Installing Rational Asset Manager server by using Installation Manager

You can install the IBM® Rational® Asset Manager server setup application to deploy all other applications by using IBM Installation Manager. You can install the server application on the supported version of the WebSphere® Application Server. You can install to a single node or to a cluster.

Before you begin

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

If you do not have access to a graphical user interface, you can run Installation Manager in console mode or use response scripts over the command line.

Before you install Rational Asset Manager, make sure that the database application (DB2®, Oracle, or SQL Server) is installed and running.

For WebSphere: If you are installing to a full WebSphere Application Server server or cluster, make sure that the server or cluster is running. You must run Installation Manager on the same server as the application server, or for a network-deployed cluster, 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).

Procedure

Start the Rational Asset Manager launchpad program (see Installing from the launchpad program). To use a different language, select a language from the Select a language list.
Click Install IBM Rational Asset Manager server. Installation Manager launches and you can click Install to open the installation wizard.
1. If you are installing from the launchpad program, go to step 6.
If Installation Manager is already installed on your system but you do not have the latest version, the Install wizard opens to update Installation Manager to the latest version of Installation Manager appears. Complete the Install wizard to return to the server installation.
To search for available updates to the Rational Asset Manager server package, click Check for Other Versions and Extensions.
Note: Installation Manager searches the predefined IBM update repository locations for the installed packages. In the File > Preferences > Repositories preferences page, Search service repositories during installation and updates is selected by default. To use this preference, you must be connected to the Internet.
Installation Manager searches for updates in the predefined service repository for the product package. It also searches any other repository locations that you have set. You can install updates at the same time that you install the base product package.
If updates are found for the Rational Asset Manager server package, they are included after their corresponding products in the Installation Packages list on the Install Packages page. By default, only the latest updates are available. To see other versions of packages, select Show all versions.
In the Installation Packages window, expand IBM Rational Asset Manager server and select Version 7.5.4. Updates that have dependencies are automatically selected and cleared together.
Note: If you install multiple packages at the same time, all of the packages are installed into the same package group. See Installing Rational Asset Manager Eclipse client by using Installation Manager for more information if you decide to install the Rational Asset Manager Eclipse client at this time.
Click Next.
On the Licenses page, read the license agreement for the selected package. If you selected to install more than one package, there might be a license agreement for each package. To view each license agreement, select each package version. The package versions that you selected to install (for example, the base package and an update) are listed under the package name.
1. If you agree to the terms of each license agreement, click I accept the terms of the license agreements.
2. To continue, click Next.
On the Location page, either type the path for the shared resources directory in the Shared Resources Directory field or accept the default path. The shared resources directory contains resources that package groups can share. To continue, click Next.
Default paths:
- C:\Program Files\IBM\IBMIMShared
- /opt/IBM/IBMIMShared
Important: You can specify the shared resources directory only the first time that you install a package. To ensure that adequate space is available for the shared resources of packages, use your largest disk for this directory. You cannot change the directory location unless you uninstall all packages.
On the Location page, either choose an existing package group to install the Rational Asset Manager server package into or create a new one. A package group represents a directory in which packages share resources. To create a package group:
1. Click Create a new package group.
2. Type the path for the installation directory for the package group. The name for the package group is created automatically.
  Default paths:
  - C:\Program Files\IBM\RAMServer
  - /opt/IBM/RAMServer
3. To continue, click Next.
On the Features page, click Next. You cannot clear any features on this page.
In the Application server profile location field, type the full path to the application server on the local computer, or click Browse and open the application server profile location. Do not use a profile that was created using the development template. (For a Network Deployment cluster, type 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.
If you enabled security on your application server, type an administrator user name and password. If you did not enable security, clear the check box.
In the Type of server configuration section, 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 in the Server Configuration section and must be running.
Click Get list from server.
- For single server node installations, the name of the server is available in the field. For example, server1.
- For clusters, the name of the cluster displays.
Click Next.
On the Context Root page, in the Rational Asset Manager Setup Server field, type a context root for the Rational Asset Manager server setup application. A context root identifies the location of a web application on the server. For example, if you use the default context root ram.setup on a server with a domain of www.example.com, you would access the server setup application in a web browser at the URL www.example.com/ram.setup.
On the Summary page, review your choices. To change choices or configuration details, click Back, and make your changes.
When you are satisfied with your installation choices, click Install. An indicator shows the progress of the installation and can take several minutes.
When the installation process is complete, a message confirms the success of the process. To return to the start page of Installation Manager, click 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:

: 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.
: 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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