IBM Rational Software Architect Fix Pack 6.0.1.2 Installation instructions

For Rational Software Architect, Version 6.0, 6.0.0.1, 6.0.1, or 6.0.1.1

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Contents

1.0 Overview

This document describes how to install IBM^® Rational^® Software Architect Fix Pack 6.0.1.2.

This fix pack is provided as a cumulative update. You can use IBM Rational Product Updater to install this fix pack directly from the IBM update server. Alternatively, you can download, extract, and install the fix pack from compressed files.

2.0 Installation prerequisites

This section describes the installation prerequisites specific to this fix pack.

2.1 Hardware prerequisites

The disk space requirements for installing the fix pack vary depending on what maintenance version of Rational Software Architect is currently installed on your computer and are shown in the following table:

If you want to download and install the fix pack from the compressed files, then you will require additional disk space to download the compressed files and extract their contents. Refer to the table below for disk space requirements for the compressed files that correspond to your current installed maintenance version of Rational Software Architect.

Table 2: The disk space requirements for downloading and extracting the compressed files that contain this fix pack

Current level of installation	Disk space requirement	Compressed files to download	Description
Fix Pack 6.0.1.1 with all the following updates: Daylight Saving Time Update Interim Fix 001 Interim Fix 002 Interim Fix 003a Interim Fix 004	1.2 GB	rsa60_6012.zip	The compressed file rsa60_6012.zip contains the updates since Interim Fix 004 for Fix Pack 6.0.1.1.
Fix Pack 6.0.1.1	5.7 GB	rsa60_6012.zip rsapre60_6012.zip	The compressed file rsapre60_6012.zip contains the following updates to Fix Pack 6.0.1.1: Daylight Saving Time Update Interim Fix 001 Interim Fix 002 Interim Fix 003a Interim Fix 004
Version 6.0, 6.0.0.1, or 6.0.1	16.7 GB	rsa60_6012.zip rsapre60_6012.zip rsa60_6011_for_6012.zip	The compressed file rsa60_6011_for_6012.zip contains Fix Pack 6.0.1.1.

2.2 Software prerequisites

• IBM Rational Product Updater 6.0.1, or later

If you use the default update site preferences, IBM Rational Product Updater 6.0.1, or later, is automatically installed when you search for updates or optional features. However, if you change the default update site preferences by clicking Preferences > Update Sites, you must restore the default settings before you can install the fix pack.

IBM Rational Product Updater 6.0.2 is available for download at: ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/rationalsdp/updater/60/zips/rpu_602.zip. Installation instructions for Rational Product Updater 6.0.2 are available at: http://www3.software.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/updater/60/zips/install_602.html

2.3 Other prerequisites

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

3.0 Installing the fix pack from the IBM update server

You must install the fix pack with the same user account that you used to install the product.

Restrictions:

• The product cannot be open when you install this fix pack.
• On Windows^® operating systems, you must use an account with Administrator privileges. On Linux^® operating systems, you must log in as root.

To install the fix pack directly from the IBM update server, complete the following steps:

1. Start Rational Product Updater:
   • On Windows operating systems, click Start > Programs > IBM Rational > Rational Product Updater.
   • On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 (GNOME desktop environment), open the main menu and click Programming > Rational Product Updater.
   • 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 Find Updates.

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

3. By default, all available updates are selected. Ensure that you select IBM Rational Software Architect 6.0.1.2.
4. Click Install Updates.
5. If there is special information for any items that you have selected, a Notices window opens. For example, for a very large update there might be a notice recommending that you download a compressed file of the update and use Rational Product Updater to install the update from the compressed file. Review the notice information and click Continue to close the window and proceed.
   If you have selected multiple items to install, you might need to review multiple notices. Click each update listed in the top pane of the window to display its notice in the lower pane. After you have reviewed all of the notices, click Continue to close the window and proceed.
   
6. To accept the license agreement and continue the installation, click OK.

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

7. Close Rational Product Updater.

4.0 Installing from the compressed files containing this fix pack

You can install the fix pack directly from the IBM update server as described above; however, it is also available for download. If you do not have Rational Software Architect Fix Pack 6.0.1.1 or later already installed, it is recommended that you download the compressed files and install the fix pack from the extracted contents.

You might also want to download the compressed file and install the fix pack locally in the following situations:

• You have a slow or unstable Internet connection and want to use a download manager that can resume the download.
• You have difficulty accessing the live IBM update servers from behind a firewall.
• You prefer to download the fix pack and install it later.

4.1 Downloading the compressed files and extracting the fix pack contents

To download and extract the compressed files that contain this fix pack, complete the following steps:

1. Refer to Table 2 in the disk space requirements section and download the appropriate fix pack compressed files for your version of Rational Software Architect.
2. Extract the contents of the compressed files to a temporary directory, such as C:\temp.

4.2 Installing the fix pack

After you have downloaded the compressed files that contain this fix pack for your version of Rational Software Architect and extracted their contents to a temporary directory, you can install the fix pack from the extracted contents by using the same user account that you used to install the product.

Restrictions:

• The product cannot be open when you install this fix pack.
• On Windows operating systems, you must use an account with Administrator privileges. On Linux operating systems, you must log in as root.

To install the fix pack, complete the following steps:

1. Start Rational Product Updater:
   • On Windows operating systems, click Start > Programs > IBM Rational > Rational Product Updater.
   • On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 (GNOME desktop environment), open the main menu and click Programming > Rational Product Updater.
   • 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\rsa\policy_60_6012.xml, where temp_dir is the location of the extracted fix pack.
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 IBM Rational Product Updater that states that other update sites are not available. You can ignore this warning if you installed IBM Rational Product Updater 6.0.2.
If your computer has Internet access and can connect to the live IBM update server, and if IBM Rational Product Updater requires an update, you are prompted to install it before you can continue. Click OK. IBM Rational Product Updater installs the update, restarts, and retrieves a list of available updates.

6. Select IBM Rational Software Architect 6.0.1.2.
7. Click Install Updates.
8. To accept the license agreement and continue the installation, click OK.

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

9. Close IBM Rational Product Updater.

5.0 Installing product updates from a command line

You can install product updates, such as interim fixes, fix packs, and refresh packs, from a command line so that you do not have to monitor or input information during the installation.

For more information about installing product updates from a command line, see Running Rational Product Updater from a command line in the product updater help.

6.0 Creating a local mirror of the update server

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

• You administer a set of product installations and want to control which updates are available to users.
• You administer a set of product installations that do not have direct access to the Internet.

For instructions on how to create a local mirror of the Rational Software Architect update server, visit www3.software.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/rsa/60/local_mirror/6012/local_mirror.html.

7.0 Uninstalling the fix pack

Uninstall the fix pack with the same user account that installed the product.

Restrictions:

• If you use the Clean Up option in IBM Rational Product Updater to remove outdated files after you install the 6.0.1.2 fix pack, you will not be able to uninstall the fix pack and revert to a previous version of the product.
• The product cannot be open when you uninstall the fix pack.
• On Windows operating systems, you must use an account with Administrator privileges. On Linux operating systems, you must log in as root.
• If more than one product based on the Rational Software Development Platform is installed, you cannot roll back this fix pack.

To uninstall the fix pack, complete the following steps:

1. Start IBM Rational Product Updater:
   • On Windows operating systems, click Start > Programs > IBM Rational > Rational Product Updater.
   • On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 (GNOME desktop environment), open the main menu and click Programming > Rational Product Updater.
   • 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 the Rollbacks tab. An inventory of installed product updates and features is displayed on the Rollbacks page.
3. Select IBM Rational Software Architect 6.0.1.2.

Dependencies between updates are enforced automatically. If you select to roll back an update on which other installed updates depend, the dependent updates are also selected to roll back.

4. Click Roll Back Updates.
5. Close Rational Product Updater.

8.0 IBM Rational Software Support

IBM Rational Software Support provides you with technical assistance.

When you contact customer support, the support representative will require the versions of the installed products or interim features on your system.

To determine the versions:

1. Start IBM Rational Product Updater and complete one of the following steps:
   • If the product is running, click Help > Software Updates > IBM Rational Product Updater.
   • On Windows operating systems, click Start > Programs > IBM Rational > Rational Product Updater.
   • On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 (GNOME desktop environment), open the main menu and click Programming > Rational Product Updater.
   • On SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0 (K Desktop Environment), open the main menu and click IBM Rational > Rational Product Updater.
2. Click the Installed Products tab.

For contact information and guidelines or reference materials that you will need when you require support, read the IBM Software Support Handbook at: http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/guides/handbook.html

For FAQs, lists of known problems and fixes, and other support information, visit the product support page for Rational Software Architect at www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/architect/swarchitect/support/index.html.

For product news, events, and other information, visit the product home page for Rational Software Architect at www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/architect/swarchitect/.

Before you contact IBM Rational Software Support, gather the background information that you will need to describe your problem. When describing a problem to an IBM software support specialist, be as specific as possible and include all relevant background information so that the specialist can help you solve the problem efficiently. To save time, know the answers to these questions:

• What software versions were you running when the problem occurred?
• Do you have logs, traces, or messages that are related to the problem?
• Can you reproduce the problem? If so, what steps do you take to reproduce it?
• Is there a workaround for the problem? If so, be prepared to describe the workaround.

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