Installing Rational Asset Manager by using console mode

If you cannot use the graphical user interface in IBM® Installation Manager to install IBM Rational® Asset Manager, you can use console mode, the interactive text-based user interface.

Before you begin

If you plan to use Apache Tomcat as your application server or do not want to use Installation Manager, see Retrieving the server application files directly from the installation media.

Before you install Rational Asset Manager, make sure that a supported DB2®, Oracle, or SQL Server database is installed and running.

For WebSphere: If you are installing to a full IBM WebSphere® Application Server server or cluster, make sure that the server or cluster is installed, updated with the latest fix packs, and running. You must run Installation Manager on the same server as the application server. For a network-deployed cluster, you must run Installation Manager on the server that is running the Deployment Manager.

Restriction: To create and use a cluster of application servers, you must have IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment (ND).

About this task

The Rational Asset Manager package includes installation files for Installation Manager.

A selected option is indicated by an X [X]. An option that is not selected is indicated by empty brackets [ ]. You can press Enter to accept the default entry or enter a different command. For example, [N] indicates that the default command is N, or next.

Procedure

  1. Start Installation Manager in console mode by entering the ram-consoleinst-platform file that is specific to your operating system on a command line.
  2. Enter 1 to install new software packages.
  3. Enter the number that is next to the Rational Asset Manager server.
  4. To view the available versions for Rational Asset Manager, enter O.
  5. Enter 1 to choose version 7.5.4.
  6. Enter N.
  7. On the Licenses screen, these options are available:
    • 1: IBM Rational Asset Manager server. To view a license agreement, enter the number that is next to the product name.
    • A: I accept the terms in the license agreement.
    • D: I do not accept the terms in the license agreement. If you decline the license agreement, the installation stops. To continue the installation, you must accept the license agreement.
    1. Enter A to accept the terms in the license agreement.
    2. Enter N.
  8. Choose one of these options:
    1. To select a package group in the Shared Resources Directory that is compatible with the Rational Asset Manager package, enter the number that is next to that package group.
    2. To enter a value for the Shared Resources Directory, enter M. Enter a new location, and press Enter.
    3. To accept the default package group, continue to the next step.
    Restriction: You can specify the shared resources directory only the first time that you install a package. Select a drive that has enough space so that the shared resources of future packages will have enough space. You cannot change the location of the shared resources directory unless you uninstall all of the packages.
  9. Enter N.
  10. On the Features screen, enter N.
  11. Select IBM WebSphere Application Server.
    • After you select WebSphere Application Server, indicate the server configuration:
      1. Enter the location for the application server profile. Do not use a profile that was created using the development template. For a Network Deployment cluster, enter the location of the profile for the deployment manager. For example, on a full installation of WebSphere Application Server, enter C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\profile_name, where profile_name is the name of the profile on the server or the deployment manager for a cluster.
      2. If you enabled security on your application server, enter Y and then enter the administrator user name and password. If you did not enable security, enter N.
      3. Indicate whether you are installing a single server or a network deployment cluster, and provide the server or cluster name. The server must be identified and running to continue.
      4. Enter each server name.
  12. On the Summary screen, review your selections before you install the package.
  13. Optional: Enter G to generate an installation response file. Enter the name of the response file and use .xml as the file extension. Response files are XML files. You can include a directory location when you enter the response file name to save the file to a different location.
  14. Enter I to install the package.
  15. When the installation is complete, enter F to finish.

Results

If you installed to an instance of WebSphere Application Server, the server setup application was deployed to the application server. If you installed to a WebSphere Application Server cluster, the server setup application was deployed to the cluster.

What to do next

The server setup application is a wizard that deploys the other enterprise archive and web archive files and configures the database, the database connection, security, and repository settings.

To configure the server application, open a web browser and navigate to the server setup application at http://applicationServerHostname:port_number/Server_Setup_Context_Root, where applicationServerHostname is the name of the application server, port_number is the port number of the application server, and Server_Setup_Context_Root is the context root directory of the server setup application. For example: http://WASappServer.companyname.com:9080/ram.setup

The following table shows the default settings for the server setup application:
Table 1. Default settings for the server setup application
Server setup application Default setting
WebSphere Application Server port 9080
Context root directory ram.setup
For detailed post-installation instructions, see these topics:
For DB2:

If you are using DB2 on a supported operating system other than z/OS®, the server setup application can create and configure the databases for you. See Deploying and configuring application files by using the server setup application. If you are using DB2 on z/OS, see Creating and configuring databases for Rational Asset Manager.

For Oracle:For SQL Server:

Create the databases for assets and lifecycles. See Creating and configuring databases for Rational Asset Manager.

Then, review the Configuring help content for web-based products topic and set up the help content for the web client.

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