Rational Developer for System z

Updating workspace configurations and preferences

The Rational® Developer for System z® server can be configured to automatically download configuration and preference updates to the client. When updates are available, the client is prompted to install the updates when you connect to a remote system.

About this task

If updates for Rational Developer for System z configurations and preferences are available when you connect to a remote system, the Updates Available window opens with one of the following messages:
Updates to your Rational Developer for System z configuration and preferences are available. Select the configuration files to update and click OK to accept them.

Rational Developer for System z has been configured to require users to install all available configuration and preference updates. Click OK to update your configuration files and preferences.

If Rational Developer for System z has been configured to support product and configuration groups, this message might also include a Configuration group drop-down list. Configuration groups and the ability to select or refuse updates are controlled by parameters in the pushtoclient.properties file on the remote system. For more information about this file, refer to the IBM® Rational Developer for System z Host Configuration Guide (SC23-7658). This window lists the updates that are available for installation. The following configurations and preferences can be enabled for automatic update:

Procedure

To install the configuration updates:

  1. If you are prompted to choose a Configuration group, select one from the drop-down list. The choice you make sets the configuration group for the workspace. After you choose a configuration group you cannot change it. On subsequent remote system connections you can download configurations from the default group or from the group you select the first time you connect to the remote system. If you need to access and download configurations from another configuration group, you need to connect by using a different workspace. For more information about creating a new workspace, see Switching workspaces.
  2. If you are required to install all updates, click OK. The configuration files and preferences are updated.
  3. If you are allowed to select or refuse updates:
    1. Select the check box next to the configuration files you want to update. To update all files shown, click Select All.
    2. Optional: To prevent future notifications of configuration and preference updates, select the check box next to Do not notify me of future updates. If you select this option, you can reverse this choice and begin receiving updates again by setting an option on the Configuration Files preference page. See the related topics for more information on this preference page.
    3. Click OK. The selected configuration files and preferences are updated. Unless you have selected the Do not notify me of future updates option, Rational Developer for System z handles future updates according to the preference setting on the Configuration Files preference page:
      • Notify me of all updates When this option is set, you are prompted to update any available configurations and preferences each time you connect to the remote system. If you do not select all of the updates or if any new updates become available, you are prompted to install them.
      • Notify me of updates that I have not rejected When this option is set, you are not prompted to update previously rejected configurations the next time you connect, even if they have been updated on the server.
      • Do not notify me of updates When this option is set you are never notified of updates. Selecting the Do not notify me of future updates option on the Updates Available window sets this preference option.

Example

As an example, assume that Rational Developer for System z prompts you to update the following configurations when you connect to the remote system. If you choose to update the Property Group Configuration Files and the Eclipse Preferences, but not the z/OS File System Mapping Configuration Files, then the next time you connect, the Updates Available window prompts you according to the Configuration Files preference:
Table 1.
Configuration Files preference Updates Available behavior
Notify me of all updates The window opens and prompts you to install z/OS File System Mapping Configuration Files (because you did not update them previously) and any other newly updated configurations.
Notify me of updates that I have not rejected The window opens if any new updates exist, except for z/OS File System Mapping Configuration Files. The window does not prompt update for z/OS File System Mapping Configuration Files.
Do not notify me of updates The window does not open.

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