This guide describes installing the IBM® Rational® Asset Manager server applications. To install Rational Asset Manager into an Eclipse client, see Installing Rational Asset Manager Eclipse client using Eclipse Update Manager.
Rational Asset Manager requires three hard drive or file server folders: a persist folder for storing assets and files, a local folder for temporary files, and an index folder for the search index.
These folders could be on a file server, and the persist folder can be on an instance of IBM Rational ClearCase.
The setup of these folders affects the performance of Rational Asset Manager in advanced configurations. For more information about capacity planning, see the capacity planning guidelines.
Depending on the type of download, will need up to eight gigabytes (8 GB) of hard drive space to download and extract the Rational Asset Manager installation media
Either use Passport Advantage to download and verify the Rational Asset Manager installation media, or download every installation .zip file from the download site on IBM.com.
Extract all of the .zip files to the same directory.
You will need the following resources:
Rational Asset Manager communicates with Rational License Server to manage and distribute product licenses. You must install the latest version of Rational License server.
You can install Rational License Server from the launchpad program in the disc1 folder. For more information, see Installing Rational License Server
You need to install your license keys on Rational License Server. You will configure Rational Asset Manager to use the license keys later.
You will need a server on which to install IBM DB2.
The Rational Asset Manager installation media includes IBM DB2 version 9.7. You can install IBM DB2 from the launchpad program in the disc1 folder. For more information, see Installing DB2 and Registering the DB2 license key.
Choose to use the full version of Websphere Application Server that came with the Rational Asset Manager media. If you choose to use the full Websphere Application Server, install the full version of WebSphere Application Server first and choose the options for an existing WebSphere Application Server during the deployment of the Rational Asset Manager server setup application.
You will need the following information:
Installation Manager will deploy the server setup application to WebSphere Application Server.
Installation Manager will also place files that you can use create databases for Rational Asset Manager in package_group\ram\DatabaseScripts
For more information, see Installing Rational Asset Manager server by using Installation Manager and select the options for installing to an existing WebSphere Application Server.
If you do not have access to a graphical user interface (GUI) for Installation Manager, you can install over the command line silently with response files or using the console mode. For more information, see Installing silently with Installation Manager or Installing by using console mode.
You can retrieve the installation files directly from the installation media. To do so, see Retrieving the Rational Asset Manager server files from the installation media.
You will need the following permissions and information:
To create the asset database for DB2, see Creating the DB2 database with helper scripts.
To create the asset database for Oracle, see Creating the database for Oracle.
To create the asset database for Microsoft SQL Server, see Creating the database for Microsoft SQL Server.
You will need the following permissions and information:
You must create two additional databases for custom lifecycles.
To create the lifecycle database, see Creating the lifecycle database for DB2.
To create the lifecycle database, see Creating the database for Oracle.
To create the lifecycle database, see Creating the database for Microsoft SQL Server.
You will need the following resources:
To deploy the server setup application to WebSphere Application Server, see Deploying Rational Asset Manager on WebSphere Application Server.
To deploy the server setup application to a WebSphere Application server cluster, see Manually deploying the server setup application to WebSphere Application Server cluster.
You only need to deploy the server setup application file; to deploy the other application files, you will use the server setup application.
You must create a single applications server instance on your WebSphere Application Server for Rational Team Concert. To do so, see Creating an application server instance for Rational Team Concert on a WebSphere Application Server cluster.
You will need the following resources:
Use the server setup application to deploy the other Rational Asset Manager applications to WebSphere Application Server, create DB2 databases, configure the database connections, configure users and security, configure Rational Asset Manager server, and tune your database and application server for maximum performance.
To use the server setup application, see Deploying applications and configuring Rational Asset Manager.
You will need the following resources:
See Deploying the Rational Asset Manager server applications on Apache Tomcat.
You will need the following resources:
IBM® Rational® Asset Manager requires IBM Rational Team Concert, which controls the lifecycle functions that allow you to manage the development of assets over time. We include a limited version of Rational Team Concert that you can deploy to a Tomcat server. See Deploying the included Rational Team Concert server application on Apache Tomcat.
You will need the following resources:
You must add and configure a project area on your Rational Team Concert application. See Configuring a Rational Team Concert server to work with Rational Asset Manager.
You will need the following permissions:
You must configure your operating system for Rational Asset Manager:
You will need the default return email address, default return email name, and the location of your Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server.
Sign on to the web client and configure email settings. To configure the settings for email notifications, see Configuring email settings.
You will need the following information:
To configure Rational Asset Manager, sign on to the web client and complete the following tasks:
You are now ready to use Rational Asset Manager.
Depending on your configuration, you might have to view optional configuration settings in the Help.
As you repository grows and more users access the system, you may need to adjust your hardware or software settings to improve or maintain performance. For more information, see Tuning the performance of Rational Asset Manager and Rational Asset Manager system and capacity planning guidelines.
If you want to use the Rational Asset Manager Eclipse client, you can install it into an existing Eclipse IDE. For more information, see Installing Rational Asset Manager into an Eclipse IDE.
You can also use Installation Manager to install the Rational Asset Manager Eclipse client. For more information, see Installing Rational Asset Manager Eclipse client with Installation Manager.