAP entry that contains the name of the role
roleSearch: The LDAP filter that is used for searching
groups
roleSubtree:: To enable LDAP searches of the entire roles
subtree, set this value to true.
Add the following JAR file to the <tomcat_install_directory>\common\lib folder:
sqljdbc.jar
This file is available from your database application
provider.
Configure the Tomcat system
property settings:
Find the Tomcat startup
file and open it in a text editor. On Windows this is <tomcat_install_directory>\bin\startup.bat.
On Linux, AIX, or Linux for zSeries, it is <tomcat_install_directory>/bin/startup.sh.
In the startup file, type the following text, where <rtc_install_dir> is the extracted
directory from step 3 and <sqlServer_jar_dir> is
the location of the SQL Server .jar file from step 9:
On Windows (replace
space characters in the <rtc_install_dir> with %20):
set JAZZ_INSTALL_DIR=<rtc_install_dir>set SQLSERVER_JDBC=<sqlServer_jar_dir>
set JAVA_OPTS=-Djava.awt.headless=true -DSQLSERVER_JDBC="%SQLSERVER_JDBC%" -DORACLE_JDBC="%ORACLE_JDBC%" -DDB2I_JDBC="%DB2I_JDBC%" -DDB2Z_JDBC="%DB2Z_JDBC%" -Dorg.eclipse.emf.ecore.plugin.EcorePlugin.doNotLoadResourcesPlugin=true -DJAZZ_HOME=file:///%JAZZ_INSTALL_DIR%conf -Dcom.ibm.team.repository.tempDir=%TEMP% -Xmx700M
Edit the value of com.ibm.team.repository.db.jdbc.location for
your SQL Server location and the name of the database for lifecycles:
Replace @localhost:1433 with the location
and port for the SQL Server database.
Replace jazz with the name of the lifecycle
database; for example, RTCDB.
Replace jazzDBUser with the user name for
the SQL Server database.
In the com.ibm.team.repository.db.jdbc.password property,
replace JazzDBpswd with the password for the
SQL server user that you specified above.
Note:Do not change the text {password} in
the com.ibm.team.repository.db.jdbc.location property.
Add the following properties
to the teamserver.properties file, where <unsecure_port> is
the unsecure port for your Tomcat server (by default, 8080), <secure_port> is
the secure port number for your Tomcat server (by default, 8443),
and <team_temp_dir> is an absolute path to a
directory for storing temporary files:
Configure the administrative
user for Rational Team Concert:
Launch the Admin Web UI of Rational Team Concert in
a Web browser at https://<machine_name>:<secure_port>/jazz/admin/.
Log in with the User ID and Password for
the administrator of the application server.
Click User Management.
Click Create New.
Enter the following details:
User Name: The user ID of the Tomcat server
administrator
User ID: The user ID of the Tomcat server
administrator
E-mail Address: A valid e-mail address
for the Tomcat server administrator
In the Client Access License section, select Rational
Team Concert - Developer to assign the developer license
to that user.
Click Save.
Import the lifecycles process
template into Rational Team Concert:
In the Rational Team Concert Admin
Web UI, click Process Template Management.
Click Import Template and browse
to the com.ibm.ram.lifecycle.zip file in the <archive_extract_location>/DatabaseScripts/ folder.
Then click OK.
Create a new project area in Rational Team Concert:
In the Rational Team Concert Admin
Web UI, click Project
Area Management.
Click Create Project Area.
Enter the following details about the project area:
Project name: RAM Lifecycle
Summary: Rational Asset Manager
Lifecycle control project area
Description: This area is used
to manage the lifecycles for Rational Asset Manager
Click Save.
Assign the appropriate memberships
and process roles for the project area:
On the Project Area Management page, click the RAM
Lifecycle project area.
In the Administrators section, click Add;
then search for and select the administrator user that you created.
In the Members section, click Add;
then search for and select the administrator user that you created.
After you add the administrator, click the Process
Roles icon next to the administrator's name.
In the Edit Process Roles dialog, from the Available
Roles list, select Administration and
click Add.
Click Finish.
Click Save.
Launch the Tomcat Manager in a Web
browser: for example, http://<Web_server_address>:<port>/manager/html;
by default, this is http://localhost:8080/manager/html.
Install the Rational Asset Manager WAR
files on Tomcat server:
In the Select WAR file to upload field at the
bottom of the Tomcat Web Application Manager page, under WAR file
to deploy, browse to the location where you retrieved the com.ibm.ram.repository.web.tomcat_runtime.war file
from the installation media. To find this file, see Retrieving the server application files directly from the installation
media.
Click Deploy.
Repeat the previous steps to deploy the com.ibm.ram.repository.web.ws.tomcat_runtime.war file.
The WAR files are displayed in the list of applications.
Install the Rational Asset Manager help
WAR file on Tomcat server:
In the Tomcat Manager, in the section Deploy directory
or WAR file located on server, in the WAR or Directory
URL field, enter the location where you retrieved the iehs.war file
from the installation media. To find this file, seeRetrieving the server application files directly from the installation
media.
In the Context Path (optional) field,
type /help.
Click Deploy.
The WAR file is displayed in the list of applications.
Install the Rational Asset Manager Asset-based
Process Governance documentation WAR files on the Tomcat server:
In the Tomcat Manager, in the section Deploy directory
or WAR file located on server, in the field WAR or Directory
URL, enter the location where you retrieved the rmcabdgovernprocess.war file
from the installation media. To find this file, see Retrieving the server application files directly from the installation
media.
In the Context Path (optional) field,
type /abdprocess.
Click Deploy.
The WAR file is displayed in the list of applications.
In a Web browser, open Rational Asset Manager.
By default, the URL will be http://localhost:8080/com.ibm.ram.repository.web/home.faces,
or through a Web server, the URL will be http://<Web_server_address>:<port>/com.ibm.ram.repository.web/home.faces. The Rational Asset Manager Web
client opens.
To finalize configuration of the server
application, a
repository administrator must perform the steps in the topics in this
section.
If you installed IBM Rational Asset
Manager manually
and did not configure the server using the server setup application,
perform the steps in the topics in this section and then perform the
steps in the topics in the section entitled "Mandatory configuration."
Deploying and configuring application files by using the server
setup application
The server setup application is a browser-based Web application
that opens after the installs IBM Rational Asset Manager features
on a new embedded IBM WebSphere Application Server or
an existing WebSphere Application Server.
It helps you deploy the other Rational Asset Manager applications
and configure the database, security, performance, and repository
settings. You can use the server setup application to later modify
these settings instead of using the Administration pages within Rational Asset Manager Web
client.
Before you begin
The server setup application helps you complete the following
tasks:
Deploy the Rational Asset Manager server
application, the included IBM Rational Team Concert
Create and configure databases for assets and lifecycles
Configure security for the application server
To configure Rational Asset Manager,
the setup enterprise archive must be deployed and running, and the
database server must be running:
Deploy the com.ibm.ram.repository.setup.web enterprise
archive on a running application server. You can do this by using IBM Installation Manager to
install the Rational Asset Manager feature:
Install a database application, either locally or remotely, that
the Rational Asset Manager server
can access. You must have administrative access to the database server.
If you plan to use the server setup application to configure IBM DB2,
the browser that you run the server setup application in must be on
the computer on which DB2 is
installed.
About this task
Important:The server setup application will
need to stop and restart the server - including all nodes on a cluster
- to configure Rational Asset Manager.
If you are running other applications on your server or cluster, make
the proper preparations for your server or cluster to be stopped and
restarted.
As you configure Rational Asset Manager,
the server setup application creates and updates a log file that records
all changes to your server environment. To view all of the current
changes that you made while using the server setup application, click Tools -> View/hide log (). A list of your current changes
will be displayed at the bottom of your browser view.
While
the log is in view, to view a complete record of all the changes that
the server setup application has made to your server environment,
click View full log ().
To view the current details of your server
environment, click Tools -> View
configuration report ().
Verify that all of the repository
servers are set to the same current date, time, and time zone.
On Linux, AIX, or Linux for zSeries, increase the number of file descriptors
a process may have open at once to at least 2048:
To view the current number of descriptors that can be
open at once, in the command line type: ulimit -n
If the limit is not at least 2048,
increase the limit with the following command: ulimit -n 2048
Configure the application security
and authentication settings for WebSphere Application Server:
In a Web browser, log in to the WebSphere Application Server Administrative
Console. By default, this is located
at:
For embedded WebSphere Application Server: http://localhost:13060/ibm/console .
The default username is admin and the default
password is admin.
For WebSphere Application Server: http://localhost:9060/ibm/console
Click Security.
Click Secure administration, applications,
and infrastructure.
In the Administrative Security section, if the Enable
administrative security checkbox is selected, select the Enable
application security checkbox.
In the Authentication section, click Web
security.
Click General settings.
In the Web Authentication Behavior section, select the Use
available authentication data when an unprotected URI is accessed checkbox
if it is not already selected.
Click Apply.
In the Messages window, click Save directly
to the master configuration.
Stop, and then restart the server.
If you use a WebSphere Application Server cluster,
you must create a stand-alone application server instance on your
cluster for Rational Team Concert.
To do so, see Creating an application server instance for Rational Team Concert
on a WebSphere Application Server cluster. If you are not using a cluster, you do not have to do this; Rational Team Concert and Rational Asset Manager can
be installed on the same application server.
If you manually deployed
the server setup application (you did not use Installation
Manager),
on the same machine that you deployed the server setup application,
create a folder that contains the following application server files:
Open the server setup application by navigating a Web browser
to http://<machine_name>:<port_number>/<Server_Setup_Context_Root>.
The default URL for the server setup application is:
http://localhost:13080/ram.setup for an
installation of Rational Asset Manager with
the embedded WebSphere Application Server.
http://localhost:9080/ram.setup for an
installation of Rational Asset Manager with
an existing WebSphere Application Server.
http://localhouse:9060/ram.setup for an
installation Rational Asset Manager with
an existing WebSphere Application Server network
deployment cluster.
If security is enabled on the application server, you will be
prompted for the user ID and password for an application server administrator.
On the Introduction page, indicate the type of database
and user authentication to use:
Select the database application that you will be using
from the list.
Select the type of user authentication
that the Rational Asset Manager Web
application will use:
LDAP: User information is stored in a Lightweight
Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) repository. To access the repository,
you need administrative information.
File: User information is stored in a custom
user registry, as defined for your application server; this might
be displayed in the list as the name of the custom registry as defined
for the application server. An example custom user registry is File,
where user information is stored in a flat file on the server. If
you are not using any of the other types of authentication, select
this option.
Note:File-based authentication is not intended for use
in a production environment.
Federated Repository: User information
is stored in multiple repositories, such as LDAP repositories. This
type of authentication is managed by WebSphere Application Server.
Local Operating System: User information
is stored in the user accounts database on the local operating system.
This type of authentication is managed by WebSphere Application Server.
Confirm that the Server or Cluster listed
is the one that you want to configure. If you need to create
a Network Deployment cluster for Rational Asset Manager,
see the WebSphere Application Server documentation.
Click Next.
In the Step 1: Locate Installation
Files section, in the Location field type the
directory on the file system where the new web application files are
located. If you used Installation
Manager,
the files will be at the <package_group_location>\ram\apps\was directory.
The following files must be in that directory:
com.ibm.ram.repository.web_runtime.ear
RTC-Server.zip
iehs_war.ear
rmcabdgovernprocess_war.ear
In the Step 2: Select the applications and
documentation to install section, applications that are successfully
deployed are indicated with the cluster or server name that they are
deployed on. To deploy Rational Asset Manager Web
applications:
Select one or more application to deploy.
From the Clusters and servers or Servers list,
select the clusters or servers to deploy to. You cannot
deploy Rational Team Concert to
a cluster; use the single server that you created in step 4.
Note:If you
require users to authenticate (for example, through the application
server or an external firewall) to access the Rational Asset Manager help
application, you must deploy the Rational Asset Manager help
application on the same server or cluster as the Rational Asset Manager Web
application.
Click Deploy Applications. The process to deploy one or more applications can take
several minutes. The progress of the deployments is displayed on a
separate page; the result of the process is displayed on the Deploy Rational Asset Manager page.
Click Next.
On the Summary page, click Next.
In Section 2, Part 1, either create a new database or connect
to an existing database:
Select whether to create a new database or use an existing
database.
To create and populate a new database, select You need
to create both databases and then click Next.
Go to step 10b.
To use an existing database (for example, if you are upgrading
from a previous version of Rational Asset Manager),
click Use Existing Database. Go to step 11
Create a database.
For DB2, you can use a Java™ applet
to create and populate the database, or you can perform these manually.
To use the Java applet:
After the applet loads, it searches for an instance of DB2 on the local computer. The browser
that you run the server setup application on must be on the computer
on which DB2 is installed. If
the applet finds an instance of DB2,
the location of the DB2 installation
and its version are displayed. If the applet does not find an instance,
you are prompted to enter the location.
To use a different installation of DB2,
click Change install location.
Type the User ID and Password for
the DB2 administrator. DB2 administrators are managed by the operating
system.
After you select the appropriate location, in the Create
a database for Asset Management field, type a name for
the asset database (for example, RAMDB).
In the Create a database for
Lifecycle Management field, type a name for the lifecycle
management database (for example, RTCDB).
Click Create Database(s). This will also
populate the tables for the database for assets.
To manually create and configure the DB2 database,
click View instructions on how to manually create the DB2
DATABASE(s) and follow the displayed instructions.
For Oracle or SQL Server, follow
the instructions to manually create and populate the database.
In Section 2, Part 2, specify the database connection
properties:
In the Database server text field,
type the host name or IP address of the database server; for example, servername.example.com.
(Do not use localhost).
In the Port field, type the port
number. For example, the default value for DB2 is 50000.
Type the user ID and password of a user with administration
authority for the database application.
Select to either provide the location of the archive
file or files required by the database on the server, or upload them
to the server.
To enter the location of the archive files on the server, type
the full path to the folder that contains them; for example, C:\Program
Files\IBM\SQLLIB\java.
To upload the files to the server, select that option and browse
to the file or files on the local computer. By default, these are
available in <RAM V7.1 install root>\ram\ewas\universalDriver\lib on
the local computer. When uploaded to the server, they will be placed
in <WAS_install_directory>\profiles\<profile_name>\config\cells\<cell_name>\ram_jdbc
Note: Replace
back slashes ("\") in the directory paths with forward slashes ("/").
Important: If you must run WebSphere Application Server or Apache
Tomcat as a non-root user, then you must set the appropriate permission
on the database Java archive
files that you upload. Refer to the instructions in Enabling database
connectivity for non-root users (Linux and AIX).
In the Database name for RAM field,
type the name of the main Rational Asset Manager database;
for example, RAMDB.
In the Database name for Lifecycle field,
type the name of the Lifecycle management database; for example, RTCDB
Click Test Connection. The server
setup application reports whether the server could connect to the
databases.
If the connection test was successful, click Next.
In Section 2, part 2, configure the databases and populate
the tables:
Under Step 5: Configure Rational Asset Manager Core
Database, click Populate the database.
A message will ask you to verify that you want to configure
the database. Click OK. This process
can take a few minutes.
Under Step 6: Configure Rational Asset Manager Lifecycle
Database, click Populate the Database.
A message will ask you to verify that you want to configure
the database. Click OK. This process
can take a few minutes.
After the databases are configured, click Next.
In Section 2, Part 3, if you use DB2, you can configure database
settings to optimize the performance of Rational Asset Manager. If you are using
Oracle or SQL, you cannot configure database settings here.
If you are using DB2,
configure your database settings. Suggested values and
current values for the following parameters are listed. To change
all parameters to the recommended values, select Use recommended
values. Changes to database settings take effect when
you restart the database server.
LOCKLIST: to specify the amount of storage
that is allocated to the lock list, type a number between 4 and 60000,
inclusive.
LOCKTIMEOUT: To specify the number of seconds
that an application waits to obtain a lock, type a number between 1 and 30000.
Setting this property helps avoid global deadlocks for applications.
If the value is -1, lock timeout detection
is turned off.
LOGFILSIZ: To specify the size of each
primary and secondary log file, type a number. The size of these log
files limits the number of log records that can be written to them
before they become full and a new log file is required. If the database
has a large number of update, delete, or insert transactions running,
which will fill the log file quickly, increase the value of LOGFILSIZ.
Note:Changing
the LOGFILSIZ parameter from the default is
necessary only when there are a large number of assets in the repository
(for example, tens or hundreds of thousands).
MAXAPPLS: type a number that is greater
than the number of expected concurrent connections.
MAXLOCKS: To specify the percentage of
the lock list that is reached when the database manager escalates,
from row to table, the locks that the application holds, type a number
between 1 and 100. Although
the escalation process does not take much time, locking entire tables
versus individual rows decreases concurrency, and potentially decreases
overall database performance for subsequent attempts to access the
affected tables.
Click Next.
In Section 2, Summary, the server setup application will
prompt you to restart the server. If you plan to continue through
other sections of the server setup application, you can wait to restart
the server until you have finished those sections.
If you are finished specifying your configuration settings
(for example, if you are using the server setup application to make
changes to an existing setup), restart the server now. To restart
the server, click Tools -> Restart
the server.
To continue without restarting the server, click Next.
In Section 3, configure users and authentication:
If you chose LDAP authentication in step 7b,
configure the connection to the LDAP on the Configure LDAP Authentication
page. LDAP must be running and the LDAP server must be accessible
from this computer.
Configure the LDAP repository connection. On this page, you define
the information that Rational Asset Manager server
uses to contact the LDAP server: the address of the LDAP server, the
communications port, and if necessary, a user ID and password that Rational Asset Manager will
use to query the registry.
LDAP Vendor: Select your LDAP software.
When you select a vendor, the suggested value column shows example
values for some of the properties that the LDAP server requires.
Server: Type the name of the server on
which LDAP is installed; for example, ldap.example.com.
If security is enabled on the LDAP server, check SSL enabled.
Port: type the port number of the LDAP
server.
Connect Anonymously: If your LDAP repository
does not require a user ID and password for access, select this check
box. If your LDAP repository requires a user ID and password, clear
this box and complete the Bind User DN and Bind
Password text fields.
Bind User DN: Type the distinguished name
(DN) of a user that has access to query the LDAP database. Rational Asset Manager uses
this user name to access LDAP. For example, uid=123456,c=us,ou=exampleorganization,o=example.com.
Bind password: if you typed a user DN,
type the password for the user name.
Note:If you are using LDAP authentication and a single LDAP
hostname is mapped to multiple IP address in your network configuration
then you must use the WebSphere Application Server administrative
console to apply the appropriate configuration property to prevent
possible LDAP user account lockouts if users log in to Rational Asset
Manager with invalid credentials.
An invalid login causes the
server to validate the user with each IP address and thus causes multiple
login failures. If you have set a maximum number of login attempts,
one invalid logon could cause an LDAP account lockout. To prevent
this issue from occurring, follow the steps described here: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg1PK42672
Click Test connection. If the server setup
application connects to LDAP, continue. You cannot proceed with LDAP
Authentication until a connection is configured.
Identify a user in the LDAP registry to be the Rational Asset Manager repository
administrator.
Administrator ID: Type the unique ID of
the user who will be the repository administrator for Rational Asset Manager.
The repository administrator is responsible for configuring Rational Asset Manager server. For
example (if your LDAP uses e-mail address as the unique identifier) Administrator@example.com.
Password: type the password for the administrator
ID.
User search filter: Type the syntax that
LDAP will use to query for a user. The %v represents the search term
that was entered from an input text field. The search will run as
if a wild card is part of the search term. The default search template
is constructed to find all person objectClasses where either
the mail property or the name property is the same as
the search term.
User search base: type the path of the
root from where to start searching the LDAP registry for users; for
example, ou=exampleorganization,o=example.com.
Click Verify the User.
If the server setup application found the user in the LDAP registry,
click Next. Do not continue configuring LDAP
authentication until a user has been identified as the repository
administrator.
On the next page, map user properties in Rational Asset Manager to
the corresponding user properties in your LDAP registry. Rational Asset Manager requires
this information for user authentication, for user data retrieval
and display, and to communicate with users by e-mail.
Unique identifier: Type the property name
of the user's objectClass instance that represents the unique
user's ID. For example: (objectClass) person's serialNumber property,
or the (objectClass) user's sAMAccountName property.
The default value is uid.
Login identifier: Type the (objectClass)
property that users use as their login ID. Even though it is common
for the Unique ID and login ID to be the same, you can set the registry
so that a user logs in using another ID (for example, an e-mail address).
For example, userPrincipleName.
LDAP user name query: type the LDAP search
query that maps the short name of a user to an LDAP entry; for example, *:userPrincipleName or *:uid.
E-mail: type the name of the property that
contains a user's e-mail address; for example, mail.
Phone number: type the name of the property
that contains a user's phone number; for example, telephonenumber.
Image URL Template: You can store images
somewhere other than an LDAP registry. If you can retrieve a user's
image by using a URL, configure this template to retrieve the image
at the same time as the user information in the registry. In the template,
${value} represents a LDAP user property of the user object that will
be replaced when the image is retrieved. For example, for a user with
a uid property=123456, the default template https://<image_server_url>/photo/${uid}.jpg results
in the URL https://<image_server_url>/photo/123456.jpg.
Click Test the Mapping. If all mappings
are correct, the administrator's user ID, name, e-mail, phone number,
and photo are displayed with a success message.
Specify user group properties in LDAP. User group information
in LDAP can be retrieved and reused by Rational Asset Manager communities.
In Rational Asset Manager,
communities are the primary organizational grouping within a repository:
they are collections of users with a common interest in a set of assets,
and each community can define its members, member roles, permissions,
processes, and assets.
User group search filter: This is the filter
for searching groups. The default searches any of groupOfUniqueNames (static
group), groupOfNames (static LDAP group), groupOfUrls (dynamic
LDAP group), group (Active Directory defined group) for the
search term entered by the user.
User group search base: type the base search
for searching groups; for example, ou=memberlist,ou=groups,o=example.com.
Group ID Map: type the LDAP search query
that maps the short name of a group to an LDAP entry; for example, *:cn.
Group Member ID Map: type the LDAP search
query that identifies user-to-group relationships; for example, memberof:member.
Click Next. The Users and Authentication
Configuration summary page opens.
To complete the configuration, restart the application server.
You can also wait to restart the server until you complete the other
steps in the server setup application.
Click Next.
If you chose File-based authentication in step 7b,
add or delete users from the list on the Configure File-based Authentication
page. File-based authentication means that user information is stored
in a text file on the server. By default there are six users ("admin"
and "user1" through "user5").
Note:The passwords for the six default
users are the same as their user IDs.
Add, edit, or delete users:
To filter the list of users, type a search string in the Search
text field and click Search. You can use wild cards (*).
To see the entire list, type * in the Search
text field.
To add a user, click Add User and type
the user's ID and password.
To delete a user, next to that user's name, click Delete.
When you are finished, click Next. The
Users and Authentication Configuration summary page opens.
To complete the configuration, restart the application server.
You can also wait to restart the server until you complete the other
steps in the server setup application.
If you chose to use a federated repository, the local operating
system, or a custom user registry (other than file-based) in step 7b,
you will be prompted to confirm that the user ID of the administrator
for the user registry will be the repository administrator. There
are no other configuration options for this type of authentication.
In Section 4, configure settings for Rational Asset Manager:
Type the address for the License server in
the <port>@<host_name> format ; for example, 27000@example.com. By default, Rational License
Server uses TCP/IP port 27000.
In the License type section, select the type of license
that the Rational Asset Manager server
will use.
Configure the address of the server with the applications
that were deployed in step 9.
Type the protocol, fully qualified host name, and port number; for
example, http://example.com:9080.
Important:Always use a host name or IP address for these entries.
Do not use localhost. If
you use IPV6, use the IPV6 hostname; an IPV6 address will not work.
Configure the paths for the applications. The
default paths are based on the server address provided.
Rational Asset Manager:
Type the deployment URL for the Rational Asset Manager server
application; for example, http://example.com:9080/ram.
Web Services: Type the deployment URL for the Web services; for
example, http://example.com:9080/ram.ws
Help and User Assistance: Type the deployment URL for the Rational Asset Manager user
assistance application; for example, http://example.com:9080/ram.help.
Asset-Based Development Process: Type the deployment URL for the
Rational Asset-based Development Process application; for example, http://example.com:9080/ram.process.
To modify the locations or context roots (for example, if you
have specified different context roots in WebSphere Application Server),
click Edit.
Click Next.
Configure the storage folder locations. If you are installing
to a cluster, the cluster name is displayed and you must select the
folders for every node in the cluster; to use the settings that you
entered for the first node for all nodes, click Use these
settings for all nodes.
Note: If you are using a remote file server
or a WebSphere Application Server cluster,
the same Windows user account (username and password) must be able
to log on to every machine used by Rational Asset Manager.
Otherwise, Rational Asset Manager will
not be able to save files on different file servers.
Persist folder: Type the full path to the
folder where assets and search indexes are to be stored on the file
system. This can be a mapped directory. If you are installing to a
cluster, this must be a location that is shared between all of the
nodes of the cluster.
Local storage folder: Type the full path
to the folder where the Rational Asset Manager Web
application will store data. This must be a location on the local
computer, not a mapped or shared location. If you are installing to
a cluster, each node in the cluster must have its own local storage
folder that is not shared with the other nodes. If you are installing
multiple servers on the same physical node, the servers should all
use the same physical local storage folder.
Index folder: Type the full path to the
folder where the Rational Asset Manager Web
application will store search index files.
Tip:For best
performance, all of these folders should be on different physical
drives. The drives should be capable of fast reads and writes, and
should not be the same drive as the operating system or application
server. For cluster installations, each computer should have its own
local folder on a hard disk that is local to the computer. Sharing
a local folder between all application servers will degrade performance.
Click Next.
For cluster installations, Java Messaging
Service (JMS) must be correctly configured for Rational Asset Manager to
communicate between servers in the cluster. Confirm that JMS is configured
correctly and click Next.
Optional: In Section 4, Part 3, configure performance
settings for WebSphere Application Server:
Configure server settings.
Class garbage collection: Optional: Type
the name of the garbage collection algorithm to use. The recommended
value is intended to result in increased server performance:
-XX:+UseParallelGC
-Xgcpolicy:optavgpause
Performance monitoring: Performance monitoring
should remain disabled. To turn on performance monitoring on the application
server, check Enable.
Maximum number of sessions: Type the number
of sessions that WebSphere Application Server will
maintain in memory. The default value is 1000.
To allow more sessions to be maintained in memory, increase this number.
JDBC maximum connections: Type a number
that is equal to or greater than the number of users that might be
logged in to Rational Asset Manager at
one time. For example, 100.
Session timeout (minutes): Type a number
for the number of minutes before a user's session times out. The default
number of minutes in WebSphere Application Server is 30.
Tip:Although reducing the Session timeout value
might allow for more users, especially if many users will be making
brief transactions, setting the timeout too low might interfere with
a user's experience or prevent users from uploading large assets.
Web container minimum size: Type the minimum
number of threads to allow in the Web container. The default value
is 25 for Windows and 15 for Linux and AIX. If the processor for the server is underutilized,
increase this number; if the processor is overutilized, decrease the
number.
Web container maximum size: Type the maximum
number of threads to allow in the Web container. The default value
is 50 for Windows and 30 for Linux and AIX. If the processor for the server is underutilized,
increase this number; if the processor is overutilized, decrease the
number.
Click Next.
On the Configure Java Virtual
Memory Heap Settings page, change the heap size for the server. If
you are installing to a cluster, you can set the heap size per node. The default is No setting. Before you
select one of the other options (Low, Medium,
or High), make sure that you know how much
physical memory the computer has.
Click Next. The summary
page is displayed again.
Restart the server. To restart WebSphere Application Server,
at the bottom of the page, click Restart the Server,
type the User ID and Password of
the server administrator, and click Restart. You cannot launch any of the Rational Asset Manager deployed
applications until the server has been restarted. After
the server has restarted, the Lifecycle management settings page opens.
If the server takes longer than 180 seconds to restart, navigate to
the start page of the server setup application (http://<machine_name>:<port_number>/<Server_Setup_Context_Root> ;
for example, http://localhost:13080/ram.setup)
to access the Lifecycle management settings page.
If you are using the embedded WebSphere Application Server,
because you have now configured security, you will have to log in
with the Username and Password of
a WebSphere Application Server administrator. After you log in, the Lifecycle management settings page
opens.
In the Lifecycle management settings
page, type the path and login information for the Rational Team Concert application:
In the Rational Team Concert field,
type the path to the Rational Team Concert location.
You must use a secure (https://) connection.
By default, this value is:
For the embedded WebSphere Application Server: https://localhost:13443/jazz
For an existing WebSphere Application Server: https://localhost:9443/jazz
In the User ID field, type the
username of the WebSphere Application Server repository
administrator. By default, this is admin.
In the Password field, type the password for the repository
administrator. By default, this is admin.
Click Configure server. This
process may take a few minutes. After the configuration,
the Summary page appears again.
On the Summary page, click Start
using Rational Asset Manager. The Web client opens.
Note:Sample values in the section are for
a basic standalone environment. For a more complex installations,
the server administrator will need to customize these settings for
their environment.
The application server that hosts the Rational Asset Manager server
application must be started before you can complete the following
steps:
Verify that all of the repository
servers are set to the same current date, time, and time zone.
Access the Rational Asset Manager server
application using the appropriate URL:
where <port_number> (HTTP
transport port, or WC_defaulthost) is 13080 by
default and <Rational_Asset_Manager_Context_Root> (context
root for the Rational Asset Manager application)
is ram by default.
For example, type:
http://localhost:13080/ram/home.faces
To
confirm the port number (WC_defaulthost) value, open the file installation
location\ram\ewas\profiles\profile1\properties\portdef.props in
a text editor and check the value of wc_defaulthost, where installation
location is the installation location of Rational Asset Manager.
where <port_number> (HTTP
transport port, or WC_defaulthost) is 9080 by
default and <Rational_Asset_Manager_Context_Root> (context
root for the Rational Asset Manager application)
is ram by default..
For example, type:
http://www.example.com:9080/ram/home.faces
To
confirm the WC_defaulthost value, open the WebSphere Application Server administrative
console and click Servers -> Application
Servers -> server_name -> Ports.
For WebSphere Application Server,
the default User ID and Password are admin.
For Apache Tomcat, the default User ID is admin and
the default Password is blank.
The first time that you access Rational Asset Manager,
you will see a Configuration Error page. Click the here link
and enter the administrator user ID and password at the prompts. The Configuration page opens.
Specify the license server path and select the type of
license that this repository will use:
Under License Server Path, type the port number, then
the full name of the license server, separated by '@'. For example, 8010@license_server_path. If you have redundant license servers, separate multiple entries
with commas. (You must provide three servers.) For example, 27000@license_server_path_a.example.com,
27000@license_server_path_b.example.com, 27777@license_server_path_c.example.com.
For License Type, select either Standard
edition or Enterprise edition to
configure what type of licenses this repository will use.
In the Database section, verify that the user in the User field
has full access to the Rational Asset Manager and Rational Team Concert
databases. Otherwise, type the User and Password for
a database user with full permissions.
where <machine_name> is
the host name of the application server, and <port_number> is
the HTTP transport port, and <Rational_Asset_Manager_Context_Root> is
the context root of the Rational Asset Manager application.
If
you are using a load balancer, specify the name of the load balancer.
If you are using a Web proxy server without a load balancer specify
the name of the Web server. If
you use IPV6, use the IPV6 hostname; an IPV6 address will not work.
where <host_name> is
the host name of the application server, <port_number> is
the HTTP transport port , and <Rational_Asset_Manager_Web_Services_Context_Root> is
the context root for the Rational Asset Manager Web
Services application.
If you are using a load balancer, specify
the name of the load balancer. If you are using a Web proxy server
without a load balancer specify the name of the Web server. If
you use IPV6, use the IPV6 hostname; an IPV6 address will not work.
For
example, type:
http://www.example.com:9080/ram.ws
In the Internal Rational Team Concert Path
section, specify the path and login information for IBM Rational Team Concert:
In the Path field, enter the
secure path for Rational Team Concert server. For example, https://www.example.com:9443/jazz. If
you use IPV6, use the IPV6 hostname; an IPV6 address will not work.
In the User and Password fields,
type the username and password of the application server administrator.
If you have configured your web server to use LDAP authentication,
you can configure Rational Asset Manager to
use the LDAP registry to perform user authentication, retrieve user
information, and leverage group bindings:
LDAP Server's URL: The URL
to the LDAP server; for example, ldap://<url>:389.
For secure communication, use ldaps://<url>:636.
User's Distinguished Name: A
user name to use to log in to the registry in order to gain access.
Enter the distinguished name of the user, for example, uid=123456,c=us,ou=exampleorganization,o=example.com.
The password for the user: The
password for the user above.
A unique ID property for the user:
The property name of the objectClass instance for the user
that represents the unique ID. For example: (objectClass) person'sserialNumber property,
or the (objectClass) user'ssAMAccountName
property.
User's Login ID property: The
(objectClass) property that a user uses to log in. Even though it
is common for the unique ID and login ID to be the same, it is possible
that the registry may be set so that a user logs in using another
ID (for example, using an e-mail address). Note that the Login ID
property must be the same as the user's login ID, in Step 6.
User's Phone Number property:
The (objectClass) property that represents the telephone number of
the user. For example: (objectClass) person'stelephonenumber property.
User's E-mail property: The (objectClass)'s
property representing the e-mail address of the user. For example:
(objectClass) person'smail property.
User's display name property:
The (objectClass) property representing the name for the user to display
in the interface. For example: (objectClass) person'scn property.
LDAP User base searching: To
avoid searching parts of the registry that do not contain user objects,
enter the value of the path of the root from where to start the search.
For example, ou=exampleorganization,o=example.com.
User search filter: The template
to use when searching for a user. The %v represents the search term
that was entered from an input text field. The search will perform
as if a wild card is appended to the search term. The default search
template is constructed to find all person objectClasses where
either the mail property or the name property is the
same as the search term.
LDAP Group base search: Similar
to a base search, this is the base search for searching groups. For
example, ou=memberlist,ou=groups,o=example.com.
Group search filter: Similar
to the user based filter, this is the filter for searching groups.
The default searches any of groupOfUniqueNames (static group), groupOfNames (static
LDAP group), groupOfUrls (dynamic LDAP group), group (Active
Directory defined group) for the search term entered by the user.
Image URL template: It is common
to store images somewhere other than an LDAP registry. You can retrieve
a user's image using a URL by configuring this template to retrieve
the image at the same time as the user information in the registry.
In the template, ${property} represents a LDAP objectClass
property of the user object that is going to be replaced when the
image is retrieved. For example, for a user with a uid property=123456,
the default template https://<ImageServer url>/photo/${uid}.jpg results
in the URL https://<ImageServer URL>/photo/123456.jpg.
Note:If you are using LDAP authentication and a single LDAP
hostname is mapped to multiple IP address in your network configuration
then you must use the WebSphere Application Server administrative
console to apply the appropriate configuration property to prevent
possible LDAP user account lockouts if users log in to Rational Asset
Manager with invalid credentials.
An invalid login causes the
server to validate the user with each IP address and thus causes multiple
login failures. If you have set a maximum number of login attempts,
one invalid logon could cause an LDAP account lockout. To prevent
this issue from occurring, follow the steps described here: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg1PK42672
(Optional) To configure Rational Asset Manager to
perform some processing with a remote Java executable,
which can improve performance, see Configuring
remote processes.
In the Disk Storage section, configure disk storage for
assets and index files:
Note: If you are using a remote file server
or a WebSphere Application Server cluster,
the same Windows user account (username and password) must be able
to log on to every machine used by Rational Asset Manager.
Otherwise, Rational Asset Manager will
not be able to save files on different file servers.
From the Persist type list, select
how you want to store assets from the list. If you are
planning to use IBM Rational ClearCase to
store assets, it must already be installed and running, and your server
must be running as a user who has rights to use Rational ClearCase.
If you are using the file system to store assets, type
the location in the Persist folder field; for
example, d:\RAMStorage. On a cluster,
the persist folder must be on a shared drive that all servers on the
cluster can access.
In the Local folder field, type
the full path to the folder where you want to store temporary data
used by the Web application; for example, e:\RAMlocalfolder. It must be on a local hard drive for the server; it must not
be a shared drive. If you are installing to a cluster, each node in
the cluster must have its own local storage folder that is not shared
with the other nodes. If you are installing multiple servers on the
same physical node, the servers should all use the same physical local
storage folder.
In the Index folder field, type
the full path to the folder where you want to store search indexes. It must be on a local hard drive for the server; it must not
be a shared drive.
To improve performance, all three folders should be on different
physical drives.
Specify the documentation path:
In the Path to Information center field,
if the help and documentation Web application is on the same server
as the server application, check Use default.
Otherwise, clear the Use default check box
and type the URL where the help Web application is installed; for
example, http://www.example.com:9080/ram.help. If
you use IPV6, use the IPV6 hostname; an IPV6 address will not work.
Under Path to Asset-based Development process, if the
Asset-based Development and Governance Process documentation Web application
is on the same server as the server application, check Use
default. Otherwise, clear the Use default check
box and type the URL to where the help Web application is installed;
for example, http://www.example.com:9080/ram.process. If
you use IPV6, use the IPV6 hostname; an IPV6 address will not work.
In the Job Schedules section, configure how frequently
certain repetitive jobs will run:
Statistics index builder schedule is
the schedule for updating information provided in the Repository Statistics
page, the Asset Statistics page, and the home page.
The Process subscriptions schedule is
the schedule for sending e-mail subscriptions to subscribers. Typically,
this would be scheduled to run once per day.
The User/group information update schedule is
the schedule for how often information is updated from, and written
to, the user directory. Information in an LDAP registry is not updated
through this process, however; any recent updates to the information
in an LDAP registry is updated in the Rational Asset
Manager user information.
The Review process notifications schedule is
the schedule for processing alerts to reviewers indicating that an
asset requires their review. For example, if set to one hour, then
the notifications for all new assets created within the hour are sent
at the beginning of the next hour.
The Artifact cache refresh schedule is
the schedule for refreshing the cache of artifacts that have been
downloaded.
For each job in the Job Schedules section, edit the frequency
for the jobs. Click Edit, and then select from
the following options:
To run the job at a certain interval of hours or minutes,
select Schedule job to run at interval, type
a number, and then select Minutes or Hours from
the drop-down list.
To run the job once per day or once per week, select Schedule
job to run at a set time, select Every day or
a specific day of the week, and then select a time from the drop-down
list.
Configure performance options:
In the Performance Options section, if you do not want Rational Asset Manager to
automatically generate thumbnails of artifacts that you attach to
assets, clear the Automatically create featured content
on asset submission checkbox. This can improve
performance when submitting assets to the repository.
If you do not want the search engine to consider the
popularity of assets, clear the Enable popularity indexing checkbox. Clearing the checkbox can improve the performance for large
repositories; however, the search engine will not use factors such
as downloads and page views to deliver more relevant results.
In the Maximum number of sessions per user field,
type the maximum number of sessions a single user can open.
Click on the Help link. (If the
help system does not open, check that you included the documentation
when you installed Rational Asset Manager server.)
In the navigation pane of the Help, navigate to Configuring -> Configuring Rational
Asset Manager -> Optional configuration. Depending on your configuration, you might have to
configure other aspects of Rational Asset Manager.
Set up the location of the SMTP
server and information
to use for sending e-mail messages to users. This information is used
to send e-mail messages for user subscriptions and other notifications.
Log on
to the IBM Rational Asset Manager Web
client as a repository administrator.
Click Administration.
Click Configuration.
Locate the E-mail section of the Configuration page.
In the SMTP server text field,
type
the location of the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol server; for example, smtp.example.com.
In
the Default return e-mail text
field, type the e-mail address to be used in the reply-to field of
automated outgoing messages.
In the Default
return e-mail name text
field, type the name to be used in the name field of automated outgoing
messages.
Click Save.
Tuning the performance of Rational Asset
Manager
The performance of IBM Rational Asset
Manager heavily
depends on how you tune your application server, database, Web server,
caching proxy, load balancer, and operating system. This section provides
guidelines for how to tune these systems and Rational Asset Manager.
Although it is not possible to cover every setting, the information
provided here is a good starting point for driving high user loads
on Rational Asset Manager.
This section does not cover hardware setups or the expected user loads
that can be supported in various setups. Refer to the Rational Asset Manager Capacity
Planning Guide for this information.
Rational Asset Manager tuning
The Rational Asset Manager configuration
page has settings that you can adjust to achieve optimal performance.
This page can be accessed by any repository administrator.
Local and index folders / Do not use a remote
or shared folder
For best performance, each application server
should have its own local and index folders on a hard disk local to
the computer. This should not be the same hard disk on which the application
server or operating system is installed.
To set the parameter,
log in to Rational Asset Manager as
an administrator and navigate to Administration -> Configuration; in the Disk Storage
section, set the Local folder and Index
folder parameters.
Slow responses when searching for assets
Popularity indexing / Disable popularity indexing
for search results
The search engine can consider the popularity
(for example, views and downloads) of assets to deliver more relevant
search results; however, this can affect the performance of large
repositories.
To disable popularity indexing, log in to Rational Asset Manager as
an administrator and navigate to Administration -> Configuration; in the Performance
Options section, clear the Enable popularity indexing checkbox.
Slow responses when searching for assets.
Index folder / Use a fast dedicated drive for
the index folder
It is important that the index folder resides
on a dedicated drive that is not used for other purposes. Separating
the local folder and index folder helps to ensure quick response times
when searching for assets.
To set the parameter, log in to Rational Asset Manager as
an administrator and navigate to Administration -> Configuration; in the Disk Storage
section, set the Index folder parameter.
General performance issues at regular intervals
Statistics index builder schedule / 10 minutes
Frequently running the statistics index builder
leads to poor performance. A default setting of 10 minutes is adequate
for most environments.
To set the parameter, log in to Rational Asset Manager as
an administrator and navigate to Administration -> Configuration -> Statistics index builder
schedule.
General performance issues at regular intervals
Process subscriptions schedule / Set time for
low workload periods
Subscriptions can be processed at custom
intervals. For better performance, set this interval to a time when Rational Asset Manager experiences
a relatively low workload.
To set the parameter, log in to Rational Asset Manager as
an administrator and navigate to Administration -> Configuration -> Process subscriptions
schedule.
General performance issues at regular intervals
User and group information update schedule
/ Set time for low workload periods
User and group information can be processed
at custom intervals. For better performance, set this interval to
a time when Rational Asset Manager experiences
a relatively low workload.
To set the parameter, log in to Rational Asset Manager as
an administrator and navigate to Administration -> Configuration -> User / group information
update schedule.
General performance issues at regular intervals
Review process notifications schedule / Set
time for low workload periods
Review process notifications can be processed
at custom intervals. For better performance, set this interval to
a time when Rational Asset Manager experiences
a relatively low workload.
To set the parameter, log in to Rational Asset Manager as
an administrator and navigate to Administration -> Configuration -> Review process notification
schedule.
Out of memory errors in logs - session issues
Maximum number of sessions per user / 10
It's possible for a single user to exhaust
all available sessions on a server. This might be the result of a
poorly written script or a denial of service attack. To prevent against
this possibility the default maximum sessions per user is set to 10.
After a user reaches this limit they will not be able to create new
sessions on the server.
To set the parameter, log in to Rational Asset Manager as
an administrator and navigate to Administration -> Configuration; in the Performance
Options section, set the Maximum number of sessions per
user parameter.
Submitting an asset is slow
Automatic creation of featured content on Submit
/ Disabled
When you submit an asset, Rational Asset
Manager creates thumbnail images of artifacts that are attached to
the asset. If the asset has many artifacts, submitting an asset can
take a long time.
To disable the automatic creation of those
thumbnails, log in to Rational Asset Manager as
a repository administrator and navigate to Administration -> Configuration; in the Performance
Options section, clear the Automatically create featured
content on asset submission checkbox.
In addition to the above parameters, administrators can access
the Job Status page in Rational Asset Manager by
navigating to Administration -> Configuration -> View Job Status. This page will display currently running or previously
run jobs that might impact performance in Rational Asset Manager.
Error messages might also display on the Job Status page.
Application server tuning
Rational Asset Manager works
closely with your application server; therefore, optimizing your application
server settings will improve the performance of Rational Asset Manager.
This
section specifically covers IBM WebSphere Application Server,
version 6.1 settings
that significantly affect performance. You can also adjust these
setting in IBM WebSphere Application Server,
version 6.0,
but the instructions to set the parameters might be different.
Important:Back up your WebSphere Application Server profile
before changing any parameters.
Table 5. Cross-Platform WebSphere Application Server V6.1 Tuning Parameters
Problem
Parameter / Setting
Additional Details
Out of memory errors in logs
Java Virtual
Machine heap size / Between 1300 and 2000
On a server with 4GB of memory is installed,
you can specify two instances with a heap size of 1300MB, or one instance
with a heap size of 2000MB. You must watch the system paging to make
sure that there is enough memory available. If your server has 8GB
of memory, then specify 2 instances with a heap size of 2000MB for
each instance.
To set the parameter, log in to WebSphere Administrative Console and navigate
to Servers -> Application
servers -> Java and process management -> Process definition -> Java virtual machine -> Initial heap size and Maximum
heap size.
Note that this setting should be applied
to the Rational Asset Manager servers
and the IBM Rational Team Concert server.
In a cluster, the RTC server may be installed on its own node if needed.
Database connection errors
JDBC Maximum Connections / 100
Make sure that there are enough JDBC connections
available to support all users that are logged into Rational Asset Manager.
To
set the parameter, log into the WebSphere Application Server Administrative
Console and navigate to Resources -> JDBC -> Data sources -> <Rational Asset Manager data
source> -> Connection pool properties -> Maximum connections.
Refer
also to topic "MAXAPPLS and MAXAGENTS parameters" under DB2 tuning.
Refer also to topic "Maximum
number of processes for AIX and Linux" under operating system
tuning.
Out of memory errors in logs - session issues
Maximum In-Memory Session Count / 200
By default, IBM WebSphere Application Server,
version 6.1 maintains
up to 1000 sessions in memory. However, the Allow Overflow option
is also selected, which indicates that additional sessions will be
stored in a secondary session table. These default settings can allow
for potential out of memory conditions. It is best to limit the maximum
number of in memory disabling the Allow Overflow option and setting
the maximum in memory session count to a value that is appropriate
for the server memory.
To set the parameter, log in to the WebSphere Application Server Administrative
Console and navigate to Servers -> Application Servers -> <Server name> -> Session management -> Maximum in-memory
session count.
Out of memory errors in logs - session issues
Session Timeout / Default (30 minutes)
The default value for a session timeout in IBM WebSphere Application Server,
version 6.1 is
30 minutes. Setting this value to a shorter time allows for more
users, especially if you have many users making quick transactions.
Setting this value too low might not allow users to upload very large
assets. Remember that most users do not explicitly log out when they
are done with a transaction: most sessions will exist until they timeout.
To
set the parameter, log in to the WebSphere Application Server Administrative
Console and navigate to Servers -> Application servers -> <Server name> -> Session management -> Set timeout.
Downloads for large assets are failing, possibly
with Async or IO errors
The default value for a write timeout from
the server to a client in IBM WebSphere Application Server,
version 6.1 is
60 seconds. Setting this value to a longer time may prevent failures
when download files, especially if the client that is downloading
the files has a slow connection or is making many requests.
To
change the parameter, log in to the WebSphere Application Server Administrative
Console and navigate to Servers -> Application servers -> <Server name> -> Ports -> View associated transports
(for the port that you are using for Rational Asset Manager; for example,
9080) -> WCInboundDefault -> HTTP
inbound channel (HTTP 2) -> Write timeout.
High CPU usage observed
Performance monitor infrastructure / disabled
By default, IBM WebSphere Application Server,
version 6.1 enables
basic performance monitor infrastructure (PMI). Although PMI is a
good tool for tuning an application server, for maximum performance,
disable this feature after the server has been properly tuned. You
must disable it for all instances and node agents.
To set the
parameter, log in to the WebSphere Application Server Administrative
Console and navigate to Monitoring and Tuning -> Performance Monitoring Infrastructure (PMI) -> <Server name> -> Enable Performance
Monitoring Infrastructure (PMI).
General performance issues
Prepared Statement Cache / 100
WebSphere Application Server provides
the ability cache commonly used prepared statements. If cached statements
are being discarded, turn on PMI in WebSphere Application Server and
increase the value.
To set the parameter, log in to the WebSphere Application Server Administrative
Console and navigate to Resources -> JDBC -> Data sources -> <Rational Asset Manager data
source> -> WebSphere Application Server data source
properties -> Statement cache size.
Refer also to topic "Further Information for
Tuning WebSphere Application Server."
Session timeout issues
Maximum In-Memory Session Count / Default
By default, Websphere Application Server
6.1 will maintain up to 1000 sessions in memory. However, the Allow
Overflow option is also selected, which indicates that additional
sessions will be stored in a secondary session table. If you expect
to have more than 1000 in memory sessions, you must increase the number
for the secondary session table.
To set the parameter, log in
to the WebSphere Application Server Administrative
Console and navigate to Servers -> Application Servers -> <Server name> -> Session Management -> Maximum in-memory
session count.
Periodic slowness; observed performance spikes
due to garbage collections
Class Garbage Collection / Xgcpolicy:optavgpause
(for WebSphere Application
Server Fix Pack 16 and below) or -Xgcpolicy:gencon (for WebSphere Application Server Fix Pack 17
and above)
Your specific server environment or workload
might benefit from one of the other garbage collection settings.
See http://java.sun.com/docs/hotspot/gc5.0/gc_tuning_5.html for more
information on garbage collection settings.
To set the parameter,
log in to the WebSphere Application Server Administrative
Console and navigate to Servers -> Application servers -> <Server name> -> Java and process management -> Process
definition -> Java virtual machine -> Generic JVM arguments.
Server fails during transfer of large files;
possibly with out of memory or malloc errors in logs
Web container custom property channelwritetype
/ synchronous data transfer (sync)
The use of asynchronous data transfer might
require an excessive number of buffers to send data over a TCP/IP
connection.
1. In the WebSphere Application Server Administrative
Console, navigate to Servers -> Application Servers -> serverName -> Web Container Settings -> Web Container -> Custom Properties.
2. Click New.
3.
Add the following pair:
Name: com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.channelwritetype
Value: sync
Click OK and
then save the configuration. Restart the application server to pick
up the property.
For a deployment manager:
1. Start an
interactive wsadmin session:
<dmgr-profile-root>\bin>wsadmin -lang jacl
2.
Copy the following block of lines, then paste them all at once at
the wsadmin> prompt:
set dmgr [$AdminConfig getid /Server:dmgr/]
set webcontainer [$AdminConfig list WebContainer $dmgr]
$AdminConfig create Property $webcontainer {{name com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.channelwritetype} {value sync}} properties
$AdminConfig show $webcontainer
$AdminConfig save
3. Restart the deployment manager
to pick up the property.
Table 6. AIX / Linux WebSphere Application Server V6.1 Tuning Parameters
Problem
Parameter / Setting
Additional Details
CPU is being overused or underused
WebContainer Pools / 30
Web container threads are used by the application
server to handle requests. If you notice that the CPU of the server
is underused, try increasing this number. If it is overused, try
reducing this number. Do not set the Web container threads above
50.
To set the parameter, log in to the WebSphere Application Server Administrative
Console and navigate to Servers -> Application servers -> <Server name> -> Thread pools -> WebContainer.
Minimum size: 15
Maximum size: 30
Table 7. Windows WebSphere Application Server V6.1 Tuning Parameters
Problem
Parameter / Setting
Additional Details
CPU is being overused or underused
WebContainer Pools / 50
Web container threads are used by the application
server to handle requests. If you notice that the CPU of the server
is underused, try increasing this number. If it is overused, try
reducing this number. Do not set the Web container threads above
50.
To set the parameter, log in to the WebSphere Application Server Administrative
Console and navigate to Servers -> Application servers -> <Server name> -> Thread pools -> WebContainer.
Minimum size: 25
Maximum size: 50
In addition to these parameters, you can tune WebSphere Application Server under
a specific workload by turning on Performance Monitor Infrastructure
(PMI). This will provide detailed graphs showing performance data.
Although you should have PMI turned on under a normal workload to
capture data, this will decrease performance and it should be turned
off after data capture is complete.
To enable PMI, log in to
the WebSphere Application Server Administrative
Console and navigate to Monitoring and Tuning -> Performance Monitoring Infrastructure (PMI) -> <Server name> -> Enable Performance
Monitoring Infrastructure (PMI).
To improve the performance of Rational Asset Manager,
you should tune your database using the parameters and values below
as a guide.
Note:This section is specific to DB2 version 9.5, but many of the parameters here
are available in other versions of DB2.
There might be similar parameters in Oracle and SQL Server.
Table 8. Cross-Platform DB2, version 9.5 Tuning Parameters
Problem
Parameter / Setting
Additional Details
No connections available
MAXAPPLS / AUTOMATIC (WebSphere Application Server maximum JDBC
connections * the number of instances)
Make sure that MAXAPPLS is set high enough
to handle the number of JDBC Connection Pools that are specified in
your application server. The MAXAPPLS setting must be greater than
or equal to the JDBC Maximum Connections setting.
Setting location:
Database parameters
Also refer to topic "JDBC Maximum Connections"
under Application Server Tuning
No connections available
MAXAGENTS / AUTOMATIC (WebSphere Application Server maximum JDBC
connections * the number of instances)
Make sure that MAXAGENTS is set high enough
to handle the number of JDBC Connection Pools that are specified in
your application server. The MAXAGENTS setting must be greater than
or equal to the JDBC Maximum Connections setting.
Setting location:
Instance parameters
Also refer to topic "JDBC Maximum Connections"
under Application Server Tuning
Deadlocks
MAXLOCKS / AUTOMACTIC (80)
The MAXLOCKS parameter indicates the maximum
percentage of available locks within DB2 that
an application can hold before escalating row locks to table locks.
These table locks can result in deadlocks.
Setting location:
Database parameters
Deadlocks
LOCKLIST / AUTOMATIC (20000)
The LOCKLIST parameter represents the available
memory for locks in DB2. You
can use the following formula to set this parameter in a specific
environment:
LOCKLIST = [(512 * 64 * MAXAPPLS) / 4096]*2
Do
not set this higher than the memory heap that is available to DB2. Setting location: Database
parameters
Deadlocks
LOCKTIMEOUT / 60
If a single lock is stopping other transactions,
this can result in a deadlock. To make sure this does not happen,
set the lock time out to 60 seconds.
Setting Location: Database
parameters
General performance issues
Statistics / Schedule regular runs
Running statistics against the tables will help
the optimizer determine the best path for accessing data. Statistics
should be run on a regular basis or scheduled automatically.
Errors during database migrations
LOG_FIL_SIZ / 10000
The migration function in Rational Asset Manager might
not work on databases with thousands of assets of the LOG_FIL_SIZ
is set too low.
Table 9. AIX / Linux DB2, version 9.5 Tuning Parameters
Problem
Parameter / Setting
Additional Details
Unable to access DB2 server
*See Topic: Maximum number of processes for AIX and Linux under operating system tuning.
If you cannot access the DB2 server, it might be possible that the db2agents
have used the maximum number of processes.
Other parameters to check in your specific environment
can include, but is not limited to:
APP_CTLHEAP_SZ
DATABASE_MEMORY
DFT_PREFETCH_SZ
NUM_IOCLEANERS
NUM_IOSERVERS
SORTHEAP
MAX_QUERYDEGREE
Setting parameters to AUTOMATIC within DB2 will allow DB2 to
tune the parameters based on the current workload. At first, this
can result in a negative performance impact and some potential errors
if certain values are not tuned quickly enough, but it is a good way
to determine what parameters might need to be tuned to achieve maximum
performance.
If you set a parameter too high and cannot start
the DB2 control center, the
parameter can be changed on the DB2 command
line by using the statement db2 update db cfg for
db_name using
parameter_namevalue.
Additional
Resources:
DB2 is a complex system
with many tuning parameters that have not been covered in this very
brief overview. One of the most comprehensive articles for tuning DB2 is "Best Practices for Tuning DB2 UDB V8.1 and its Databases"
by Fraser McArthur. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/db2/library/techarticle/dm-0404mcarthur/
Web server tuning
This section provides tuning
information for IBM HTTP Web
Server, which is included in the supplements for Websphere Application
Server.
The parameters that are described in this section can
be modified in the httpd.conf file.
Table 10. Cross-Platform Web Server Tuning Parameters
Problem
Parameter / Setting
Additional Details
Connection closed errors
MaxKeepAliveRequests / 0
This directive signifies the maximum number
of requests that a single client can make before the connection is
closed. Generally, this value is set to 0.
This
will activate the Fast Response Cache Accelerator (FRCA).
General Performance Issues
Afpa Logging / off
If you do not need FRCA logging turned on,
you can turn it off by placing the comment character (‘#') before
the AfpaLogFile directive. Doing this will also boost server performance.
Table 11. AIX / Linux Web Server Tuning Parameters
Problem
Parameter / Setting
Additional Details
Out of threads errors in Web server logs
ThreadLimit / 25
Depending on how many users access Rational Asset Manager at
a given time, it might be necessary to increase the thread limit.
To see if you need to increase the limit, check the Web server logs
for out of threads errors or warnings.
Out of threads errors in Web server logs
ThreadsPerChild / 25
Depending on how many users access Rational Asset Manager at
a given time, it might be necessary to increase the thread limit.
To see if you need to increase the limit, check the Web server logs
for out of threads errors or warnings.
Table 12. Windows Web Server Tuning Parameters
Problem
Parameter / Setting
Additional Details
Out of threads errors in Web server logs
ThreadLimit / 4000
Depending on how many users access Rational Asset Manager at
a given time, it might be necessary to increase the thread limit.
To see if you need to increase the limit, check the Web server logs
for out of threads errors or warnings.
Out of threads errors in Web server logs
ThreadsPerChild / 3000
Depending on how many users access Rational Asset Manager at
a given time, it might be necessary to increase the thread limit.
To see if you need to increase the limit, check the Web server logs
for out of threads errors or warnings.
This section
specifically covers IBM Edge
Caching Proxy. For information on DMZ caching proxy server configuration,
see the DMZ caching proxy server configuration section.
You
can modify the parameters that are described in this document in the ibmproxy.conf file.
Table 13. IBM Edge Server Tuning Parameters
Problem
Parameter / Setting
Additional Details
Unable to upload assets with large file sizes
LimitRequestBody / 2G
By default, this parameter is set to 10 M.
Change this to a larger value so that users can upload large files.
Unable to upload assets with large file sizes
due to timeouts
InputTimeOut / 60 Minutes
Changing this parameter to 60 minutes will
give users sufficient time to upload large assets.
Refer also
to topic "Session Timeout" under Application Server Tuning
Unable to upload assets with large file sizes
due to timeouts
ReadTimeout / 60 Minutes
Changing this parameter to 60 minutes will
give users sufficient time to upload large assets.
Refer also
to topic "Session Timeout" under Application Server Tuning
Unable to upload assets with large file sizes
due to timeouts
ScriptTimeout / 60 Minutes
Changing this parameter to 60 minutes will
give users sufficient time to upload large assets.
Refer also
to topic "Session Timeout" under Application Server Tuning
Table 14. Additional Settings
Parameter
Setting
SendRevProxyName
yes
PurgeAge
3
DirShowCase
off
MaxActiveThreads
110
ConnThreads
15
MaxPersistRequest
15
ServerConnPool
on
CacheMemory
1200 M (max)
CacheAlgorithm
responsetime
numclient
100
flexibleSocks
off
listenBacklog
256
DMZ caching proxy server configuration
Follow these caching proxy server
guidelines for better performance:
In the file, /<DMZinstalldir>/profiles/SecureProxySrv01/config/cells/<cellname>/nodes/<nodename>/servers/proxy1/server.xml you
can take the following steps:
In the file, /<DMZinstalldir>/profiles/SecureProxySrv01/config/cells/<cellname>/nodes/<nodename>/servers/proxy1/proxy-settings.xml,
keep the outboundRequesttimeout at its default value:
During large file (1 GB and higher) uploads on a slow
connection, the DMZ proxy server may return a 504 timeout error.
This error does not indicate a problem with RAM, and the upload will
complete normally. However, to avoid the 504 error, increase the outboundRequesttimeout.
Operating System tuning
Cross-Platform:
Make sure that the page file size is at least 2GB.
On AIX systems, define the
paging file on a disk that is separate from the disk where WebSphere resides.
Windows:
Table 15. Windows Operating System Settings
Problem
Parameter / Setting
Additional Details
"Address already in use" errors seen when testing
with Rational Performance
Tester.
registry item MaxUserPort / 65534
In the registry editor, navigate to My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters.
Right-click Parameters, click New -> DWORD Value.
Type MaxUserPort for the name of the DWORD
value.
Right-click the value and click Modify.
Set the value to 65534.
Under base, select Decimal.
Reboot the computer.
To avoid session availability bottleneck (seen
with 900 users on 6-instance cluster)
registry item TcpTimedWaitDelay / 30
In the registry editor, navigate to My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters.
Right-click Parameters, click New -> DWORD Value.
Type TcpTimedWaitDelay for the name of
the DWORD value.
The maximum number of processes that
a user can run must be set to a high enough level. This is especially
true of the database server, which can have many database agents.
To
view the set maximum number of processes, use the following command:
lsattr -E -l sys0 -a maxuproc
To set the maximum
number of processes, use the following command:
chdev -l sys0 -a maxuproc=2000
This
will result in a limit of 2000.
File descriptors
In
the /etc/security/limits file, change all settings
to unlimited.
Soft FILE Size -1
Soft CPU Time -1
Soft STACK Size -1
Soft CORE File Size -1
Hard FILE Size -1
Hard CPU Time -1
Hard STACK Size -1
Hard CORE File Size -1
This can also be accomplished by using the ulimit command.
Table 16. AIX/Linux Operating System Settings
Problem
Parameter / Setting
Additional Details
Going to external DNS
/etc/netsvc.conf
Add this line to the netsvc.conf file:
hosts=local,bind4
Ethernet adapter is doing Segmentation Offload
no -o tcp_recvspace=65536
no -o tcp_sendspace=65536
no -o udp_sendspace=65536
no -o udp_recvspace=65536
no -o tcp_finwait2=60
no -o tcp_timewait=1
no -o tcp_keepidle=600
no -o tcp_keepintvl=10
no -o tcp_keepinit=40
The impact of these commands is affected by
how big the TCP/IP packets are that your application creates, sends,
or receives. The "no -a" commands are in effect until the system
is rebooted. To make them permanent, add them to the /etc/tunables/nextboot file.
These can also be set on a per-tcpip-interface basis. Check the "lsattr
-E -l en0" and if they are not set there, then AIX uses the "no -a" values.
AIX sees
a number of virtual processors that is greater than the number of
physical processors.
smtctl -m off
The AIX smtctl command
shows how many virtual processors that AIX sees.
Turn SMT off with the command:
smtctl -m off
The
two threads on each physical processor share a Level1 cache. If the
threads are unrelated, they corrupt the other cache data, which can
end up slowing down the overall throughput as the system waits for
more memory fetches to refresh the cache. Consider making a couple
of test runs with this on and off to see what setting is best for
your workload.
NIS is running.
Disable NIS.
If the /etc/hosts and /etc/passwd files
contain lines with '+', then the system is running 'NIS', also
called YellowPages. This can also be seen by
ps -ef | grep yp
NIS
is not normally enabled on AIX-out-of-the-box. If you do not need
this for the application server, consider a test run with NIS disabled.
Many sockets in FIN_WAIT_2 state
no -o tcp_finwait2=60
If the "netstat -an" shows many sockets in
FIN_WAIT_2 state, this means "high connection rates occur" and will
correspond to the "Address already in use" message that is in server
logs.
This can be controlled by a "no" command. First look
at the current setting,
"no -a | grep fin"
and see the default of 1200 half-seconds (i.e., 10 minutes). Try
a test run with the following setting:
no -o tcp_finwait2=60
The
"no" command is good until reset or until a reboot. To make it permanent,
define it in /etc/tunables/nextboot.
The processor is capable of using large pages,
but is not doing so.
To improve the performance of the
Web application, you
can configure IBM Rational Asset
Manager to
perform some of its processing using a Java executable
other than the one in the Web container. You must be an administrator
to configure remote processing.
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In the Web client, click Administration.
Click Configuration.
In the Remote Processes section, select the Java runtime environment that you
want to use
for Rational Asset Manager processes
that could be handled outside the Web container:
Use
Web Server's JRE: Select this option
to have all work done by the Java runtime
environment in the Web container.
Provide
the path to a Java executable on this node:
Select this option and enter the full path to a Java executable file (that is, java.exe or javaw.exe)
on the server where Rational Asset Manager is
installed (for example, E:/WebSphere/AppServer/java/jre/bin/javaw.exe).
Use the Java executable path set into the CQJRE
JNDI variable: Select this option if you are using a cluster
environment and the JRE exists in a different location on every node.
Using this option allows you to provide a JNDI variable.
Communication port range: Enter the
lowermost number of a range of ports for Rational Asset Manager to
use to communicate with the remote processes. For example, if a starting
port number of 4545 is specified, then ports 4545 through 4554 may
be used.
Maximum heap size in megabytes::
Define
the amount of physical memory available for the Java application.
Click Save.
Configuring
the embedded WebSphere Application
Server as a service (Windows and Linux only)
If you installed the embedded IBM WebSphere Application Server,
it is not automatically configured as a service for your operating
system; you must start and stop the server manually. You can create
a service to start the server automatically for you.
About this task
Note:These commands
will not work on AIX or Linux for zSeries
To create a
service for the embedded WebSphere Application Server:
If you change the administrative
security for the embedded WebSphere Application Server,
you must update the service commands with the updated username and
password.
Additional
configuration requirements for Linux and AIX
If you are
running IBM Rational Asset
Manager on Linux or AIX, perform the tasks in this section as needed
to complete your configuration.
Enabling artifact
content indexing for Linux and AIX
To enable artifact
content indexing on Linux and AIX,
you must add the Stellent files to your library path environment variable
LD_LIBRARY_PATH (for Linux)
or LIBPATH (for AIX).
Before you begin
The Stellent files are located in the following directories,
depending on which application you used for installing IBM Rational Asset
Manager server:
Embedded IBM WebSphere Application Server,
version 6.1: RAM_install_directory/ram/ewas/profiles/appServerName/installedApps/node/RAM1WebApplication.ear/com.ibm.ram.repository.web.ws.was.war/WEB-INF/classes/oiexport/
If you do not modify your library path variable
to enable
content indexing, you typically see an error on the Rational Asset Manager status
page indicating that artifact indexing has been turned off.
To
add update your library variable:
Consult
your shell's man page for specific details on how
to set environment variables. For example, in the Bash shell, enter
the command LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:path for WebSphere
Application Server or Tomcat path shown above.
After you update the environment variable, restart the Rational Asset Manager server.
Enabling
content indexing (Linux and AIX)
To run IBM WebSphere Application Server or
Apache Tomcat, you must set the appropriate exporter permission on
the directory that contains the files for Stellent content indexing.
Enabling database
connectivity for non-root users (Linux and AIX)
If you must run IBM WebSphere Application Server or
Apache Tomcat as a non-root user, then you must set the appropriate
permission on the database Java archive
files that you upload.
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To set permission:
Log
in as root.
In a command line, change to the <WAS_install_directory>/profiles/<profile_name>/config/cells/<cell_name>/ram_jdbc directory.
Type the following command: chmod
755 database jar file name (for example, chmod
755 db2jcc.jar).
Repeat step 3 for
each database Java archive file that you uploaded.
Installing the X Virtual Frame Buffer on AIX or Linux
On Linux, Linux for zSeries, or AIX operating
systems, if you want to create thumbnails of the files that you attach
to assets, you must install the X Virtual Frame Buffer (XVFB).
Before you begin
You must have administrative access to your operating system.
The following instructions are for AIX and Linux, however this process is
similar for other Linux distributions.
Install the XVFB file sets. For AIX, the file sets are on the product CDs. Install
the following file sets:
OpenGL.OpenGL_X.dev.vfb.05.01.0000.0000
X11.vfb.05.01.0000.0000
Start XVFB:
To associate XVFB with one display, run the following command, where n is the display number
to associate with this instance of the XVFB:
To set XVFB so that it is effective at system boot and will restart
if it fails, have a system administrator add the following entry to
the /etc/inittab file, where n is the display number
to associate with this instance of the XVFB:
If XVFB is running, you will see the following string: XVFB_SCREEN(STRING)
= "TRUE".
Export the display:
Run the following command, where n is
the display number of XVFB:
export DISPLAY=:n
Export the gdfontpath:
Run the following command, where font_path is
the full path to a folder that contains .ttf system
fonts (for example, <WebSphere_Application_Server_install_location>/java/jre/lib/fonts):
export GDFONTPATH=font_path
Tip:Use the following command to find folders that contain .ttf fonts:
Creating a backup of a Rational Asset Manager repository
You can create a backup copy of your IBM Rational Asset Manager repository,
which you can restore later.
Before you begin
To create a backup repository, you must have administrator
access to Rational Asset Manager,
full administrative access to the database server, and access to the Persist storage
folder for each application server.
About this task
To create a backup repository:
Log in to the Rational Asset Manager Web
client as an administrator.
Go to Administration -> Configuration.
Note the location of the persist folder.
Stop the server.
On the computer where the database is located, create a
backup of the Rational Asset Manager database. For instructions, see the documentation for your database application.
In the operating system, create a backup copy of the persist
folder.
Create a backup of your Rational Asset Manager database.
For more information, see the documentation for your database software.
What to do next
With the persist folder and databases, you can recover your
repository.
Installing the Rational Asset
Manager Eclipse
client
This section contains the instructions to
install the IBM Rational Asset
Manager Eclipse
client.
About this task
You can install the Rational Asset Manager Eclipse
client by either of two methods:
If an Eclipse integrated development
environment (IDE) is installed
on your computer, you can use the Eclipse update manager to find and
install the Rational Asset Manager Eclipse
client plug-ins from a Rational Asset Manager server.
To install the client plug-in, follow the Eclipse update process (Help -> Software Updates -> Find and Install).
If
an Eclipse IDE is not installed on your computer, install the
Eclipse client from the Rational Asset Manager installation
media. You can also install the Eclipse client into an existing Eclipse
IDE by this method.
Installing Rational Asset
Manager Eclipse client using Eclipse update manager
You can install the IBM Rational Asset
Manager Eclipse
client into an existing version of Eclipse by using the Eclipse update
manager. This method insures that your the versions of Rational Asset Manager on
your Eclipse client and on the server are compatible.
Before you begin
You can use the Rational Asset
Manager Eclipse client with a Rational Asset Manager server
of the same release version and one release version prior to that.
Release versions include the original release and its fix packs. For
example, you can use a Rational Asset Manager Eclipse
client of version 7.1.1 with a Rational Asset
Manager server of versions 7.1.1, 7.1.0, and 7.1.0.1.
Your Eclipse
IDE must meet the software requirements before you can install the Rational Asset Manager Eclipse
client into it. See Software requirements for
detailed requirements. You must also know the URL for accessing the Rational Asset Manager server
using the Web client.
Note:These instructions are for Eclipse
3.3. The process for installing new software is slightly different
in each version of Eclipse. For example, in Eclipse 3.5 the update
manager is located in Help -> Install New Software
Start Eclipse.
Click Help -> Software Updates -> Find and Install.
In the Install/Update pane, select Search for
new features to install.
Click New Remote Site
Provide the Update site details:
Type a name for the new entry; for example, type Rational
Asset Manager.
Open the Rational Asset Manager Web
client and click Help -> Extensions.
On the Extensions page, in the Eclipse Client Plug-in
section copy the URL listed next to Update site and
paste it into the URL field.
If
the Rational Asset Manager server
is only available on an https protocol, the Eclipse client will not
be able to use the update site. To resolve this, refer to the topic Adding
the server public certificate to the Eclipse client.
Click OK.
Select the new Rational Asset Manager site
and click Finish. The Update
wizard opens.
Expand and select the plug-ins to install and click Next.
If the Eclipse client you are using does not have IBM Rational Team Concert installed,
do not select Rational Asset Manager Eclipse
Client Integration -> Rational Asset Manager Eclipse
RTC Client integration.
The two "IBM Rational common user assistance" plug-ins
have similar names, but they have different content and are both required
for the help system.
Note:If you are installing the Rational Asset Manager Eclipse
client into IBM Rational Team Concert,
you can clear these features, which should already be installed:
IBM Rational common user assistance
IBM Rational common user assistance resources
Accept the license agreement and click Next.
Click Finish.
If you see an error that says An error occurred while
collecting items to be installed - Unpack facility not configured,
you must restart Eclipse with a command to use a Java JRE that can
unpack the files at the update site:
Locate a Java JRE on your file system. For
example, C:\Program Files\IBM\Java\jre\bin or C:\Program
Files\Java\jre\bin.
Launch Eclipse with the -vm argument
that points to the location of the JRE. For example, eclipse.exe
-vm C:\Program Files\IBM\Java\jre\bin.
To verify that the installation was successful, open the Asset
Management perspective; click Window -> Open Perspective -> Other and then select Asset Management from
the list. Click OK.
Installing Rational Asset
Manager Eclipse client by using Installation Manager
Install the IBM Rational Asset
Manager Eclipse
client package by using the IBM Installation Manager GUI.
Start the Rational Asset Manager launchpad
program (see Installing
from the launchpad program)
and select IBM Rational Asset Manager.
If Installation Manager is
not installed, install it by following the steps in the installation
wizard. The installation wizard opens.
The Installation page of the installation wizard lists
all the packages that Installation Manager found
in the repositories.
To search for updates to the Rational Asset Manager package,
click Check for updates.
Select the Rational Asset Manager client and
any updates to the package to install. Updates that have dependencies
are automatically selected and cleared together. To continue, click Next.
Note: If you install packages at the same time, all of the
packages install into the same package group.
On the Licenses page, read the license agreement for the
selected package. If you selected more than one package to install,
there might be a license agreement for each package. To display the
license agreement for a package, on the left side of the License page,
click each package version. The package versions that you selected
to install are listed under the package name.
If you agree to the terms of all of the license agreements,
click I accept the terms of the license agreements.
To continue, click Next.
If you install the first package on this computer, then
on the Location page, either type the path for the shared resources
directory in the Shared Resources Directory field
or accept the default path. The shared resources directory contains
resources that package groups can share. To continue, click Next.
Default paths:
C:\Program
Files\IBM\SDP70Shared
/opt/IBM/SDP70Shared
Important:You can specify the shared resources
directory only the first time that you install a package. To ensure
adequate space for the shared resources of future packages, use your
largest disk for this directory. You cannot change the directory location
unless you uninstall all of the packages.
On the Location page, either choose an existing package group to
install the Rational Asset Manager Eclipse
client package into, or create a new one. A package group represents
a directory in which packages share resources. To create a package
group:
Click Create a new package group.
Type the path for the installation directory for the
package group. The name for the package group is created
automatically.
Default paths:
C:\Program
Files\IBM\SDP70
/opt/IBM/SDP70
To continue, Click Next.
If an Eclipse IDE is installed on your system,
you can extend its functionality to the packages that you are installing.
If you do not want to extend an existing Eclipse IDE, click Next to
continue.
On the next Location page, select Extend an existing
Eclipse.
In the Eclipse IDE field, type or navigate
to the location of the folder that contains the Eclipse executable
file (eclipse.exe or eclipse.bin). Installation Manager checks
if the Eclipse IDE version is valid for the package that you are installing.
The Eclipse IDE JVM field displays the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) for the
IDE that you specified.
To continue, click Next.
On the Features page under Languages,
select the languages for the package group. The corresponding national
language translations for the user interface and documentation for
the Rational Asset Manager package
are installed. Your choices apply to all of the packages that are
installed under this package group.
On the next Features page, click Next. You cannot clear the IBM Rational Asset
Manager client feature.
Before you install the Rational Asset Manager package,
review your choices on the Summary page. To change your choices, click Back and
make your changes. When you are satisfied with your installation choices,
click Install to install the package. An indicator shows the progress of the installation.
When the installation process is complete, a message confirms
the success of the process.
Click Finish. The installation
wizard closes and you are returned to the Start page of Installation Manager.
Adding
the server public certificate to the Eclipse client
If
the IBM Rational Asset
Manager server
is only available on an https protocol, the Eclipse client cannot
use the update site. To resolve this, you must add the public certificate
of the server to the Eclipse client.
About this task
These instructions
are for a Windows computer
with a Firefox browser.
Instructions for Linux are
similar.
Save the certificate.
Access the Rational Asset Manager Web
client using a browser.
Double-click
the security icon in the status bar. The
Security window opens.
Click View
Certificate.
In the Certificate
Viewer, click the Details tab.
On the
Details page, click Export.
In the Save Certificate to File window, select X.509
Certificate (DER) in the Save as Type list.
Click Save.
(Optional) Create the keystore. You can
use an existing
keystore or create a new one. To create a new keystore, run the following
command from a command prompt:
Where
drive:\path\to\certificate\ram.keystore is the full path to the ram.keystore
file. Eclipse will start and will trust the connection
with the server.
Uninstalling
Rational Asset Manager
You can use the Uninstall
option in the IBM Installation Manager to
uninstall packages from a single installation location. You can also
uninstall all the installed packages from every installation location.
Before you begin
Beginning in IBM Rational Asset Manager version
7.2, the default installation process was changed so that Installation
Manager installs
the Rational Asset Manager server
setup application only and the server setup application deploys the Rational Asset Manager application
.ear files. Therefore, to uninstall Rational Asset Manager from
your server, you must remove the Rational Asset Manager application
.ear files using the server setup application and then use the Installation
Manger to remove the Rational Asset Manager server
setup application from the IBM WebSphere Application Server application
and delete Rational Asset Manager folders.
To
uninstall the packages, you must log in to the system using the same
user account that you used to install the product packages.
Note:If you are uninstalling Rational Asset Manager server,
Installation Manager will only remove the files that it installed.
If you installed the Rational Asset Manager server
manually on an application server, then you must uninstall it manually.
Note:If you deployed enterprise or Web archive files using
the Rational Asset Manager server
setup application, you must uninstall them manually or through the
server setup application. Installation Manager can only uninstall
applications that it has installed.
About this task
To uninstall
the packages:
Close the programs that you
installed using Installation
Manager.
If you are uninstalling Rational Asset Manager server
on embedded WebSphere Application Server,
then stop the server. For example, run the stopServer.bat
server1 from a command prompt in the WAS_PROFILE/bin folder.
On the Start page click Uninstall.
In the Uninstall Packages page, select the Rational Asset Manager product
package that you want to uninstall. Click Next.
In the Summary page, review the list of packages
that will
be uninstalled and then click Uninstall. The Complete page is displayed after the packages are
removed.
Click Finish to
exit the wizard.
Uninstalling with the server setup application and Installation
Manager
If you used the IBM Rational Asset
Manager server
setup application to deploy Rational Asset Manager applications,
you can use the Uninstall wizard in IBM Installation Manager to
remove some of the applications, but you must manually remove any
other settings and configurations.
In a Web browser, open the server setup application and
log in as an administrator. Because the server is
configured, the summary page will open.
Click the Deployment step.
Click Next.
For every application that you want to remove, click Uninstall.
If you used Installation
Manager to
deploy the server setup application, you can use the Uninstall wizard
in Installation
Manager to
remove it. However, after doing so there may be a
few files and settings to clean up.
Open the IBM WebSphere Application Server Administrative
Console.
If necessary, manually uninstall each enterprise or Web
archive to be removed from the application server:
Click Applications.
Click Enterprise Applications.
Select each of the following applications that remain:
RAM1WebApplication
com.ibm.ram.repository.setup.web.ear (Installation Manager may
have removed this application for you)
iehs_war
jazz_war
rmcabdgovernprocess_war
Click Uninstall.
Delete custom properties for IBM Rational Team Concert:
Click Application servers.
Click the name of the server where you deployed Rational Team Concert.
Click Java and Process Management.
Click Process Definition.
Click Java Virtual Machine.
Click Custom Properties.
Select the following properties:
JAZZ_HOME (the value of this variable will
be a folder on your hard drive that you will have to delete)
(if you used a Microsoft SQL Server database) SQLSERVER_JDBC
Click Delete.
Stop the server.
Navigate to the following directory
on your hard drive: <WebSphere_install_directory>\profiles\<profile_name>\logs\temp\<server_name>\
Delete the jazz_war folder.
Navigate to the following directory
on your hard drive (the value of the JAZZ_HOME property,
above): <WebSphere_install_directory>\profiles\<profile_name>\config\cells\<cell_name>\nodes\<node_name>\servers\<server_name>\.
Delete the RTC folder.
Uninstalling from WebSphere Application Server manually
To uninstall IBM Rational Asset
Manager manually,
use the following instructions to uninstall the enterprise and Web
archives from the application server and remove any other settings
and configurations.
(if you used a Microsoft SQL Server database) SQLSERVER_JDBC
Click Delete.
Optionally, if Rational Asset Manager was
the only application on the server, remove any environment variables.
Click Environment -> WebSphere Variables in the navigation
pane.
Click the name of any environment variables that were
set up for Rational Asset Manager (for
example, Oracle_JDBC_DRIVER_PATH).
Click Delete.
Click Save to apply the changes
to the master configuration.
Optionally, reconfigure authentication and security settings. If you configured security specifically for Rational Asset Manager,
then revert any settings to the previous configuration. If the security
settings apply to other applications, do not modify them.
Navigate to the following directory
on your hard drive: <WebSphere_install_directory>\profiles\<profile_name>\logs\temp\<server_name>\
Delete the jazz_war folder.
Navigate to the following directory
on your hard drive (the value of the JAZZ_HOME property,
above): <WebSphere_install_directory>\profiles\<profile_name>\config\cells\<cell_name>\nodes\<node_name>\servers\<server_name>\.
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Configure the server environment
settings.
If you use a WebSphere Application Server cluster,
you must create a stand-alone application server instance on your
cluster for Rational Team Concert.
To do so, see 
For DB2: The server setup application
can create the database for you:
For Oracle or SQL Server: To
create the database manually, see 
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