Updating help content

When you have help configured for downloaded help content, you can update help content from either the help update site (ibm.com) if you have an Internet connection or from a compressed file that you downloaded from the IBM Updater website at http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/documentation/updatesites/. If you have an intranet server that provides access to help content locally, download the content from the IBM® Updater website. You can use the IBM Updater website when you do not have Internet access on the server that hosts the help or when the connection is slow or unreliable.

Procedure

Note: By default, the Automatic Updates option is selected on the Updater page, so you will get updated content from the help update site (ibm.com) when the help WAR file is restarted and an internet connection exists.

If you clear the Automatic Updates check box, you can manually update content by following these steps:

  1. If your help server does not have an internet connection or has a slow connection, you obtain the help-content compressed file from the IBM Updater website.
    1. On a computer with internet access, obtain the compressed help-content file for your product from the IBM Updater website at http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/documentation/updatesites/. The file name has the format prod_coden.n_updateSite.zip, where prod_code is the product code and n.n is the version number. Download this file to the computer.
    2. Move the updateSite.zip file to the help server.
    3. Extract the file contents.
  2. On the help server, navigate to https://localhost:port/help-name/updater/updatewar.jsp. Tip: To find the help context root (server, port, and help-name), open the help from the product by clicking ? > Help contents. Your URL is https://server:port/help-name/index.jsp.Instead of server, use localhost or 127.0.0.1.
    The Updater opens.
  3. In the Installed Content pane, if an icon next to a help feature has double arrows, that help feature has updates. Select the help features to update.
  4. Click the Update iconUpdate icon. If updates to your installed content are available, the updates are installed on your system. A progress bar indicates the status of the request.
  5. When the update is completed, verify the help in the product by clicking? > Help Contents.

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This information is for planning purposes only. The information herein is subject to change before the products described become available.