Starting with release 7.1, IBM Installation Manager is used to install Rational ClearQuest. Installation Manager is a program for installing, updating, and modifying packages. It helps you manage the IBM applications, or packages, that it installs on your computer. Installation Manager does more than install packages: it helps you keep track of what you have installed, determine what is available for you to install, and organize installation directories. Go to the IBM Installation Manager Information Center for more information: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/install/v1r4/index.jsp.
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Task | Client and/or Server | Information | Comment |
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Shut down the servers and databases. | Client Server |
Shut down the Rational ClearQuest servers, including the Rational ClearQuest web servers. Shut down the Rational ClearQuest databases, using the processes specific to each vendor database. Then shut down all other IBM Rational products. | This action prevents Rational ClearQuest clients from accessing or updating the databases. |
Before installing Rational products with Installation Manager, use the rationaluninstalltool.exe tool to uninstall previous versions of Rational products that were installed with the MSI-based installation technology. | Client Server |
Uninstall Rational products | |
Confirm that your user ID meets the required access privileges for installing the product. | Client Server |
User privilege requirements for installing the product | Requirements for Linux® and Windows® users. |
If you are on Linux or the UNIX® system and you want to enable the product to be used by users other than root, set the umask variable to 0022 before you install the product. | Client Server |
To set this variable, log in as root user, start a terminal session, and type umask 0022. | |
Check the downloaded electronic images. | Client Server |
Verifying and extracting electronic images | |
Use the IBM Packaging Utility if you want to install multiple Rational products in the same repository. | Client Server |
IBM Packaging Utility | You can use the Packaging Utility to perform
the following tasks:
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For best results, before you work with your Rational product, increase the number of file handles available. | Client Server |
Increasing the number of file handles on Linux workstations | How to set ulimit to a number significantly larger than 1024. |
If you are a Windows Vista user, you must have Administrator access to install into the C:\Program Files directory. | Client Server |
Windows Vista user privilege requirements for using the product | |
Upgrade the license server to Rational Common Licensing 8.1.1. | Client Server |
Upgrading the Rational License Key Server | Attention:
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Windows Only: Install Rational License Key Administrator (LKAD) |
Client Server |
Installation of License Key Administrator | LKAD versions 8.0 and earlier are uninstalled
when you upgrade to Rational ClearQuest version
7.1.2. You receive the License Key Administrator Removal Warning that
indicates LKAD will be uninstalled. You must click the License Key
Administrator Removal Warning to see the warning text. You must use
LKAD version 8.1.1 with Rational ClearQuest version
7.1.2. Note: You cannot install LKAD version 8.1.1 at the same time
you are upgrading to Rational ClearQuest version 7.1.2.
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Rational License Key Administrator (LKAD) looks for the product-specific license key first. | Client Server |
Change to search order for license keys | In previous releases, LKAD first looked for a license key that corresponded to Rational Rational Suite® |
Install Rational ClearQuest silently. Note: This
step is optional unless you are installing on a platform that does
not use the GUI.
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Client Server |
Installing silently Installing on platforms that do not use the GUI Sample response files used for silent installations: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=swg21348204 |
Information about silent installations. |
Optionally, manually run the commands install, start, and uninstall for Installation Manager. | Client Server |
IBM Installation Manager tasks | Information for Windows, Linux, and the UNIX system platforms. Does not provide details on installing from Rational ClearQuest's launchpad. |
Optionally, use the launchpad to install Rational ClearQuest. | Client Server |
Installing from the launchpad program | Steps on installing Rational ClearQuest using the Rational ClearQuest launchpad. |
Install Rational ClearQuest using Installation Manager. | Client Server |
Installing the product package using the Installation Manager GUI | Description of the screens you will see in Installation Manager when installing Rational ClearQuest. |
Install synchronization and Rational Shipping Servers. | Server | If you have a MultiSite configuration and you are upgrading from version 2003.06.xx, install version 7.1.x of the Rational ClearQuest MultiSiteAdministration Tools as your synchronization server, and the Rational Shipping Server. | You must upgrade all of your synchronization servers and shipping servers to version 7.1.x at the same time. |