Installation methods for Rational Programming Patterns

Several installation methods are available.

You must consider the following questions to determine your installation method:
  • What are the format and method by which you access your installation files?
  • Are you installing onto your own workstation, or are making the installation files available to your enterprise?
  • Are you installing with the Installation Manager GUI, or are you installing silently?
The following installation methods are possible:
  • Installing from a downloaded electronic image on your workstation,
  • Installing from an electronic image on a shared drive,
  • Installing from a repository on an HTTP server,
  • Installing the client from an Installation Manager repository downloaded on your workstation,

Installing from a downloaded electronic image on your workstation

With this method, you download the installation files from IBM® Passport Advantage® (https://www-01.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage) and you install Rational® Programming Patterns on your own workstation.

Installing from an electronic image on a shared drive

With this method, you place the electronic image on a shared drive so that users in your company can access the Rational Programming Patterns installation files from a single location. It is also useful when you must install in silent mode on several user systems.

Installing from a repository on an HTTP server

With this method, you place the files of the IBM Rational Programming Patterns package, and possibly the associated products, on an HTTP or HTTPS web server with the IBM Packaging Utility. When they install, users indicate the URL of the web server that contains these package files to access them. The directory of the HTTP or HTTPS web server that contains the packages is named a repository.

For more information, see Appendix: IBM Packaging Utility.

Installing the client from an Installation Manager repository downloaded on your workstation

With this method, you download the package of a local or offline Installation Manager repository from the IBM Mainframe Development download website (https://developer.ibm.com/mainframe/products/downloads) and you install the Rational Programming Patterns client on your workstation.