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titleInstalling Rational Software Architect Designer with the Installation Manager GUI.

2.5 Installing Rational Software Architect Designer with the Installation Manager GUI

  1. Depending on your operating system and your user ID, complete one of the following steps:
    - 1.1 If you are installing with administrator or root privileges:
    For Windows and Linux : Start the Launchpad application: : Run RSA_SETUP\launchpad.exe.
    - 1.2 If you are not installing with administrator or root privileges:
    a) Change to the directory where you extracted the disk images.
    b) Run the following command for your operating system:
    For Windows: Run RSA_SETUP\InstallerImage_win32_win32_x86\userinst.exe.
    IBM Installation Manager starts.

  2. On the first page of the Install Packages wizard, ensure that you select IBM Rational Software Architect Designer. If you do not already have IBM Installation Manager, Version 1.6.3.1, or later installed, then it is also selected.

  3. You can optionally select to install any of the following supporting software:
    - IBM WebSphere® Application Server Liberty for Developers
    - IBM WebSphere Software Development Kit Java™ Technology Edition for Liberty
    - IBM WebSphere Application Server for Developers
    - IBM WebSphere Application Server Test Environment
    - IBM Rational Desktop Connection Toolkit for Cloud Environments
    If you choose to not install any of these software items at this time, you can install them later.

  4. You can install updates at the same time that you install the base product package. To search for updates to the packages, click Check for Other Versions and Extensions. Installation Manager searches for updates at the predefined IBM update repository for the product package. It also searches any repository locations that you set.

  5. To learn more about the packages that you can install, click the package name. A description of the package is displayed in the Details pane. If additional information about the package is available, a More info link is included at the end of the description text. Click the link to display the additional information in a browser.

  6. Click Next.

  7. On the Licenses page, read and accept the license agreements for the selected packages.
    - On the left-hand side of the License page, click each package version to display its license
    agreement.
    - If you agree to the terms of all of the license agreements, click I accept the terms of the license
    agreements. Click Next to continue.

  8. If Installation Manager is not already installed, then specify the Shared Resources directory and the Installation Manager directory.
    - Type the path for the Shared Resources Directory, or accept the default path.
    The Shared Resources Directory contains resources that can be shared by one or more package
    groups.

Use your disk with the most available space for to help ensure adequate space for the shared resources of future packages. You cannot change the shared resources directory location unless you uninstall all packages.

- In the Installation Manager Directory field, type the path for the directory where you want to
install Installation Manager or accept the default path. Click Next.

9. On the Location page:
- The software is installed into one or more package groups, depending on the items that you
chose to install. Each package group has an installation directory for the software in the package
group. You can accept the default locations or specify the installation location.
To specify the
installation location, click Click the package group and then type the path for the
installation directory
for the package group. (If you are installing on Linux, ensure that you do not
include any spaces
in the directory path.) The name for the package group is created automatically.
Depending on
the software that you selected to install, the following package groups are created:

Package group name

Products in the package group (if selected for installation)

IBM Software Delivery Platform

  • Rational Software Architect Designer

  • IBM Rational Desktop Connection Toolkit for Cloud Environments

  • IBM WebSphere Application Server Test Environment

WebSphere Application Server

IBM WebSphere Application Server for Developers

WebSphere Liberty

  • IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty for Developers

  • IBM WebSphere Software Development Kit Java Technology Edition for Liberty


- If you operating system is 64-bit, then select 64-bit or 32-bit to install the product in the
corresponding bit mode. Click Next.

10. On the Features page under Languages, select the languages for the package group. The
corresponding national language translations for the user interface and documentation for the
product package will be installed.

11. On the next Features page, select the package features that you want to install.
a) - Optional: To see the dependency relationships between features, select Show Dependencies.
b) - Optional: Click a feature to view its brief description under Details.
c) 11.1 Select or clear features in the packages. Installation Manager automatically enforces any
dependencies with other features and displays updated download size and disk space
requirements for the installation.
d) 11.2 When you are finished selecting features, Click Next to continue.

12. On the help system configuration page, select one of the following options and then Click Next:
- Access help from the Web
- Download help and access content locally
- Access help from a server on your intranet

13. If you are installing WebSphere Application Server Test Environment extension: The
Configuration of the WebSphere Application Server page opens. Perform the following steps:
- In the left column under the version of WebSphere Application Server Test Environment extension,
Click Configuring the WebSphere Application Server.
- Either leave the default selection Create a profile to create a profile for the application server test
environment or clear it if you want to create the profile later. You can create a profile using the
workbench: Click Window > Preference > Server > WebSphere Application Server.

If you are the root user and are installing for a non-root user, then do not create a profile at this time, and then request that the non-root user create the profile later in the workbench.

- If you selected to create a profile in the previous step, then do the following things:
a) Type a profile name and profile path in the corresponding fields or accept the default entries.

If you are installing as a non-Admin user on Windows, then you might see a message that the profile path exceeded the maximum length of 80 characters. If this error occurs, type a shorter profile path. For example, type user.home/IBM/profiles/was70profile1 instead of user.home/IBM/SDP/runtimes/base_v70/profiles/was70profile1.

b) By default, the option Enable administrative security on the profile is selected. Clear this
selection if you do not want to enable security on the profile. Otherwise, type a user ID and
password in the corresponding fields.
- Click Next.

If you are also installing WebSphere Application Server or WebSphere Application Server Liberty at the same time, then create a developer profile after the installation completes

14. On the Summary page, review your choices before installing the product 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. A progress indicator shows the percentage of the installation completed.

15. When the installation process is complete, a message confirms the success of the process.
- 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.
- In the Install Package wizard, select whether you want the product to start when you exit.
- Click Finish to start the selected package.
The Install Package wizard closes and you are returned to the Start page of Installation Manager.

16. Close Installation Manager.

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titleUpdating installed Installed product packages

2.6 Updating

installed

Installed product packages

Internet access is required unless your repository preferences points to a 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 service repositories during installation and updates on the Repositories preference page must be selected.

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

  • 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.

To update product packages :

  1. On the Start page of IBM Installation Manager, Click Update.

  2. Optional: If a required version of IBM Installation Manager is not detected on your computer, you must continue with the update of Installation Manager. Follow the instructions in the wizard to complete the update.

  3. In the Update Packages wizard, select the product package group that you want to update or click the Update All check box and Click Next. Installation Manager searches for updates in its repositories and the predefined update sites for the product.

  4. On the Update page, complete the following steps:
    - To display all updates found for the available packages, Click Show all.
    - To learn more about an update, click the update and review its description under Details.
    If additional information about the update is available, a More info link is 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.
    - 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 or cleared,
    Click Next.

  5. 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. If you agree to the terms of all the license agreements, click I accept the terms of the license agreements and Click Next.

  6. On the Features page, select the features that you want to update and complete the following steps: - To learn more about a feature, click the feature and review the brief description under Details.
    - If you want to see the dependency relationships between features, select Show Dependencies.
    When you click a feature, any features that depend on it and any features that are its dependents
    are shown in the Dependencies window. As you select or exclude features in the packages,
    Installation Manager automatically enforces any dependencies with other features and displays
    updated download size and disk space requirements for the installation. Click Next

  7. On the Summary page, review your choices before installing the updates.
    - If you want to change the choices you made on previous pages, Click Back, and make your
    changes.
    - When you are satisfied, Click Update to download and install the updates. A progress indicator
    shows the percentage of the installation completed.

  8. 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.

  9. Click Finish to close the wizard.

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titleUninstall the Product

4.2 Uninstall the Product

IBM® IBM Installation Manager to uninstall your Product Master. Using the IBM Installation Manager uninstall option removes the entire offering.

The IBM Installation Manager uninstall option attempts to clean up the installation directory and any files created by the user after the product was installed, with the possible exception of a log file. For the clean up of the installation directory to take place, ensure that no shell or application is using the installation directory as its current directory or is locking it in any other way.

If you are planning to reinstall this runtime environment and use the same database instance that it uses, make sure that you create a backup image of the database as a precaution.

  • Manual Uninstall Product
    To Manual Uninstall Product:
    1. Start IBM Installation Manager and Click Uninstall.
    2. Select IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management and Click Next.
    3. Review the summary information and Click Uninstall.
    4. Click Finish.

  • Uninstalling the Product Silently
    Use this procedure to uninstall Product Master in silent mode.
    A properties file is generated when you are running an interactive uninstall. To use a silent uninstall, you must edit this file or create your own file.

Info

Although code examples might show with line breaks in the following content,
the text between the following must be entered in the response file as one line without breaks:
<offering ....... />

To Uninstalling the product silently:
Replace the install tag in your response file with the uninstall tag.
For example:

Code Block
<uninstall modify='false'>
<offering id='com.ibm.mdm.collaborative' 
	version='11.3.0.FP00IF000_20130502-1800' 
	profile='IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management' 
	features='com.ibm.im.mdm.db.feature,
	com.ibm.im.mdm.wl.feature'/>
</uninstall>
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title Uninstall IBM® Uninstall IBM Installation Manager.

4.2

Uninstall IBM®

Uninstall IBM Installation Manager.

Before you can uninstall IBM Installation Manager, you must uninstall all of the packages, including products that were installed by IBM Installation Manager.
You must close Installation Manager before attempting to uninstall the program.
You must log on to the computer by using the same user account that you used to install Installation Manager.

To Uninstall Installation Manager form Windows following steps:

  1. Click Start > Control Panel.

  2. In the Control Panel window, Click Add or Remove Program

  3. In the Add or Remove Programs window, select IBM Installation Manager and Click Remove.

  4. In the Add or Remove Programs dialog box, Click Yes to continue with the removal.

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