Welcome
Installing
Post-installation tasks
After you install your product, complete post-installation tasks, configure your product, and then start the product.
Accessing help
Help content is available in a product information center on the Internet. You can access this web-based help from within the product.
Accessing help from the web-based information center
The help contents are in a product information center on the Internet. You can access this web-based help from within IBM Rational Business Developer.

Overview
Getting started
Installing
- Installation introduction
  This section contains the instructions to install, update, and uninstall your product.
- Planning the installation
  Before you install or update the product, plan the installation. When you effectively plan and understand the key aspects of the installation process, you can ensure a successful installation.
- Preinstallation tasks
  To prepare for and simplify the installation process, back up files, prepare databases and servers where required, and configure workstations.
- Installing Rational® Business Developer
  To install IBM Rational Business Developer, follow the procedures in this section.
- Installing WebSphere® Application Server
  You can install WebSphere® Application Server.
- Post-installation tasks
  After you install your product, complete post-installation tasks, configure your product, and then start the product.
  - Post-installation checklist
    After you install your product, complete several tasks to configure and verify the installation.
  - Starting Rational® Business Developer
    You can start your product from the desktop environment or a command-line interface.
  - License activation
    Whether you are installing software for the first time or are extending a license to continue using the product, you have options to enable your product license.
  - Accessing help
    Help content is available in a product information center on the Internet. You can access this web-based help from within the product.
    - Accessing web-based help
      Help for your product is available in a product information center on the Internet. You can access this web-based help from within the product.
    - Accessing help from an intranet
      You can access the remote-based help from the IBM Rational Business Developer information center on the Internet or from an intranet sever that contains the help.
    - Accessing help from the web-based information center
      The help contents are in a product information center on the Internet. You can access this web-based help from within IBM Rational Business Developer.
    - Setting up an intranet server for help content
      If you work behind a firewall, you can set up an intranet server behind the firewall to provide your help content. By accessing help content from an intranet server, you do not have to download and save help content to your computer.
    - Setting up the proxy server to access help
      If you access the web-based help for your product through a proxy server, you must manually configure the proxy settings.
    - Downloading help content from the Updater site
      You can download help content for your product from the Updater site. Most help content is not installed when you install your product. To access help content locally, you must download it from the IBM® Updater website.
    - Removing local help content
      You can use the Local Help System Updater to remove installed help content.
  - Specifying the repository
    A repository is a location for storing installation or update package data. By default, IBM® Installation Manager uses an embedded URL in each product package.
- Modifying software
  With the Modify Packages wizard in IBM® Installation Manager, you can change the language and feature selections of an installed product package. You can also use the Modify Packages wizard to install new features that might be included in a package update, such as a refresh pack.
- Updating software
  You can search for product updates and install the updates for your IBM® product.
- Reverting updates to previous versions
  You can remove an update to a package in order to revert to a previous version by using the Roll Back wizard of IBM® Installation Manager.
- Uninstalling software
  Use the IBM® Installation Manager to uninstall your product. If no other products are installed, you can uninstall Installation Manager also.
- Installing silently
  You can install a product package silently by using either Installation Manager in silent installation mode or by using IBM® Installation Manager installer. When you run Installation Manager in silent mode, the user interface is not available; instead, a response file inputs the commands that are required to install the product package.
Upgrading and migrating
Developing
Samples
Troubleshooting and support
Reference
Glossary
Using the help
Notices for IBM Rational Business Developer documentation

Accessing help from the web-based information center

The help contents are in a product information center on the Internet. You can access this web-based help from within IBM Rational Business Developer.

About this task

To access the web-based help in the information center:

Procedure

Click Help > Help > Contents.
Select one of the configuration settings:
- Include remote help and give local help priority
- Include remote help and give it priority
Ensure that the location for the web-based help is enabled. This location is added to the list during installation. To enable the location for the web-based help, select Rational Business Developer and click Enable.