IBM Rational Application Developer Interim Fix 002 - Installation instructions

For Rational Application Developer, Version 6.0.0.1

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Contents

1.0 Overview
2.0 Installation prerequisites
3.0 Installing the interim fix
4.0 Downloading the interim fix for local installations
5.0 Creating a local mirror of the update server
6.0 Customer support

1.0 Overview

This document describes how to install Interim Fix 002 for IBM® Rational® Application Developer, Version 6.0.0.1 by using the IBM Rational Product Updater. This interim fix is provided as an update. You should download this interim fix directly from the IBM update server. However, you can also download a ZIP file that contains this interim fix for local installations. The following sections describe how to install this interim fix.

2.0 Installation prerequisites

Before you can install this interim fix, you must install IBM Rational Application Developer Fix Pack 6.0.0.1.

Installation instructions for Rational Application Developer Fix Pack 6.0.0.1 are available at www3.software.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/rad/60/install_instruction/6001/install.html.

Also, if you disabled any product features through the Update Manager by clicking Help > Software Updates > Manage Configuration, or by modifying feature.xml files, you must re-enable them before you install this interim fix.

3.0 Installing the interim fix

Install the interim fix with the same user account that installed IBM Rational Application Developer.

Restrictions:

To install the interim fix, complete the following steps:

  1. Start the Rational Product Updater:

  2. Note: On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0, if you use a desktop environment other than the default, the product shortcuts might not appear in the default location.

  3. Click Find Updates.


  4. If the Rational Product Updater requires an update, you are prompted to install it before you can continue. Click OK. The Rational Product Updater installs the update, restarts, and retrieves a list of available updates.

  5. By default, all available updates are selected. Ensure that you select Interim Fix 002 for Rational Application Developer 6.0.0.1.


  6. Tip: To view the description for this update, click the update. The description is displayed in the Detailed information pane.

  7. Click Install Updates.
  8. To accept the license agreement and continue the installation, click OK.


  9. Depending on the speed of your computer processor, the amount of RAM, and the speed of your Internet connection, the update might take an extended period of time to download and install.

    After the installation is complete, the Rational Product Updater lists the installed updates on the Installed Products page.

  10. Close the Rational Product Updater.

4.0 Downloading the interim fix for local installations

You should install the interim fix directly from the IBM update server; however, it is also available for download. You might want to download and install the interim fix in the following situations:

To download and install the interim fix, complete the following steps:

  1. Download the interim fix from ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/rationalsdp/rad/60/zips/rad6001_interim_fix002.zip.
  2. Extract the interim fix to a temporary directory, such as C:\temp.
  3. For installation instructions, navigate to C:\temp\rad\ and open install_local_6001_interim_fix002.html.

5.0 Creating a local mirror of the update server

You might want to create a local mirror of the Rational Application Developer update server in the following situations:

For instructions on how to create a local mirror of the Rational Application Developer update server, visit www3.software.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/rad/60/local_mirror/6001/local_mirror.html.

6.0 Customer support

For product news, events, support, and other information, see the Rational Application Developer home page at www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/developer/application/.