Upgrading from a previous release

IBM® Rational® Publishing Engine uses IBM Installation Manager to upgrade Rational Publishing Engine. When your role is a data administrator, document designer, or document generator, you can complete this task to upgrade Rational Publishing Engine on your local computer.

Before you begin

If you are upgrading from version 1.1.2.2 or earlier:

The version number directory was removed from the installation path in Rational Publishing Engine 1.2. To remove this directory, you must uninstall Rational Publishing Engine and install it again. If you do not want to remove this directory, you can complete this task to upgrade.

About this task

Note: If you had the Monitor & Control component (RPEMC) installed with Rational Publishing Engine 1.1.2.2 or earlier, it is uninstalled when you upgrade. In Rational Publishing Engine 1.2 and later, the features of the Monitor & Control component are included in the Web Services application so a separate web application is no longer needed.

Procedure

  1. Close all other applications.
  2. On a local server, extract the Rational Publishing Engine update package to a directory that you can use as the update repository.
  3. On each computer with Rational Publishing Engine installed, start Installation Manager. Click Start > All Programs > IBM Installation Manager > IBM Installation Manager.
  4. In Installation Manager, click File > Preferences > Add Repository.
  5. Enter the path to the local update repository and click OK. Click OK to close the Preferences window.
  6. Click Update. The Installation Manager checks for updates.
    1. If you have an earlier version of Installation Manager installed than the Rational Publishing Engine version requires, you must update it before you can continue with the installation.
      • Rational Publishing Engine 1.2 requires Installation Manager version 1.5.2 or later.
      • Rational Publishing Engine 1.2.0.1 requires Installation Manager version 1.6.1 or later.
      The appropriate Installation Manager version is included with each version of the Rational Publishing Engine installation files. You do not have to download the required version separately.
  7. Click Yes at the prompt to update Installation Manager. If your Installation Manager is current, go to step 9.
  8. When the update completes, click OK to restart Installation Manager.
  9. Click Update.
  10. On the Update Packages page, select the package group Rational Publishing Engine and click Next.
  11. Select the fix pack release and click Next.
  12. Accept the license agreement and click Next.
  13. Select the features to install and click Next.
  14. Select your preference option for the Help System and click Next.
  15. In the Review summary information page, click Update.
  16. When the update completes and you are informed that packages were installed successfully, click Finish to close the Update Packages windows.
  17. Close Installation Manager.

What to do next

Complete the tasks in the Post-upgrade checklist.

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