Configure and maintain Rational Focal Point.
To maintain the product, you must be an application or workspace administrator, as defined by the local usage policies.
For more information, see Maintaining Rational Focal Point.
Follow the instructions in this guide to install or upgrade IBM® Rational® Focal Point™
Before you begin:
Create a backup of the database, report images, and custom business rules, and then uninstall Rational Focal Point.
Install Rational Focal Point version 6.4.0, update the database, and then upgrade to the latest version. For more information, see Upgrading from Rational Focal Point version 5.4 releases.
Before you begin:
Create a backup of the database and custom business rules, and then uninstall Rational Focal Point. For more information, see Ugrading from earlier versions of Rational Focal Point.
For more information, see Upgrading from a release of version 6.4.1.
For more information, see Upgrading from a release of version 6.5 to the new release..
If you are upgrading from an earlier version of Rational Focal Point and your instance of one of the software requirements is no longer supported by Rational Focal Point, you must upgrade to a version that is compatible with Rational Focal Point. For information about upgrading the software, see the documentation for that product.
Restriction:IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition is not supported by releases of Rational Focal Point version 6.5. You must use Apache Tomcat application server or WebSphere Application Server.
For more information, see System requirements.
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Obtain the installation media from IBM Software Support or download the package from IBM Passport Advantage or FixCentral.
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Before you begin:
Verify that the version of the license server is supported for the release, and install the license server. For information, see License requirements
If you have the compatible version of the license server and the licenses are already installed, ignore this task.
Install the Rational Focal Point licenses. For more information, see Install the Rational Focal Point licenses.
If your database version is not supported, upgrade to a version that is compatible with Rational Focal Point. For information about upgrading the software, see the documentation for that product. If the database is configured to work with Rational Focal Point, ignore this task.
For more information, see Configuring a PostgreSQL database.
If your database version is not supported, upgrade to a version that is compatible with Rational Focal Point. For information about upgrading the software, see the documentation for that product. If the database is configured to work with Rational Focal Point, ignore this task.
For more information, see Configuring a DB2 database.
If your database version is not supported, upgrade to a version that is compatible with Rational Focal Point. For information about upgrading the software, see the documentation for that product. If the database is configured to work with Rational Focal Point, ignore this task.
For more information, see Configuring an Oracle database.
For more information, see Install Rational Focal Point.
For more information, see Upgrade Rational Focal Point.
For more information, see Start the Apache Tomcat server .
To set up Websphere Application Server, see Setting up Websphere Application Server .
To deploy the Rational Focal Point application component on Websphere Application Server, see Deploying the Rational Focal Point application .
To deploy the Financial feature component on Websphere Application Server, see Deploying the financial feature component .
To deploy the Jazz Web UI feature component on Websphere Application Server, see Deploying the Jazz Web UI feature component .
To deploy the help system on Websphere Application Server, see Deploying the help system .
To start the application on the Websphere Application Server, see Starting the applications.
After you start Rational Focal Point, change the administrator password. For more information, see Starting Rational Focal Point for the first time.
To use your custom business rules, you must obtain the new compiled version from support and import it.
For more information, see Migrating data from earlier versions of Rational Focal Point.
To maintain the product, you must be an application or workspace administrator, as defined by the local usage policies.
For more information, see Maintaining Rational Focal Point.