Installation planning
Installation scenarios
- Upgrade from an existing version of the product
- Install on an existing installation of WebSphere® Application Server
- Manually install on a supported version of WebSphere Application Server or Apache Tomcat
In each scenario, you can install the product either by using IBM Installation Manager or by manually installing the deployment .zip files. If you are using Installation Manager, you can use the GUI, console mode, or run a silent installation from a command line.
Starting in version 7.2, IBM Rational Team Concert™ is a required component that you must install. Rational Team Concert requires at least an additional 250 MB of disk space for the server files, and its database needs at least 5 GB of free space. You cannot install Rational Asset Manager onto an existing Rational Team Concert server. You cannot update Rational Team Concert in the Rational Asset Manager 7.2 server. In a WebSphere network deployment environment, Rational Team Concert cannot be deployed onto clusters; that component must be deployed to a single application server only.
In all of these scenarios, you can also install the Rational Asset Manager Eclipse client to interact with the repository.
Eclipse client and server version compatibility
The Eclipse client can communicate with a Rational Asset Manager server that uses the same version or the version that is one level earlier, including fix packs of each version. If possible, use the same version of both the Rational Asset Manager server and the Eclipse client. For more information, see Eclipse client communicates with servers that use either the same version or one-level earlier version.
- Licensing model for client access licenses
Every valid client access license includes a designated authorization for one user or one program to directly or indirectly access the Rational Asset Manager server. - Installing the product to run on a 64-bit operating system
During the product installation, you can select 64-bit mode for the product on the Location page in IBM® Installation Manager. The Location page is also where you select the installation directory. - Rational Asset Manager system and capacity planning guidelines
This topic includes planning and performance guidelines for IBM Rational Asset Manager. - WebSphere Application Server clusters
A large IBM WebSphere Application Server cluster is composed of front end HTTP servers and proxy servers with a load balancer that directs requests around the cluster. - Integrations with Rational Asset Manager
If you want to integrate a IBM Rational Asset Manager installation with other software, such as IBM Rational ClearCase® or IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository (WSRR), consider a common authentication strategy, such as LDAP or Active Directory. - System maintenance
As you monitor your system, check web server log files for errors and server restarts.
