Planning to install optional software
IBM® Rational® Application Developer
for WebSphere® Software includes
additional optional software that can support and enhance your work.
Note: If you download your product from IBM Passport Advantage®,
you can learn about the parts that you can download from the download
document that is available at http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24040573.
Software included with Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software
The following table outlines the optional software included with Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software.
| Software name | Description | Directory when extracted | Location of installation instructions | Computer where you install the software | Is the software installed by IBM Installation Manager? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WebSphere Application Server Liberty for Developers, Version 8.5.5 | IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty for Developers is a lightweight profile of the application server along with a simplified configuration approach for the development environment. It includes the Java™ EE Web Profile, including CDI, Managed Beans and EJB Lite. Its fast restart times, small size, and ease of use make it a good option for building web applications that do not require the full Java EE environment of traditional enterprise application server profiles. WebSphere Application Server Liberty for Developers also provides extended programming models like Web Services, JMS and Mongo 2.0. Liberty for Developers delivers efficient development and innovative features of WebSphere Application Server Liberty profile to help developers reducing testing effort and develop with confidence using a runtime environment identical to the production runtime environment their applications will eventually run on. | WAS85 | Installing IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty for Developers, version 8.5.5 | Install on the same computer as Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software. | Yes |
| IBM WebSphere Software Development Kit (SDK) Java Technology Edition Version 7.0 for Liberty | IBM WebSphere Software Development Kit (SDK) Java Technology Edition Version 7.0 for Liberty provides a full-function SDK for Java that is compliant with Oracle Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) 7 application programming interfaces (APIs). This IBM SDK is provided for optional installation with Liberty offerings. With IBM WebSphere SDK Java Technology Edition Version 7 for Liberty, you can develop, test, and deploy Java applications at the Java 7 API level as well as continue the "write once, run anywhere" Java paradigm at the Java API level. The SDK contains the Runtime Environment that allows users to run Java applications. The SDK also contains additional developer tools that enable developers to create Java applications. | WAS85JDK7 | Install on the same computer as Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software. | Yes | |
| WebSphere Application Server for Developers, Version 8.0 | The IBM WebSphere Application Server family is the leading open standards-based Java EE compliant application foundation offering broad programming model choice and lower total cost of ownership through high performance and high manageability. WebSphere Application Server for Developers delivers the efficient development and innovative features of WebSphere Application Server to help developers reduce testing effort and develop with confidence using a runtime environment that is identical to the production runtime environment their applications will eventually run on. | WAS80 | Installing IBM WebSphere Application Server for Developers, version 8.0 | Install on the same computer as Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software. | Yes |
| Build Utility for Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software | You can use the Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software Build Utility to automate the process of building applications created from the Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software product. | BuildUtility | Installing Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software build utility | Computer where you want to build your projects. | Yes, for Windows, Linux and Solaris Sparc. No for z/OS®. |
| IBM Rational Application Developer Code Coverage Extension | Enables generating code coverage statistics during project builds. The code coverage statistics are displayed in the build results in Rational Team Concert™ Client and you can create work items directly from the results view. You can also generate reports of the coverage statistics that you can download to your workbench. | LLCRTCExt | Installing Rational Application Developer Code Coverage Extension | Install on the same computer where you installed Build Toolkit for Rational Team Concert Server. | Can be installed with Installation Manager, or without it. |
| IBM Rational Application Developer Extension for Rational Team Concert with Jazz™ Team Server | Provides additional function for Rational Team Concert, such
as enabling the display of Java code
coverage statistics from Rational Team Concert builds
in the Rational
Team Concert web client. Note: To display of Java code coverage statistics from Rational Team Concert builds
in the Rational
Team Concert web client, you must also install IBM Rational Application
Developer Code Coverage Extension.
|
RERTCS | Installing Rational Application Developer Extension for Rational Team Concert with Jazz Team Server | Install on the same computer where you installed the change and configuration management (CCM) application for Rational Team Concert. | Yes. |
| Rational Agent Controller, Version 9.0 | IBM Rational Agent Controller is a daemon that allows client applications to launch and manage local or remote applications providing information about running applications to other applications. It can be used to profile applications that you publish to an IBM WebSphere Application Server. | RAC_platform | Installing Rational Agent Controller | You do not need to install Rational Agent Controller if the WebSphere Application Server is installed on the same computer as IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software. However, to remotely profile your applications, you must install Rational Agent Controller on the same computer as the WebSphere Application Server where you published your applications. | Yes |
| IBM WebSphere Portal, Version 8.0 | IBM WebSphere Portal offers the complete set of portal services necessary to deliver a single point of personalized interaction to applications, content, business processes, and people for a unified user experience. For more information, see the WebSphere Portal product documentation at http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/portalwiki.nsf/xpViewCategories.xsp?lookupName=Product%20Documentation | Create a directory and extract all WebSphere Portal compressed files into this directory. | Installing WebSphere Portal Server | Install on the same computer as Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software. | No |
| IBM CICS® Transaction Gateway | Install if you develop Java EE applications for enterprise information
systems that use CICS. CICS Transaction Gateway provides secure, easy access from web browsers and network computers to CICS applications, using standard Internet protocols in a range of configurations. It is used during application development and, after deployment, at run time. The gateway supports many programming paradigms and includes a J2EE Connector Architecture interface that allows you to develop applications to take advantage of the many facilities of compliant J2EE Servers. CICS Transaction Gateway provides both a local (direct to CICS) protocol, and networked protocols such as TCP and SSL for communication to a CICS Transaction Gateway Server, which directs calls to CICS Servers. |
Create a directory and extract all CICS Transaction Gateway compressed files into this directory. | See the CICS Transaction Gateway for Multiplatforms Version 9 documentation at: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/cicstgmp/v9r0/index.jsp | Install on the same computer as Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software. | No |
| IBM Rational Enterprise Deployment V1.6.3 | Rational Enterprise Deployment provides you with the tools you must have for enterprise deployment of this product: IBM Installation Manager and IBM Packaging Utility. This disk includes information about enterprise installation. It also includes compressed files for IBM Installation Manager and Packaging Utility. | EnterpriseCD<platform> | See the IBM Installation Manager documentation at: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSDV2W/im_family_welcome.html?lang=en | Install on the computer where you download the product installation files for enterprise deployment. | Yes |
| IBM Rational License Key Server, Version 8.1.3 | Rational License Key Server manages licenses in an enterprise environment. The license server runs the license manager that monitors items such as license access, simultaneous usage, and idle time. | RLKSSERVER_SETUP | For information about installing Rational License Key Server version 8.1.3, administering license servers, and license keys, see the IBM Rational Software documentation at: Rational Common Licensing overview | Install on the license server computer. | Yes |
| IBM Rational License Key Administrator, Version 8.1.3 | Rational License Key Administrator can administer licenses on a client computer. This software is available for installation on Windows operating systems only. | LKAD_SETUP | For information about installing Rational License Key Administrator version 8.1.3, see the IBM Rational Software product documentation at: Manage clients for Rational Common Licensing | Install on a client computer from which you want to administer licenses. | Yes |