Rational Developer for System z

Installing the Rational Programming Patterns for System z Client

You can install the Rational® Programming Patterns for System z® Client on Windows® Vista, Windows XP Professional, or Windows 7 Professional, from a disk or from an electronic image. Installing from the electronic image enables you to customize the installation.

Before you begin

IBM® Rational Developer for System z 8.0.1 and Rational Team Concert™ 3.0 Clients must already be installed

Procedure

  1. To install the Rational Programming Patterns for System z Client, you must either:
    • Insert its installation disk into your CD drive.
    • Or download its electronic image from IBM Passport Advantage® and extract all the files from its zipped contents.
    The contents of the installation disk and the unzipped electronic image are the same:
    • A docs directory, with relevant documentation,
    • An RPPz801 directory, with the following contents:
      • A disk1 directory, which contains the Rational Programming Patterns for System z client repository.
      • An InstallerImage_win32 directory, which contains the Rational Programming Patterns for System z installation programs.

        This directory also contains an install.xml sample response file. You use a response file when you run Installation Manager in silent mode since its user interface is not available then. The response file contains the commands required to install the package. You can use the install.xml file as-is to perform silent installations of Rational Programming Patterns for System z, or modify to your own specifications. For more information, refer to the Rational Developer for System z Installation Guide, Chapter 5 Installing Developer for System z, subchapter Silent installation.

      • An im directory, which contains the zipped installation file of IBM Installation Manager.
      • An installRPPz.bat file, the batch command file which launches the Client installation process.
  2. Double-click the installRPPz.bat file to execute it. It opens IBM Installation Manager with all the preferences and selections already entered.
  3. To perform a standard installation, you just need to click Next at the bottom of each page to validate the predefined selections. Click Install on the last page to start installing.
    Important: The Rational Programming Patterns for System z Client must be installed in the same package group as the Rational Developer for System z 8.0.1 and Rational Team Concert 3.0 Clients.
    Notes for administrators:

    Using the electronic image, you can customize the installation on the developers' workstations. To do so, you must use the IBM Packaging Utility and start the installation in silent mode. Running Installation Manager in silent mode is helpful because you can use a batch process to install, update, modify, and uninstall packages through scripts. For more information, refer to the Rational Developer for System z Installation Guide, Appendix C IBM Packaging Utility and Chapter 5 Installing Developer for System z, subchapter Silent installation.

    Using the electronic image, you can install the Rational Programming Patterns for System z Client on:
    • A shared drive, to make the Rational Programming Patterns for System z installation files available to all developers from a single location.
    • An HTTP Web server. You can place the Rational Programming Patterns for System z install package, as well as the Rational Developer for System z and Rational Team Concert packages, in a single repository. Refer to the Rational Developer for System z Installation Guide, Chapter 5. Installing Developer for System z. subchapter Installation tasks summary, section Overview: Installing Developer for System z from a repository on a HTTP Web server.

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