Installing the server on Windows, AIX, or Linux

You access the installation files of the server from its electronic image, or an HTTP or HTTPS server.

Procedure

  1. Depending on the installation method you selected, you must complete one of the following actions:
    • Download the installation image from IBM® Passport Advantage® (https://www-01.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage) and extract all the compressed files. If you are an administrator, you can make them available on a shared drive.
    • Access a repository on an HTTP web server.

      For explanations, see the Installation methods for Rational Programming Patterns.

    The extracted installation image contains the following elements:
    • A docs directory, with the relevant documentation.
    • A distributed directory that contains the following elements:
      • A disk1 subdirectory, with the Rational® Programming Patterns server repository.
      • Four InstallerImage_system subdirectories, where system is aix, linux_s390 (Linux for System z®), linux_x86 or win32 (for Windows). These subdirectories contain the repository for Installation Manager and the executable files of the Rational Programming Patterns server, adapted to the operating system.

        Each of these directories also contains an install.xml sample response file for the installation in silent mode.

      • For UNIX, the installRPP_system_admin.sh and installRPP_system_user.sh script files, where system is aix, linux_s390 (Linux for System z) or linux_x86. Each of these scripts starts the installation of the Rational Programming Patterns server, according to the selected operating system. The installation is automatically carried out from Installation Manager, with administrator or user rights, with all the preferences and selections already entered for you.
      • Two batch command files installRPP_win32_admin.bat and installRPP_win32_user.bat, which start the Rational Programming Patterns server installation on Windows. The installation is automatically carried out from Installation Manager, with administrator or user rights, with all the preferences and selections already entered for you.
  2. To perform a standard installation, run one of the following files:
    • One of the script files for AIX®, Linux, or Linux for System z (installRPP_system_admin.sh or installRPP_system_user.sh).
    • The installRPP_win32_admin.bat or installRPP_win32_user.bat file for Windows.

    To specify your own installation selections, install the server from one of the four subdirectories (InstallerImage_system). Open Installation Manager, enter the path to the Rational Programming Patterns server repository and select your preferences on all the Installation Manager pages.

  3. Run the repotools-ccm -addTables command. See the Rational Team Concert help for explanations on this command.