Updating Rational® Performance Tester

You can search for product updates and install the updates for Rational® Performance Tester from Installation Manager.

Before you begin

You must have completed the following tasks:

  • Connected to internet unless your repository preferences points to a local update site.

  • Selected Search service repositories during installation and updates checkbox in the Repositories preference page to search the IBM® updated repository locations for the installed packages.

  • Closed all programs that were installed by using Installation Manager before updating the product.

  • Downloaded the update package from the IBM repository. For more information, refer to the Rational® Performance Testerhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6575917#DNLD release document.

About this task

You can update the product 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.

Procedure

  1. Perform one of the steps described in the following table to update the product:

    Step description

    Action

    To update the product by using the Offline mode

    		 Go to 2.

    To update the product by using the Online mode

    		 Go to 3.
  2. Perform the following steps to update the product by using the Offline mode:
    1. Extract the package to a temporary location on your computer.
    2. Click File > Preferences
    3. Click Add Repository and add the path to the repository.config or the disktag.inf file in the package that you extracted.
    4. Click OK, and then go to step 5.
  3. Open Installation Manager.
  4. Click File > Preferences > Repositories to add a repository link to the product's setup disk, and then click OK.
  5. Click Update.
  6. Select Update all packages with recommended updates and recommended fixes checkbox, 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.

    If updates for a package are found, then they are displayed as a list on the Update Packages page after the corresponding package. Only recommended updates are displayed by default.

  7. Optional: Click Show all to display all updates found for the available packages.

    You can click the update and review its description under the Details section to learn more about an update.

    If additional information about the update is available, a More info link is included at the end of the description text. You can click the link to display the information in a browser. You can then review the information before installing the update.

  8. Select the updates that you want to install or select the Select Recommended checkbox to restore the default selections.
    Updates that have a dependency relationship are automatically selected and cleared together.
  9. Click Next.
  10. Read and understand the terms of all of the license agreements for the selected package, and then perform the following steps:
    1. If you agree to the terms of all of the license agreements, click I accept the terms of the license agreements.
    2. Click Next to continue.
  11. Select all the features that you want to install, and then click Next.
  12. Review your choices, and then click Update.

    You can click Back to change the choices that you made on previous pages and make your changes.

    Note: Only the features that you already have installed are updated during the Update process. If the update contains new features that you want to install, you must use the Modify option, and then select the new features to install.
    A progress indicator shows the percentage of the update that is complete.
  13. Optional: Click View Log File to open the installation log file for the current session in a new window.
    Note: You must close the Installation Log window to continue.
  14. Click Finish to exit the installation wizard.

Results

You have successfully updated the product.