Retrieving the server application files directly from the installation media

The installation media contain .zip files for every supported operating system that contain all of the required files for manually installing and configuring IBM® Rational® Asset Manager.

Before you begin

You must have downloaded the installation media for Rational Asset Manager and extracted all of the .zip files to the same directory.

About this task

The installation media contains a .zip file for every supported operating system and application server that contains the following files:

.ear files for the Rational Asset Manager server setup applications for IBM WebSphere® Application Server.
.war files for the Rational Asset Manager server application for Apache Tomcat
Shared library files for Apache Tomcat
Scripts to help you set up your databases

The complete list of files is in Table 1, below.

Note: The application files and scripts for Rational Asset Manager are specific for each operating system.

Procedure

On the installation media, or through the IBM download site, or in the download package from Passport Advantage, locate the appropriate .zip files for your operating system and application server.
The .zip files have the following naming convention: com.ibm.ram.manual.deploy.application_server.operating_system_version_number.disk1.zip, where application_server will be either was for WebSphere Application Server, or tomcat for Apache Tomcat.
Extract the appropriate .zip file or files for your operating system to a local disc image. Each .zip file contains all the files that are required for the appropriate operating system

Results

For a manual installation you must now:

For a WebSphere Application Server cluster:
1. Create the databases. See Creating and configuring databases for Rational Asset Manager.
2. Deploy the server setup application to your WebSphere Application Server cluster. See Deploying the server setup application to a Websphere Application Server cluster.
3. Use the server setup application to deploy the other applications to the server and configure your database, security, performance, and server settings. See Deploying and configuring application files by using the server setup application.
Restriction: To create and use a cluster of application servers, you must have IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment (ND).
For a single WebSphere Application Server:
1. Create the databases. See Creating and configuring databases for Rational Asset Manager.
2. Deploy the server setup application to WebSphere Application Server. See Deploying the server applications manually on WebSphere Application Server.
3. Use the server setup application to deploy the other applications to the server and configure your database, security, performance, and server settings. See Deploying and configuring application files by using the server setup application.
For Apache Tomcat:
1. Create the databases. See Creating and configuring databases for Rational Asset Manager.
2. Configure a connection and deploy the application files. See Deploying the server applications on Apache Tomcat.
3. Configure Rational Asset Manager. See Configuring the Rational Asset Manager server application

The extracted .zip files contain the following files:

Table 1. List of installation files for Rational Asset Manager server in .zip files for deploying manually
Disc	Path	File names	Description
`.was` only	`extracted_.zip_location`\apps\was	com.ibm.ram.repository.setup.web.ear com.ibm.ram.repository.web_runtime.ear ramhelp_war.ear rmcabdgovernprocess_war.ear RTC-Server_<<latest bundled version>>.zip	Rational Asset Manager `.ear` application files, and the included IBM Rational Team Concert™ server application that is required for managing asset lifecycles
`.tomcat` only	`extracted_.zip_location`\apps\tomcat	com.ibm.ram.repository.web.tomcat_runtime.war com.ibm.ram.repository.web.ws.tomcat_runtime.war ramhelp.war rmcabdgovernprocess.war RTC-Server_<<latest bundled version>>.zip lib.zip lib.v6.zip (only for Tomcat V6 or V7)	Rational Asset Manager Web Archive files and shared library files for Tomcat
`.was` only	`extracted_.zip_location`\conf\bin	deployClusterSetup.py UninstallSetup.py	Files for deploying or uninstalling the server setup application to the Deployment Manager server on an IBM WebSphere Application Server cluster.
Both	`extracted_.zip_location`\DatabaseScripts	com.ibm.ram.lifecycle.zip	A file to populate the database tables for the database for asset lifecycles that is used by the internal version of Rational Team Concert.
Both	`extracted_.zip_location`\DatabaseScripts\DB2	bootStrap_DB2.sql dbcreate.sql dbcreate_populate.bat dbcreate_populate.sh dbcreate_populate_zLinux.sh RAMSCHEMA_DB2.sql	Files for creating a DB2 database for Rational Asset Manager.
Both	`extracted_.zip_location`\DatabaseScripts\Oracle	bootStrap_Oracle.sql RAMSCHEMA_Oracle.sql	Files for creating an Oracle database.
Both	`extracted_.zip_location`\DatabaseScripts\SQLServer	bootStrap_SQLServer.sql RAMSCHEMA_SQLServer.sql	Files for creating a Microsoft SQL Server database.
Both	`extracted_.zip_location`\sharedLibs	rlsclients_rlsibmratl_812.zip	Files for the Rational Licensing Server. This .zip file contains the appropriate files for all supported operating systems

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