IBM Rational Functional Tester Interim Fix 001 - Local installation instructions

For Rational Functional Tester, Version 6.1.0.1

1.0 Overview
2.0 Installation prerequisites
3.0 Configuring the Rational Product Updater to install the local interim fix
4.0 Creating a local mirror of the update server

1.0 Overview

This document describes how to install a downloaded version of Interim Fix 001 for IBM^® Rational^® Functional Tester, Version 6.1.0.1. This document also links to instructions that describe how to create a local mirror of your product update server.

2.0 Installation prerequisites

Before you can install this interim fix, you install IBM Rational Functional Tester Fix Pack 6.1.0.1.

Installation instructions for Rational Functional Tester Fix Pack 6.1.0.1 are available at www3.software.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/rft/html/61/rft61_fixpack001/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 Configuring the Rational Product Updater to install the local interim fix

Install the interim fix with the same user account that installed IBM Rational Functional Tester.

Restrictions:

Rational Functional Tester cannot be open when you install this interim fix.
On Windows^® operating systems, you must use an account with Administrator privileges. On Linux^® operating systems, you must use the root user account.

To install the interim fix, complete the following steps:

1. Start the Rational Product Updater:

o On Windows operating systems, click Start > Programs > IBM Rational > Rational Product Updater.

o On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 (GNOME desktop environment), open the main menu and click Programming > Rational Product Updater.

o On SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0 (K Desktop Environment), open the main menu and click IBM Rational > Rational Product Updater.

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.

2. Click Preferences > Update Sites.

3. Navigate to temp_dir\rft6101_interim_fix001\policy_6001_interim_fix001.xml, where temp_dir is the location of the extracted interim fix.

4. Click OK.

5. Click Find Updates.

If your computer does not have Internet access, or cannot connect to the live IBM update server, a warning appears in the Rational Product Updater that states that other update sites are not available. You can ignore this warning if you installed IBM Rational Product Updater 6.0.0.4.

If your computer has Internet access and can connect to the live IBM update server, and 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.

6. Select Interim Fix 001 for Rational Functional Tester 6.1.0.1.

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.

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

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

9. Close the Rational Product Updater.

4.0 Creating a local mirror of the update server

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

You administer a set of product installations that do not have direct access to the Internet.
You administer a set of product installations that would benefit from a local mirror of the update server.