Installing the Design Management Server

Once you have downloaded the Design Management packages from Jazz.net, use the launch pad to install the IBM® Installation Manager and then install Design Management. Installation creates the proper folder structure and files required to setup and configure Design Management.

Before you begin

Ensure that you extracted all the files to the same location. After extraction, you should have a directory named RSADM. If you downloaded the files individually, you will have the directory RSADM_Setup or RhapsodyDM_Setup . If you are installing Rational® solution for Collaborative Lifecycle Management, you will have additional directories related to CLM.

Procedure

  1. Log on to your computer or local area server as a user with administrator permission.
  2. Go to the RSADM/disk1 and run the Launchpad file. If you downloaded the files individually, go to the directory RSADM_Setup or RhapsodyDM_Setup and run the Launchpad file.
    • For Windows Run launchpad.exe.
    • For Linux Run launchpad.sh.
  3. In the launchpad, under IBM Rational Software Architect Design Manager Server or IBM Rational Rhapsody Design Manager Server, click Install the server. IBM Installation Manager opens and lists the packages in the Design Management software, and the version of IBM Installation Manager that installs them.
  4. If you have IBM Installation Manager version 1.5.2 or greater installed go to step 5, otherwise install only the IBM Installation Manager package.
    1. On the Install Packages page, select the check box for IBM Installation Manager version 1.5.2 and clear all the other check boxes.
    2. If you agree to the license agreement, click I accept the terms in the license agreements, and then click Next.
    3. On the Install Packages page, accept the default IBM Installation Manager directory, and then click Next.
    4. Click Install.
    5. When the installation process is complete, click Restart Installation Manager.
  5. In IBM Installation Manager, select the check boxes to install the server that corresponds to your modeling product, and the Jazz™ Team Server, and then click Next.
    Note: If you are installing other CLM applications, you must select which components to include such as Change and Configuration Management, Quality Management, or Requirements Management. The following diagram shows the selection of Jazz Team Server along with other CLM applications.

  6. On the Prerequisite page, verify the packages and click Next.
  7. For each component that you install, you must review the license agreement, accept it if you agree to it, and then click Next.
  8. Accept the default shared resources directory, or enter a different location, and then click Next.
  9. Select the languages to install, and then click Next.
  10. On the Features page, review packages and click Next.
  11. On the Common Configurations page, you can specify which server to use. If you are installing Design Management Server on Apache Tomcat, select the Install Tomcat 7 with JTS web Application check box. If you are using another application server, such as WebSphere® Application Server, clear the check box and under Alternative Web Application Deployment Location, specify the location for the web application files.

    The following diagram shows the installation of the Apache Tomcat 7 server.

  12. Click Next.
  13. On the Context Root page, accept the default context root values and click Next.
  14. On the Summary page, click Install.
  15. To complete the installation, click Finish and when the installation process completes, close IBM Installation Manager.
  16. Before you start the server, ensure that you do not have any other web servers running on the default port for the Design Management Server, which is 9443. If you need to run the Design Management Server on a different port, change the port number:
    1. Before you start the server, open the file named Installation_Directory/server/tomcat/conf/server.xml in a text editor. In this case, Installation_Directory is the folder in which you installed the server.
    2. In the server.xml file, replace all instances of port 9443 with an alternate port number that is available.
    3. Save and close the file. Remember the port number because you need it to configure the server.

What to do next

If you are using Apache Tomcat, you can now set up the server as described in Setting up and configuring the Design Management Server. If you are using a different application server, you can now deploy the Design Management Server on that application server; see Deploying the server.

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