IBM Rational Software Architect Version 6.0 Interim Fix 002 - Installation instructions

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Contents

1.0 Overview

This document describes how to install IBM^® Rational^® Software Architect Interim Fix 002 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

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 from the Rational Product Updater

Install the interim fix with the same user account that installed IBM Rational Software Architect.

Restriction: On Windows^® operating systems, this account requires 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.


Attention: If you start the Rational Product Updater from the product main menu (by clicking Help > Software Updates > IBM Rational Product Updater), you must close IBM Rational Software Architect. IBM Rational Software Architect cannot be open when you install this interim fix.


2. Click Find Updates.


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.


3. By default, all available updates are selected. Ensure that you select Interim Fix 002 - IBM Rational Software Architect.


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


4. Click Install Updates.
5. To accept the license agreement and continue the installation, click OK.


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.


6. 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:

• 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 interim fix and install it later.
• 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 IBM update server.

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

1. Download the interim fix from ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/rationalsdp/rsa/60/zips/rsa60_interim_fix002.zip.
2. Extract the interim fix to a temporary directory, such as C:\temp.
3. For installation instructions, navigate to C:\temp\rsa\ and open install_local_002.html.

5.0 Customer support

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