IBM Rational Business Developer Extension , Version 7.0

Installation guide

Version 7.0
Note

Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in Notices.

First Edition (April 2007)

This edition applies to version 7.0 of IBM Rational Business Developer Extension and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions.

Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2000, 2007. All rights reserved.
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Contents

Overview
IBM Installation Manager
Installation requirements
Software requirements
Hardware requirements
User privileges requirements
Planning to install
Installation scenarios for Rational Business Developer Extension
Verifying and extracting electronic images
Extracting the downloaded files
Preinstallation tasks
Installation task overviews
Installing Rational Business Developer Extension from the CD: task overview
Installing Rational Business Developer Extension from an electronic image on your workstation: task overview
Installing from an electronic image
Installing Rational Business Developer Extension from an electronic image on a shared drive: task overview
Installing Rational Business Developer Extension from a repository on a HTTP Web server: task overview
Placing Rational Business Developer Extension on an HTTP Web server: task overview
Installing from the launchpad program
Starting the launchpad program
Starting an installation from the launchpad program
Installing IBM Rational Business Developer Extension using the IBM Installation Manager graphical interface
Installing silently
Creating a response file
Running Installation Manager in silent installation mode
Searching for and silently installing all available products
Silently installing updates to all currently installed products
Response file commands
Silent installation preference commands
Silent installation commands
Reference: Sample response file
Silent install log files
Managing licenses
Licenses
License enablement
Importing a product activation kit
Enabling floating licenses
Viewing license information for installed packages
Starting Rational Business Developer Extension
Modifying installations
Updating Rational Business Developer Extension
Uninstalling Rational Business Developer Extension
Working with IBM Installation Manager
Installing IBM Installation Manager
Starting Installation Manager on Windows
Starting Installation Manager on Linux
Installation repositories
Setting repository preferences in Installation Manager
IBM Packaging Utility
Notices
Trademarks and service marks

Overview

This installation guide provides instructions for installing and uninstalling IBM® Rational® Business Developer Extension.

You can find the most recent version of this Installation Guide online at http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/v7/rad/70/docs/install_instruction/install.html.

Note:
Refer to http://www.ibm.com/software/rational/support/documentation/ for updated documentation and troubleshooting information.

IBM Installation Manager

IBM Installation Manager is a program that helps you install the Rational Business Developer Extension product package on your workstation. It also helps you update, modify, and uninstall this and other packages that you install. A package can be a product, a group of components, or a single component that is designed to be installed by Installation Manager.

Regardless of which installation scenario you follow to install Rational Business Developer Extension on your workstation, use Installation Manager to install your Rational package.

In most cases, it is assumed that Installation Manager is already installed on the computer where you are installing Rational Business Developer Extension, since Installation Manager is required to install prerequisite software.

Installation requirements

This section details hardware, software, and user privilege requirements that must be met in order to successfully install and run your software.

Software requirements

Before you can install the product, verify that your system meets the software requirements.

Software prerequisites

Before you install Rational Business Developer Extension, you must install one of the following software development applications on your computer:

For the installation requirements for these products, refer to the product's installation guide and release notes.

The following features of these software development applications must be installed as a prerequisite for Rational Business Developer Extension:

For complete instructions on installing the prerequisite product, refer to its Installation Guide.

If you are unsure of which features you installed, you can use IBM Installation Manager to check your selections:

  1. Start Installation Manager. For example, click StartProgramsIBM Installation ManagerIBM Installation Manager.
  2. Click FileView Installed Packages.
  3. In the Installed Packages window that opens, click the installed package that you want to inspect.
  4. The package's installed features are displayed in the Details pane.

IBM Installation Manager is required for installing Rational Business Developer Extension and it is installed when you install the prerequisite software development application.

Operating system

The following operating systems are supported for this product:

Other software requirements for Rational Business Developer Extension are the same as for the prerequisite software development product; refer to the release documentation (installation guide and release notes) for the prerequisite product for details.

Hardware requirements

Before you can install the product, verify that your system meets the minimum hardware requirements.

Hardware Requirements
Processor The requirements are the same as the host offering into which the extension is installed.
Memory The requirements are the same as the host offering into which the extension is installed.
Disk space

These requirements are in addition to the disk space requirements for the host offering into which the extension is installed.

Minimum: 150 MB of disk space is required for product package installation. Additional disk space is required for the resources that you develop.

Note:
  • Additional disk space is required if you download the product package to install this product.
  • For Windows. Additional disk space is required if you use FAT32 instead of NTFS.
  • For Windows. An additional 100 MB of disk space is required in the directory pointed to by your environment variable TEMP.
  • For Linux. An additional 100 MB of disk space is required in the /tmp directory.
Display The requirements are the same as the host offering into which the extension is installed.
Other hardware The requirements are the same as the host offering into which the extension is installed.

User privileges requirements

You must have a user ID that meets the following requirements before you can install Rational Business Developer Extension.

Planning to install

Read all the topics in this section before you begin to install any of the product features. Effective planning and an understanding of the key aspects of the installation process can help ensure a successful installation.

Installation scenarios for Rational Business Developer Extension

There are a number of scenarios that you can follow when installing Rational Business Developer Extension.

The following are some of the factors that might determine your installation scenario:

These are the typical installation scenarios you might follow:

Note that in the latter three scenarios you can choose to run the Installation Manager program in silent mode to install Rational Business Developer Extension. For details on running Installation Manager in silent mode, see Installing silently.

Note also that you can install updates at the same time that you install the base product package.

Installing from CDs

In this installation scenario, you have the CDs that contain the product package files, and typically you are installing Rational Business Developer Extension on your own workstation. Refer to Installing Rational Business Developer Extension from the CD: task overview for an overview of the steps.

Installing from a downloaded electronic image on your workstation

In this scenario, you have downloaded the installation files from IBM Passport Advantage® and you will install Rational Business Developer Extension on your own workstation. Refer to Installing Rational Business Developer Extension from an electronic image on your workstation: task overview for an overview of the steps.

Installing from an electronic image on a shared drive

In this scenario, you will place the electronic image on a shared drive so that users in your enterprise can access the installation files for Rational Business Developer Extension from a single location. Refer to Installing Rational Business Developer Extension from an electronic image on a shared drive: task overview for an overview of the steps.

Installing from a repository on an HTTP or HTTPS server

This scenario represents the fastest method for installing the product across a network. This scenario differs from the shared-drive installation in that, in order to place product package files for Rational Business Developer Extension on an HTTP Web server, you must use this utility application – IBM Packaging Utility. This utility is provided with the prerequisite host software development application installation files to copy the installation files in a format - a package - that can be used for installing Rational Business Developer Extension directly from a HTTP Web server. The directory on the HTTP Web server that contains the package is called a repository. Refer to Installing Rational Business Developer Extension from a repository on a HTTP Web server: task overview and Placing Rational Business Developer Extension on an HTTP Web server: task overview for an overview of the steps.

Verifying and extracting electronic images

You can compare the published MD5 values with the checksum of the downloaded files to check if the downloaded file is corrupt or incomplete.

Extracting the downloaded files

Extract each compressed file to the same directory.

Preinstallation tasks

Before you install the product, complete these steps:

  1. Confirm that your system meets the requirements described in the section Installation requirements.
  2. Confirm that your user ID meets the required access privileges for installing the product. See User privileges requirements.
  3. Read the section Planning to install.
  4. For Linux. If you want to enable the product to be used by users other than root, then you must set to 0022, the umask variable before you install the product. To set this variable, log in as root user, start a terminal session, and type umask 0022.

Installation task overviews

The following sections provide an overview of the installation scenarios that are described in the section Installation scenarios for Rational Business Developer Extension. You can access detailed instructions from links in the main steps.

Installing Rational Business Developer Extension from the CD: task overview

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The following are the general steps for installing from CDs:

  1. Complete the preinstallation steps listed in Preinstallation tasks.
  2. Insert the first installation CD into your CD drive.
  3. If autorun is enabled on your system, the Rational Business Developer Extension launchpad program automatically opens. If autorun is not enabled, start the launchpad program. Refer to Starting the launchpad program for details.
  4. Start the installation of Rational Business Developer Extension from the launchpad. For details, see Starting an installation from the launchpad program.

    Installation Manager starts and automatically begins the Install Packages wizard. (Installation Manager is installed when you installed the prerequisite host software development product.)

    Note:
    If you exit Installation Manager before completing the product installation, you must restart Installation Manager from the launchpad. If you start the Installation Manager directly, it is not preconfigured with the necessary installation repositories.
  5. Follow the on-screen instructions in the Install Packages wizard to complete the installation. For details, see Installing IBM Rational Business Developer Extension using the IBM Installation Manager graphical interface.
  6. Add the following directories to your system's PATH environment variable:
  7. Activate your permanent license. By default, a 60 day trial license is enabled when you first install Rational Business Developer Extension. You must use IBM Installation Manager to install your permanent license key and license agreement.

Installing Rational Business Developer Extension from an electronic image on your workstation: task overview

The following are the general steps for installing Rational Business Developer Extension from an electronic installation image.

  1. Ensure that your workstation has sufficient space to store both the files you must download from IBM Passport Advantage and the extracted installation image. Refer to Hardware requirements.
  2. Download all required parts for the product image from IBM Passport Advantage to a temporary directory.
  3. Extract the installation image from the downloaded file and verify that the installation image is complete. See Verifying and extracting electronic images for details.
  4. Continue with the steps in Installing from an electronic image below.

Installing from an electronic image

  1. Complete the preinstallation steps listed in Preinstallation tasks.
  2. Start the launchpad program. Refer to Starting the launchpad program for details.
  3. Start the installation of Rational Business Developer Extension from the Launchpad. For details, see Starting an installation from the launchpad program.

    Installation Manager starts and automatically begins the Install Packages wizard. (Installation Manager is installed when you installed the prerequisite host software development product.)

    Note:
    If you exit Installation Manager before completing the product installation, you must restart Installation Manager from the launchpad. If you start the Installation Manager directly, it is not preconfigured with the necessary installation repositories.
  4. Follow the on-screen instructions in the Install Packages wizard to complete the installation. For complete details, see Installing IBM Rational Business Developer Extension using the IBM Installation Manager graphical interface.
  5. Add the following directories to your system's PATH environment variable:
  6. Activate your permanent license. By default, a 60 day trial license is enabled when you first install Rational Business Developer Extension. You must use IBM Installation Manager to install your permanent license key and license agreement. For details, refer to Importing a product activation kit.

Installing Rational Business Developer Extension from an electronic image on a shared drive: task overview

In this scenario, you will place the electronic image on a shared drive so that users in your enterprise can access the installation files for Rational Business Developer Extension from a single location.

The following steps are performed by the person who places the installation image on a shared drive.

  1. Ensure that your shared drive has sufficient disk space to store both the files you must download from IBM Passport Advantage and the extracted installation image. Refer to Hardware requirements for details.
  2. Download all required parts for the product image from IBM Passport Advantage to a temporary directory on the shared drive.
  3. Extract the installation image from the downloaded files into an accessible directory on the shared drive and verify the installation image is complete. See Verifying and extracting electronic images for details.

To install Rational Business Developer Extension from the installation files on the shared drive:

  1. Change to the disk1 directory on the shared drive containing the installation image.
  2. Follow the steps in Installing from an electronic image.

Installing Rational Business Developer Extension from a repository on a HTTP Web server: task overview

In this scenario, the product packages are retrieved by IBM Installation Manager from an HTTP Web server.

These steps assume the repository containing the package for Rational Business Developer Extension has been created on the HTTP Web server.

To install the Rational Business Developer Extension package from a repository on an HTTP server:

  1. Complete the preinstallation steps listed in Preinstallation tasks.
  2. Install IBM Installation Manager. Refer to Working with IBM Installation Manager. In this scenario, for example, the Installation Manager installation files are available from a shared drive.
  3. Start Installation Manager. Refer to Starting Installation Manager on Windows for details.
  4. Set the URL of the repository containing the package of Rational Business Developer Extension as a repository preference in Installation Manager. See Setting repository preferences in Installation Manager.
  5. Start the Install Packages wizard in Installation Manager and follow the on-screen instructions in the Install Packages wizard to complete the installation. For complete details, see Installing IBM Rational Business Developer Extension using the IBM Installation Manager graphical interface.
  6. Add the following directories to your system's PATH environment variable:

Placing Rational Business Developer Extension on an HTTP Web server: task overview

This task requires IBM Packaging Utility must be ins

To prepare Rational Business Developer Extension for installation from a repository located on an HTTP Web server:

  1. Ensure that your HTTP or HTTPS Web server has sufficient disk space to store the product package. Refer to Hardware requirements.
  2. Ensure that your workstation has sufficient disk space to store both the files you must download from IBM Passport Advantage and the extracted installation image. Refer to Hardware requirements
  3. Download all required parts for the product image from IBM Passport Advantage to a temporary directory on your workstation.
  4. Extract the installation image from the downloaded files into another temporary directory on your workstation and verify that the installation image is complete. See Verifying and extracting electronic images for details.
  5. Install on your workstation the IBM Packaging Utility appropriate for your platform. The installation files for IBM Packaging Utility are included with the installation files for your prerequisite host software development application. (If you purchased Rational Business Developer, then IBM Packaging Utility installation files are included on the Auxiliary disks.) For information on installing IBM Packaging Utility, see the Installation Guide for your prerequisite host software. For example, see the installation guide for Rational Application Developer.
  6. Using the Packaging Utility, copy the Rational Business Developer Extension product package. For instructions, see the Packaging Utility online help.
  7. Copy the output of the Packaging Utility to an HTTP or HTTPS Web Server.
  8. Copy the installation files for IBM Installation Manager to a shared drive. The installation files for Installation Manager are included with the installation files for your prerequisite host software. (If you purchased Rational Business Developer, then the installation files for Installation Manager are included on the Auxiliary disks.)
  9. Instruct users in your organization to install Installation Manager.
  10. Provide users the URL for the repository that contains the Rational Business Developer Extension product package you created earlier.

Installing from the launchpad program

The launchpad program provides you with a single location to view release information and start the installation process.

Use the launchpad program to start the installation of Rational Business Developer Extension in the following cases:

By starting the installation process from the launchpad program, IBM Installation Manager starts pre-configured with the location of the repository that contains the Rational Business Developer Extension package. If you install and start Installation Manager directly, then you must set repository preferences manually.

To install from the launchpad:

  1. Complete the preinstallation tasks described in Preinstallation tasks, if you have not done so already.
  2. Start the launchpad program. See Starting the launchpad program.
  3. Start the installation of Rational Business Developer Extension. See Starting an installation from the launchpad program.

Follow the on-screen instructions in the Install Packages wizard to complete the installation. For complete details, see Installing IBM Rational Business Developer Extension using the IBM Installation Manager graphical interface.

Starting the launchpad program

Complete the preinstallation tasks described in Preinstallation tasks, if you have not done so already.

If you are installing from a CD and autorun is enabled on your workstation, then the Rational Business Developer Extension launchpad starts automatically when you insert the first installation disc into your CD drive. If you are installing from an electronic image, or if autorun is not configured on your workstation, then you must start the launchpad program manually.

To start the launchpad program:

  1. Insert the IBM Rational Business Developer Extension CD into your CD drive.
  2. If autorun is enabled on your system, the IBM Rational Business Developer Extension launchpad program automatically opens. If autorun is not enabled on your system:

Starting an installation from the launchpad program

  1. Start the launchpad program.
  2. If you have not done so already, read the release information by clicking Release notes.
  3. When you are ready to begin the installation, click Install .
  4. A message window opens to inform you whether the program IBM Installation Manager is detected on your workstation.
  5. Follow the on-screen instructions in the Install Packages wizard to complete the installation. For complete details, see Installing IBM Rational Business Developer Extension using the IBM Installation Manager graphical interface

Installing IBM Rational Business Developer Extension using the IBM Installation Manager graphical interface

The following steps describe installing the Rational Business Developer Extension package into a package group (installation directory) containing one of the prerequisite software development applications using the Installation Manager GUI.

Depending on the installation scenario that you are following, the Installation Manager Install Packages wizard might start automatically. (For example, if you are installing from CDs). In other scenarios, you will need to start the wizard.

  1. If the Installation Manager Install Packages wizard did not start automatically, then start it:
    1. Start Installation Manager.
    2. From the Start page, click Install Packages.
      Note:
      If a new version of Installation Manager is found, you are prompted to confirm that you want to install it before you can continue. Click OK to proceed. Installation Manager automatically installs the new version, stops, restarts, and resumes.
      When Installation Manager starts, it searches its defined repositories for available packages.
  2. The Install page of Install Packages wizard lists all the packages found in the repositories that Installation Manager searched. If two versions of a package are discovered, only the most recent, or recommended, version of the package is displayed.
  3. Click the IBM Rational Business Developer Extension package to display its description in the Details pane.
  4. To search for updates to the IBM Rational Business Developer Extension package, click Check for updates.
    Note:
    For Installation Manager to search the predefined IBM update repository for Rational Business Developer Extension, the preference Search the linked repositories during installation and updates on the Repositories preference page must be selected. This preference is selected by default. Internet access is also required.
    Installation Manager searches for updates in the IBM update repository for Rational Business Developer Extension. It also searches any repository locations that you have set. A progress indicator shows the search is taking place. You can install updates at the same time that you install the base product package.
  5. If updates for the IBM Rational Business Developer Extension package are found, then they are displayed in the Installation Packages list on the Install Packages page. Only recommended updates are displayed by default.
  6. Select the IBM Rational Business Developer Extension package and any updates that you want to install. Updates that have dependencies are automatically selected and cleared together. Click Next to continue. To display the package's description under Details, click on the package name. To view the release notes and installation guide, click the More info link and click the appropriate link in the browser window that opens.
  7. On the Licenses page, read the license agreement for Rational Business Developer Extension.
    1. If you agree to the terms of all of the license agreements, click I accept the terms of the license agreements.
    2. Click Next to continue.
  8. On the Location page, click the name of the package group where you installed the prerequisite software development product (such as Rational Application Developer). Click Next to continue.
    Note:
    The language selections for Rational Business Developer Extension user interface and documentation are the same
  9. On the Features page, click Next. Note that the one feature for IBM Rational Business Developer Extension cannot be cleared.
  10. On the Summary page, review your choices before installing the IBM Rational Business Developer Extension package. If you want to change the choices that you made on previous pages, click Back and make your changes. When you are satisfied with your installation choices, click Install to install the package.
    Note:
    The languages displayed under Environment on the Summary page are determined by the package group. To change the language selections for the package group, run the Modify Packages wizard in Installation Manager. Refer to Modifying installations for details.
  11. When the installation process is complete, a message confirms the success of the process.
    1. Click View log file to open the installation log file for the current session in a new window. You must close the Installation Log window to continue.
    2. In the Install Package wizard, select whether you want IBM Rational Business Developer Extension to start when you exit.
    3. Click Finish to launch the selected package. The Install Package wizard closes and you are returned to the Start page of Installation Manager.

Installing silently

You can install the Rational Business Developer Extension product package by running Installation Manager in silent installation mode. When you run Installation Manager in silent mode, the user interface is not available; instead, Installation Manager uses a response file to input the commands that are required to install the product package.

Running Installation Manager in silent mode is helpful because it enables you to use a batch process to install, update, modify and uninstall product packages through scripts.

Note that you must install Installation Manager before you can silently install the Rational Business Developer Extension package. Refer to Working with IBM Installation Manager for details on installing Installation Manager.

There are two main tasks required for silent installation:

  1. Create the response file.
  2. Run Installation Manager in silent installation mode.

Creating a response file

You can create a response file by recording your actions as you install a Rational Business Developer Extension product package using Installation Manager. When you record a response file, all of the selections that you make in the Installation Manager GUI are stored in an XML file. When you run Installation Manager in silent mode, Installation Manager uses the XML response file to locate the repository that contains the package, select the features to install, and so on.

To record a response file for installation (or uninstallation):

  1. On a command line, change to the eclipse subdirectory in the directory where you installed Installation Manager. For example:
  2. On a command line, type the following command to start the installation manager, substituting your own file name and location for the response file and (optionally) the log file:
    Note:
    Ensure the file paths you enter exist; Installation Manager will not create directories for the response file and the log file.
  3. Follow the on-screen instructions in the Install Packages wizard to make your installation choices, stopping when you reach the Summary page. For details, see Installing IBM Rational Business Developer Extension using the IBM Installation Manager graphical interface.
  4. Click Install, and then when the installation process begins click Cancel.
  5. Click Finish, then close Installation Manager.

An XML response file is created and resides in the location specified in the command.

Running Installation Manager in silent installation mode

You can run Installation Manager in silent installation mode from a command line.

Refer to the Installation Manager online help for additional documentation on how to run it in silent mode. (For example, silently installing from a repository that requires authentication (user ID and password).

You run Installation Manager in silent mode appending the -silent argument to the Installation Manager start command launcher.bat (Windows) .

The following table describes the arguments used with the silent installation command:

Argument Description
-input <response file path and name>
Specifies an XML response file as the input to Installation Manager. A response file contains commands that Installation Manager runs.
-log <log file path and name>
(Optional) Specifies a log file that records the result of the silent installation. The log file is an XML file.

To run Installation Manager in silent installation mode:

  1. On a command line, change to the eclipse subdirectory in the directory where you installed Installation Manager. For example:
  2. Enter and run the following command, substituting your own locations for the response file and, optionally, the log file:

Installation Manager runs in silent installation mode; it reads the response file and writes a log file to the directory you specified. While you must have a response file when running in silent installation mode, log files are optional. The result of this execution should be a status of 0 on success and non-zero number on failure.

Searching for and silently installing all available products

You can silently search for and install updates for all available products.

To search for and silently install all available products:

  1. On a command line, change to the eclipse subdirectory in the directory where you installed Installation Manager.
  2. Enter and run the following command, substituting your own locations for the response file and, optionally, the log file:

All available products known to Installation Manager are installed.

Silently installing updates to all currently installed products

You can silently search for and install updates for all currently installed products.

To search for and silently install updates for all available products:

  1. On a command line, change to the eclipse subdirectory in the directory where you installed Installation Manager.
  2. Enter and run the following command, substituting your own locations for the response file and, optionally, the log file:

All available product updates known to Installation Manager are installed.

Response file commands

If you want to use the silent installation capabilities of Installation Manager, you need to create a response file that contains all of the commands that Installation Manager must run. The recommended way to do this is to create a response file by recording your actions as you install the IBM Rational Business Developer Extension package. However, you can create or edit a response file manually.

There are two categories of commands for the response file:

Silent installation preference commands

While you typically specify preferences using the Preferences window, you can also specify preferences (identified as keys) in a response file for use during a silent installation.

Note:
You can specify more than one preference in a response file.

When you define preferences in a response file, your XML code will look similar to the following example:

<preference>
	name = "the key of the preference"
	value = "the value of the preference to be set" 
</preferences>

Use the following table to identify keys and their associated values for silent installation preferences:

Key Value Notes®
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.logLocation Specifies the location of Installation Manager log file. Important: This key is optional and is designed for testing and debugging. If you do not specify a location for the log file, both silent installation and the GUI version of Installation Manager will use the same location.
com.ibm.cic.license.policy.location Specifies a URL that defines where the remote license policy file resides.
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.http.proxyEnabled True or False False is the default value.
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.http.proxyHost Host name or IP address
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.http.proxyPort Port number
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.http.proxyUseSocks True or False False is the default value.
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.SOCKS.proxyHost Host name or IP address
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.SOCKS.proxyPort Port number
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.ftp.proxyEnabled True or False False is the default value.
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.ftp.proxyHost Host name or IP address
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.ftp.proxyPort Port number
com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.eclipseCache Common component directory

Silent installation commands

You can use this reference table to learn more about response file commands for use during a silent installation.

Response file commands Description

Profile

<profile 
id="the profile (package group) id" 
installLocation="the install location of
 the profile">
<data key="key1" value="value1"/>
<data key="key2" value="value2"/>

</profile>
Use this command to create a package group (or installation location). If the specified package group already exists, then the command has no effect. Currently, when creating the profile, the silent installation will also create two installation contexts; one for Eclipse and one for native. A profile is an installation location.

You can use the <data> element for setting profile properties.

The following list contains the keys currently supported keys and related values:

  • The eclipseLocation key specifies an existing Eclipse location value, such as c:\myeclipse\eclipse.
  • The cic.selector.nl key specifies the Natural Language (NL) locale selections, such as zh, ja, and en.
Note:
Separate multiple NL values with commas.

The following list contains the currently supported language codes:

  • English (en)
  • French (fr)
  • Italian (it)
  • Simplified Chinese (zh)
  • Russian (ru)
  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) (zh_TW)
  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong) (zh_HK)
  • German (de)
  • Japanese (ja)
  • Polish (pl)
  • Spanish (es)
  • Czech (cs)
  • Hungarian (hu)
  • Korean (ko)
  • Portuguese (pt_BR)

Repositories

<server>
<repository location="http://example/
repository/">
<repository location="file:/C:/
repository/">
<!—add more repositories below-->
<...>
      </server>
Use this command to specify the repositories used during a silent installation. Use a URL or UNC path to specify remote repositories; use directory paths to specify local repositories.

Install

<install>
<offering profile= "profile id" 
features= "feature ids" 
id= "offering id" version= "offering 
version"></offering>

<!—add more offerings below>
<...>

</install>
Use this command to specify the installation packages that will be installed.

The profile ID must match an existing profile or a profile created by the set profile command.

Feature IDs can be optionally specified by a comma-delimited list, such as "feature1, feature2" and so on. If no feature IDs are specified, all the default features in the specified offering will be installed.

Note:
Required features will be included for installation, even if they are not explicitly specified in the comma-delimited list.

<install modify="true"> or <uninstall modify="true"> (optional attribute)

<uninstall modify="true">
<offering profile="profileID"
 id="Id" version="Version" 
features="-"/>
</uninstall>

Use the <install modify="true"> attribute on install and uninstall commands to indicate that you want to modify an existing install. If the attribute is not set to true, the value defaults to false. If the intent of the modify operation is only to install additional language packs, then a hyphen "-" should be used in the offering feature id list to indicate no new features are being added.

Important:
You must specify "modify=true" and a hyphen "-" feature list as specified in the example; otherwise, the install command will install the offering's default features and the uninstall command will remove all the features.

Uninstall

<uninstall>
<offering profile= "profile id" 
features= "feature ids" 
id= "offering id" version= "offering 
version"></offering>

<!—add more offerings below>
<...>

</uninstall>
Use this command to specify the packages that will be uninstalled.

The profile ID must match an existing profile or a profile specified in a profile command. Further, if there are no feature IDs specified, all the features in the specified offering will be uninstalled; if there are no offering IDs specified, all the installed offerings in the specified profile will be uninstalled.

Rollback

<rollback>
<offering profile= "profile id"
 id= "offering id" 
version= "offering version">
</offering>

<!—add more offerings below
<...>

</rollback>
Use this command to roll back to the specified offerings from the version currently installed on the specified profile. You cannot specify features in a roll back command.

InstallAll

<installALL/>
Note:
This command is equivalent to using
–silent –installAll 
.
Use this command to silently search for and install all available packages.

UpdateAll

<updateALL/>
Note:
This command is equivalent to using
–silent –updateAll 
.
Use this command to silently search for and update all available packages.

License

<license policyFile="policy file
 location"/>

For example:

<license policyFile="c:\mylicense.opt"/> 
Use this command to generate a response file containing a license command by starting the license wizard after starting Installation Manager in record mode.

During record mode, if you set flex options through the license management wizard, the options you set will be recorded in a license policy file named "license.opt" in the same directory as the generated response file; the response file will contain a license command that references the policy file.

Wizard

<launcher -mode wizard -input 
< response file >
Use this command to start Installation Manager in UI mode. The UI mode starts Installation Manager in either the install wizard or the uninstall wizard. However, in this case, the response file can only contain preference commands and install commands or preference command and uninstall commands; you can not mix install and uninstall commands in the same response file when you run Installation Manager in UI mode.

Reference: Sample response file

You can use an XML-based response file to specify predefined information such as silent installation preferences, repository locations, installation profiles, and so on. Response files are beneficial for teams and companies that want to install installation packages silently and to standardize the locations and preferences for installation packages.

Sample response file
<agent-input >

<!-- add preferences -->
<preference name="com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences. http.proxyEnabled" 
value="c:/temp"/>

<!-- create the profile if it doesn't exist yet -->
<profile id="my_profile" installLocation="c:/temp/my_profile"></profile>

<server>
<repository location= 
"http://a.site.com/local/products/sample/20060615_1542/repository/"></repository>
/server>

<install>
	<offering profile= "my_profile" features= "core" id= "ies" 
version= "3.2.0.20060615">
	</offering>
/install>

</agent-input>

Silent install log files

You can use silent install log files to examine the results of a silent installation session.

The silent installation functionality creates an XML-based log file that records the result of the silent install execution (as long as a log file path is specified using –log <your log file path>.xml). If your silent installation session is successful, the log file will contain just the root element of <result> </result>. However, if errors occur during the installation, the silent install log file will contain error elements with messages such as:

<result>
	<error> Cannot find profile: profile id</error>
	<error> some other errors</error>
</result>

For detailed analysis, you can look at the logs generated in the Installation Manager data area. By using a preference command, you can optionally set the data area to your preferred location, as shown in the response file topic.

Managing licenses

After you install Rational Business Developer Extension, you must enable the license; by default, only a trial license is enable for Rational Business Developer Extension until you enable a license. You can manage the licenses for products that you installed using Installation Manager using the Manage Licenses wizard and associated Preferences pages. The Manage Licenses wizard displays license type and license expiration information for each of your installed packages.

Use the Manage Licenses wizard to import your permanent license key from your product activation kits. Or, use the wizard to enable floating license support.

For more information on managing licenses for your Rational product, see:

For information about installing IBM Rational License Server v7.0.0.1 and installation prerequisites, see the IBM Rational License Management Guide at http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/v7/rcl/7001/docs/install_instruction/license_admin.pdf. To get the latest release notes for the License Server v7.0.0.1, see http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/v7/rcl/7001/docs/readme/readme.html.

Licenses

You can enable different types of licenses for the product.

Authorized User License

An IBM Rational Authorized User license permits a single, specific individual to use a Rational software product. Purchasers must obtain an Authorized User license for each individual user who accesses the product in any manner. An Authorized User license cannot be reassigned unless the purchaser replaces the original assignee on a long-term or permanent basis.

For example, if you purchase one Authorized User license, you can assign that license to one specific individual, who can then use the Rational software product. The Authorized User license does not entitle a second person to use that product at any time, even if the licensed individual is not actively using it.

Floating license

An IBM Rational Floating license is a license for a single software product that can be shared among multiple team members; however, the total number of concurrent users cannot exceed the number of floating licenses you purchase. For example, if you purchase one floating license for a Rational software product, then any user in your organization may use the product at any given time. Another person who wants to access the product must wait until the current user logs off.

To use floating licenses, you must obtain floating license keys and install them on a Rational License Server. The server responds to end-user requests for access to the license keys; it will grant access to the number of concurrent users that matches the number of licenses the organization purchased.

License enablement

You have options on how to enable licensing for your product.

Licenses for Rational Business Developer Extension (or Rational Business Developer) are enabled in two ways:

Activation kits

Product activation kits contain the permanent license key for your product. You import the activation kit to your product by using IBM Installation Manager.

Rational Common Licensing

You can obtain floating license keys, install Rational License Server, and enable Rational Common Licensing for your product. Rational Common Licensing provides the following benefits:

Importing a product activation kit

If you purchased a licensed copy of Rational Business Developer Extension or Rational Business Developer, then the license key for the package is found on the Activation Kit CD (or electronic image, if you downloaded the product from Passport Advantage), which is included with the licensed product. If you downloaded your product from Passport Advantage and either did not download the Activation Kit or deleted it before importing the license key, you must download the Activation Kit again.

To import an activation kit and enable the license key:

  1. Start IBM Installation Manager.
  2. On the main page, click Manage Licenses.
  3. On the Install Packages page, select a package and click Import Activation Kit.
  4. Click Next. Details for the selected package are shown, including the current license kind and the product version range of the license.
  5. Insert the Activation Kit CD into your drive, or browse to the path of the download location for the kit; then select the Java™ archive (JAR) file on the kit (there is only one file) and click Open.
  6. Click Next. The Summary page displays the target install directory for the activation kit, the product the new license applies to, and version information.
  7. Click Finish.

The product activation kit with its permanent license key is imported to the product. The Manage Licenses wizard indicates whether the import is successful.

Enabling floating licenses

If your team environment supports Floating license enforcement, you can enable Floating licenses for your product and configure a connection to obtain access to floating license keys.

Before enabling Floating license enforcement, you must obtain the license server connection information from your administrator. For details on license server, license key, and Rational Common Licensing administration, see the License Management Guide.

To enable floating licenses as the license type for specified packages and configure license server connections:

  1. Start IBM Installation Manager.
  2. Click FileOpenManage Licenses.
  3. On the Install Packages page, select a version of a package, click Configure license servers, and click Next.
  4. Click Next.
  5. Click the Enable Floating license enforcement button.
  6. Configure one or more license server connections.
    1. Click an empty field in the Servers table or click the Add button.
    2. If your administrator provided you with information for a redundant server environment, click the Redundant Server button. Fields for the primary, secondary, and tertiary server names and ports appear.
    3. Enter the host name of the license server in the Name field.
    4. (Optional) Enter a value in the Port field for environments where a firewall is used. Do not assign a value to this port unless your administrator instructs you to do so.
    5. For redundant server environments, enter the names and ports (if required) for the secondary and tertiary servers.
    6. (Optional) You can click the Test Connection button to confirm that the connection information is correct and that the server is available.
    7. Click OK.
  7. Click Next.
  8. (Optional) Configure the license usage order for your shell shared or custom packages. The order of licenses in the list determines the order in which your package attempts to obtain access to license keys for a given licensed package.
  9. Click Finish.

The Manage Licenses wizard indicates whether the floating licenses configuration is successful.

When you open the enabled product next, a connection is created to the license server to obtain a license key from the pool of available floating license keys.

Viewing license information for installed packages

You can review license information for your installed packages, including license types and expiration dates, from IBM Installation Manager.

To view license information:

  1. Start IBM Installation Manager.
  2. On the main page, click Manage Licenses.

The package vendor, current license types, and expiration dates are displayed for each installed package.

Starting Rational Business Developer Extension

You can start Rational Business Developer Extension from the desktop environment or a command-line interface.

For Windows Click StartPrograms<package group name>IBM Rational Business Developer ExtensionIBM Rational Business Developer Extension. For example, click StartProgramsIBM Software Development PlatformIBM Rational Business Developer ExtensionIBM Rational Business Developer Extension

To start Rational Business Developer Extension from a command-line:

Modifying installations

The Modify Packages wizard in the IBM Installation Manager enables you to change the language and feature selections of an installed product package.

By default, Internet access is required unless the repository preferences points to a local update site. See the Installation Manager help for more information.

Note:
Close all programs that were installed using Installation Manager before modifying.

To modify an installed product package:

  1. From the Start page of the Installation Manager, click the Modify Packages icon.
  2. In the Modify Packages wizard, select the installation location for the Rational Business Developer Extension product package and click Next.
  3. On the Modify page, under Languages, select the languages for the package group, then click Next. The corresponding national language translations for the user interface and documentation for the packages will be installed. Note that your choices apply to all packages installed under this package group.
  4. On the Summary page, review your choices before modifying the installation package, and then click Modify.
  5. Optional: When the modification process completes, click View Log File to see the complete log.

Updating Rational Business Developer Extension

You can install updates for packages that were installed with IBM Installation Manager.

By default, Internet access is required unless your repository preferences points to your local update site.

Each installed package has the location embedded for its default IBM update repository. For Installation Manager to search the IBM update repository locations for the installed packages, the preference Search the linked repositories during installation and updates on the Repositories preference page must be selected. This preference is selected by default.

See the Installation Manager help for more information.

Note:
Close all programs that were installed using Installation Manager before updating.

To find and install product package updates:

  1. From the Start page of the Installation Manager, click Update Packages.
  2. If a new version of Installation Manager is found, you are prompted to confirm that you want to install it before you can continue. Click OK to proceed. Installation Manager automatically installs the new version, stops, restarts, and resumes.
  3. In the Update Packages wizard, select the location of the package group where the Rational Business Developer Extension product package you want to update is installed or select the Update All check box, and then click Next. Installation Manager searches for updates in its repositories and the predefined update sites for Rational Business Developer Extension. A progress indicator shows the search is taking place.
  4. If updates for a package are found, then they are displayed in the Updates list on the Update Packages page below their corresponding package. Only recommended updates are displayed by default. Click Show all to display all updates found for the available packages.
    1. To learn more about an update, click the update and review its description under Details.
    2. If additional information about the update is available, a More info link will be included at the end of the description text. Click the link to display the information in a browser. Review this information before installing the update.
  5. Select the updates that you want to install or click Select Recommended to restore the default selections. Updates that have a dependency relationship are automatically selected and cleared together.
  6. Click Next to continue.
  7. On the Licenses page, read the license agreements for the selected updates. On the left side of the License page, the list of licenses for the updates you selected is displayed; click each item to display the license agreement text.
    1. If you agree to the terms of all the license agreements, click I accept the terms of the license agreements.
    2. Click Next to continue.
  8. On the Summary page, review your choices before installing the updates.
    1. If you want to change the choices you made on previous pages, click Back, and make your changes.
    2. When you are satisfied, click Update to download and install the updates. A progress indicator shows the percentage of the installation completed.
    Note:
    During the update process, Installation Manager might prompt you for the location of the repository for the base version of the package. If you installed the product from CDs or other media, they must be available when you use the update feature.
  9. Optional: When the update process completes, a message that confirms the success of the process is displayed near the top of the page. Click View log file to open the log file for the current session in a new window. You must close the Installation Log window to continue.
  10. Click Finish to close the wizard.

Uninstalling Rational Business Developer Extension

The Uninstall Packages option in the Installation Manager enables you to uninstall packages from a single installation location. You can also uninstall all the installed packages from every installation location.

To uninstall the packages, you must log in to the system using the same user account that you used to install the product packages.

To uninstall the packages:

  1. Close the programs that you installed using Installation Manager.
  2. On the Start page click the Uninstall Packages icon.
  3. In the Uninstall Packages page, select the Rational Business Developer Extension product package that you want to uninstall. Click Next.
  4. In the Summary page, review the list of packages that will be uninstalled and then click Uninstall. The Complete page is displayed after the uninstallation finishes.
  5. Click Finish to exit the wizard.

Working with IBM Installation Manager

This section deals with some common tasks relating to IBM Installation Manager. For more information, see the Installation Manager online help.

Installing IBM Installation Manager

When you installed your prerequisite host software application, you first installed IBM Installation Manager. For instructions on installing Installation Manager, refer to the Installation Guide for your host software application. (For example, see the Installation Guide for Rational Application Developer.

Starting Installation Manager on Windows

IBM Installation Manager should be started from the launchpad program. Doing so starts Installation Manager with a configured repository preference and selected Rational Business Developer Extension packages. If you start Installation Manager directly, then you must set a repository preference and choose product packages manually.

To start Installation Manager manually:

  1. Open the Start menu from the Taskbar.
  2. Select All ProgramsIBM Installation ManagerIBM Installation Manager.

Starting Installation Manager on Linux

IBM Installation Manager should be started from the launchpad program. Doing so starts the Installation Manager with a configured repository preference and selected Rational Business Developer Extension packages. If you start Installation Manager directly, then you must set repository preference and choose product packages manually.

To start Installation Manager manually:

  1. Open a terminal window with root user privileges.
  2. Run /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/launcher_shortcut.

Installation repositories

IBM Installation Manager retrieves product packages from specified repository locations.

If the launchpad is used to start Installation Manager, the repository information is passed to Installation Manager. If the Installation Manager is started directly, you must specify an installation repository that contains the product packages that you want to install. See Setting repository preferences in Installation Manager.

Some organizations bundle and host their own product packages on their intranet. For information about this type of installation scenario, see Installing from a repository on an HTTP or HTTPS server. Your system administrators will need to provide you with the correct URL.

By default, IBM Installation Manager uses an embedded URL in each Rational software development product to connect to a repository server over the Internet. Installation Manager then searches for the product packages as well as new features.

Setting repository preferences in Installation Manager

When you start the installation of Rational Business Developer Extension from the launchpad program, the location of the repository that contains the product package you are installing is automatically defined in IBM Installation Manager when it starts. However, if you start Installation Manager directly (for example, installing Rational Business Developer Extension from a repository located on a Web server) then you must specify the repository preference (the URL for the directory that contains the product package) in Installation Manager before you can install the product package. Specify these repository locations on the Repositories page of the Preferences window. By default, Installation Manager uses an embedded URL in each Rational software development product to connect to a repository server through the Internet and search for installable packages and new features. Your organization may require you to redirect the repository to use intranet sites.

Note:
Before starting the installation process, be sure to obtain the installation package repository URL from your administrator.

To add, edit, or remove a repository location in Installation Manager:

  1. Start Installation Manager.
  2. On the Start page of Installation Manager, click File Preferences, and then click Repositories. The Repositories page opens, showing any available repositories, their locations, and whether they are accessible.
  3. On the Repositories page, click Add Repository.
  4. In the Add repository window, type the URL of the repository location or browse to it and set a file path.
  5. Click OK. If you provided a HTTPS repository location, then you will be prompted to enter a user ID and password. The new or changed repository location is listed. If the repository is not accessible, a red x is displayed in the Accessible column.
  6. Click OK to exit.

Note:
For Installation Manager to search the default repository locations for the installed packages, ensure the preference Search the linked repositories during installation and updates on the Repositories preference page is selected. This preference is selected by default.

IBM Packaging Utility

Use IBM Packaging Utility software to copy product packages to a repository that can be placed on a Web server available over HTTP or HTTPS.

The installation files for IBM Packaging Utility are included with the installation files for your prerequisite host software development application. (If you purchased Rational Business Developer, then IBM Packaging Utility installation files are included on the Auxiliary disks.) For information on installing IBM Packaging Utility, see the Installation Guide for your prerequisite host software. For example, see the installation guide for Rational Application Developer.

Use this utility to perform the following tasks:

Refer to the online help for Packaging Utility for full instructions using the tool.

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