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Post-installation tasks
After you install your product, complete post-installation tasks, configure your product, and then start the product.
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.

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.
  - 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
EGL runtime error messages
Reference
Glossary
Using the help
Notices for IBM Rational Business Developer documentation

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. Installation Manager uses the embedded URLs to connect to a repository server through the Internet and to search for installation packages and new features. You can specify repository locations on the Repositories page of the Preferences window. Your organization might require you to redirect the repository to use intranet sites.

Before you begin

Obtain the installation repository URL from your administrator or IBM®.

About this task

To add, edit, or remove a repository location:

Procedure

On the Start page of Installation Manager, click File > Preferences, and then click Repositories.
The Repositories page opens, which displays the available repositories, their locations, and whether they are connected.
On the Repositories page, click Add Repository.
In the Add repository window, do one of the following steps:
- Type the URL of the repository location.
- Browse to find either a compressed or JAR file that contains a repository, a diskTag.inf file, or the repository.config file of an expanded repository.
Click OK.
The new repository location is listed. If the repository is not connected, a red x is displayed in the Connection column.
Click OK to close the Preferences window.

What to do next

Note:

Updates to packages can be stored in service repositories, such as IBM® support sites or local update repositories. The service repositories might be linked to the repositories that you listed in this procedure. To search for updated packages in these linked service repositories, make sure that Search service repositories during installation and updates is selected. This option is selected by default.