Obtaining an update file from Rational License Key Center

Learn about the steps to obtain an initial update file from the Rational® License Key Center.

  1. Log in to Rational License Key Center (RLKC), and select your account. If you do not have access to RLKC, click Don't have a password, and fill the form with the information in your purchase order.
  2. On the left side of the screen, click Get Keys.
  3. Select the product line for IBM Rational Developer for System z Unit test.
  4. Select the license type that you want to apply to the key. If you purchased different license types, select IBM Z SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT AND TEST ENVIRONMENT PERSONAL EDITION (AU) .
  5. One or more boxes are displayed to show your orders that you can apply to one or more USB hardware devices.
  6. Check the box next to the orders from which you would like to use licenses, and click Next.
  7. Complete the table that is displayed. You must enter the USB hardware device serial numbers that you want to activate, enter 1 in both the Number of Server Instances and Number of Licenses fields. For more help, click the column headings in the table.
  8. Click Generate at the bottom of the page. Then, a screen is displayed to download the update files.
  9. Click Download for each update file that is generated to save the update files. Keep this file in the Linux® machine where you installed ZD&T Personal Edition. If you need to download the update files in the future, use the View Keys by Host link on the left side of the Rational License Key Center web page.
Note: Use the binary transfer mode, but not a text mode such as ASCII. Also, spaces are not allowed in the path on the Linux machine.