Updating Rational® Performance Tester

You can search for product updates and install the updates for your product.

Before you begin

  • You must have internet access unless your repository preferences points to a local update site.

  • You must have selected Search service repositories during installation and updates field in the Repositories preference page to search the IBM® updated repository locations for the installed packages.

Important:
  • You must close all programs that were installed by using Installation Manager before updating the product.
  • During the update process, Installation Manager might prompt you for the location of the repository for the base version of the package. If you have installed the product from CDs or other media, they must be available when you use the update feature.

About this task

You can update your software in two ways:
  • Online mode: This method requires an internet connection. Installation Manager connects to the IBM update repositories that are preconfigured when the product is installed, and downloads and installs the update package.
  • Offline mode: While connected to the internet, download the package from the IBM update repository and extract the files to a temporary location. Then in offline mode, run Installation Manager and update the installation.
You must note the following points before upgrading the product:

  • You can upgrade to 10.1.1 from 10.1.0 of the product. After you installed Rational® Performance Tester 10.1.1, at any point in time if you want to use 10.1.0, you can roll back from 10.1.1 to 10.1.0.

  • If you installed Rational® Performance Tester that is earlier than 10.1.0, you cannot upgrade the product to the latest version. You must uninstall the existing version of the product before installing the latest version of the product.

  • After you installed Rational® Performance Tester 10.1.1, at any point in time if you want to use the product that is earlier than 10.1.0, you cannot roll back to the previous version of the product. You must uninstall Rational® Performance Tester 10.1.1, and then install the required version of the product.

Procedure

  1. Start Installation Manager.
  2. To install the update in offline mode, follow these steps, else go to step 3
    1. Download the update package from the IBM repository. For information about the repository location, see the Download document for the release. The download document is available on the IBM Support website.
    2. Extract the package to a temporary location on your computer.
    3. In Installation Manager, click File > Preferences.
    4. Click Add Repository and add the path to the repository.config or the disktag.inf file in the package that you extracted.
    5. Click OK.
  3. From the Start page of the Installation Manager, click Update.
  4. If Installation Manager is not detected on your computer, continue with the installation of the latest release. Follow the instructions in the wizard to complete the installation.
  5. In the Update wizard, select the location of the package group where the product you want to update is installed or select Update All, and then click Next.
    Installation Manager searches for updates in its repositories and the predefined update sites for the product. A progress indicator shows the search is taking place.
  6. If updates for a package are found, then they are displayed in the Updates list on the Update Packages page after the corresponding package. Only recommended updates are displayed by default. Click Show all to display all updates found for the available packages.
    1. To learn more about an update, click the update and review its description under Details.
    2. If additional information about the update is available, a More info link is included at the end of the description text. Click the link to display the information in a browser. Review this information before installing the update.
  7. Select the updates that you want to install or click Select Recommended to restore the default selections. Updates that have a dependency relationship are automatically selected and cleared together.
  8. Click Next.
  9. On the Licenses page, read the license agreements for the selected updates. On the left side of the License page, the list of licenses for the updates you select is displayed
  10. Click each item to display the corresponding license agreement text.
    1. If you agree to the terms of all the license agreements, click I accept the terms of the license agreements.
    2. Click Next to continue.
  11. On the Summary page, review your choices before installing the updates.
    1. If you want to change the choices you made on previous pages, click Back, and make your changes.
    2. When you are satisfied, click Update to download and install the updates. A progress indicator shows the percentage of the installation completed.
  12. Optional: When the update process is completed, a message that confirms the process is displayed near the top of the page. Click View log file to open the log file for the current session in a new window. Close the Installation Log window to continue.
  13. Click Finish to close the wizard.
  14. Optional: Only the features that you already have installed are updated using the Update wizard. If the update contains new features that you want to install, run the Modify wizard, and select the new features to install from the feature selection panel.