Installing Rational Quality Manager from download

This topic provides step-by-step instructions for installing Installation Manager, IBM® Rational® Quality Manager, and the Rational Quality Manager, Administration Client. The software can be installed from CD or as a software download.
Before installing Rational Quality Manager V1.0.1, you must back up your databases. See Updating to v1.0.1 (manual database migration) for instructions.
The download package consists of three zip files:
  • RQM_STD_EVL_1.0_Part1.zip
  • RQM_STD_EVL_1.0_Part2.zip
  • RQM_STD_EVL_1.0_Part3.zip

To install the Rational Quality Manager bundle on the Windows® or Linux® operating systems:

  1. Download and extract the three zip files into the same folder to reveal the RQM_SETUP, RQM, and RTC directories.
  2. Open the RQM_SETUP directory and execute launchpad.exe (on Windows) or launchpad.sh (on Linux) to start and install Installation Manager V1.2.
  3. Delete the existing repository in the Preferences section of the Installation Manager, and add the absolute path for RQM (c:\unzipped_directory\RQM\disk1) and RTC(c:\unzipped_directory\RTC) in the Preferences section of the Installation Manager to ensure a successful installation of Rational Quality Manager.
  4. Select a language for the installation and click OK.
  5. Click Install IBM Rational Quality Manager.

    This action opens the Install Packages page. If you are installing the product for the first time and Installation Manager is not already available, Installation Manager will be selected by default, along with IBM Rational Quality Manager.

  6. Click Next.
  7. Accept the license agreement, and click Next.
  8. Accept the default installation location for Installation Manager, and click Next. When installing in a WebSphere Application Server environment, remove the portion "Program Files" from the default location, or specify in install location of your choice.
  9. Accept Create a new package group for IBM Rational Quality Manager.
  10. Accept or modify the default installation directory.
    • In a Tomcat environment, you can accept the default location. Click Next.
    • To simplify setup in a WebSphere Application Server environment, you can modify the installation directory to a location that contains no spaces. For example, you can change C:\Program Files\IBM\RQM to C:\IBM\RQM.
    • Click Next.
      Note: If you install into a directory with a name that contains spaces, you will need to replace the space with %20 in any of your WebSphere Application Server and DB2 database configuration steps.
  11. To install additional languages, select one or more languages, and click Next.
  12. Accept the installation of Installation Manager and Rational Quality Manager and click Next.
  13. Click Install to begin the installation process.
  14. When the installation is completed, click Finish.
  15. Now, from the launchpad, click Install the RQM Administration Client.

    This action opens the Install Packages page.

    The RQM Administration Client is a bundled version of Rational Team Concert that is used for managing roles and permissions. The client is also used for configuring the ClearQuest® Connector.

  16. Repeat steps 5 through 9.
  17. Click Next to install Eclipse or select Extend an existing Eclipse to use a version of Eclipse that is already installed.
  18. Accept the installation of Rational Team Concert and click Next.
    Note: The Sametime 7.5.1 Integration Update Site is only required if you plan to integrate Sametime with Rational Team Concert. Refer to the documentation that comes with Rational Team Concert Further instructions are available in the topic "Connecting to a local Sametime or Notes application" help topic, either online or when running Rational Team Concert.
  19. Click Install to begin the installation process.
  20. When the installation completes, click Finish.
  21. In a Windows installation, verify that the Rational Quality Manager and Rational Team Concert items are available on the Windows start menu.

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