Installing the Design Management Server upgrade package

To upgrade Design Management Server, you download and extract the upgrade installation media. Then, you use IBM® Installation Manager to install the upgrade.

Before you begin

Note: Ensure you read these important prerequisites before you start the upgrade process:
  • Although the Design Management Server upgrade process installs the upgrade alongside the existing installation, you should back up your database before you start the upgrade process.
  • Ensure that you have 2.2 GB of hard drive space available.
  • Ensure that the existing installation of Design Management Server is set up properly and can be accessed from a web browser, using https://fully_qualified_host_name:9443/dm/web as the URL.
  • Stop the existing installation of Design Management Server by using an account that has administrator permission.
  • Before you configure the server, you must enable pop-up windows to avoid installation problems during the upgrade process.

Procedure

  1. Log on to your computer or local area server as a user with administrator permissions.
  2. Download and extract the upgrade installation media from Jazz™.net. After you extract the upgrade installation media, a DM_Server directory is created that contains a diskTag.inf file.
  3. In IBM Installation Manager, add a repository that contains the diskTag.inf file by completing the following steps:
    1. Click File > Preferences.
    2. In the Preferences window, go to the Repositories page.
    3. On the Repositories page, click Add Repository, and then add the diskTag.inf file as a repository.
    4. Close the Preferences window.
  4. Install the Design Management Server update.
    1. In IBM Installation Manager, click Install to install the update. Even though you are upgrading Design Management Server, do not click Update. Clicking Update overwrites previously configured Design Management Server settings
    2. On the Install Packages page, under Design Management Server, select the version to upgrade.
    3. In the Installed Packages window, click Continue to install the package into a new group.
    4. Review the license agreement, accept it if you agree to it, and click Next.
    5. On the Install Packages page, accept the default Windows directory (C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\DesignManagement_1) or UNIX directory (/opt/ibm/DesignManagement_1), and then click Next.
      Tip: You might want to rename the default directory to something more meaningful, such as \DesignManagement_version.
    6. Select the languages to install, and then click Next.
    7. Under Features, ensure that all options are selected, and then click Next.
    8. Verify that the package group name, installation directory, and shared resources directory are correct, and then click Install.
  5. After the Design Management Server package installation process is complete, click Finish to exit the wizard; then, close IBM Installation Manager. After the upgrade is installed, on the Start menu, you should see two entries for the Design Management Server. One for the previous release, and the other for the update (DesignManagement_1 unless you entered a different name in IBM Installation Manager (\DesignManagement_version or the name that you entered in IBM Installation Manager).
    Important: You must complete manual upgrade steps; therefore, do not start the Jazz Team Server until later in the upgrade process. Also, do not run the setup process for Design Management Server.

What to do next

To update the server properly, you must overwrite several key directories and files during the Design Management Server upgrade process.

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