Installation road map

The installation road map is a snapshot of the procedures to install IBM® Rational® Focal Point™.
Road map to install Rational Focal Point
  1. Verify that the system requirements are met.
  2. Ensure that the server is started. Create the database schema with the table space names as mentioned in Setting up databases.
  3. If you are upgrading from an earlier version, complete the tasks in Upgrading from earlier versions of Rational Focal Point
  4. Install Rational Focal Point.
  5. If you are using IBM WebSphere® Application Server, you must manually set up and start the server. For more information, see Setting up WebSphere Application Server
  6. If you are migrating from earlier versions of Rational Focal Point, you can import data from earlier versions. See Migrating data from earlier versions of Rational Focal Point
  7. Start the program and change the administrator password. See Starting Rational Focal Point for the first time
  8. Rational Focal Point help is not installed with the product. You must download the help from the IBM® Local Help System Updater website to enable the users to access the help contents. For more information, see Downloading Rational Focal Point help

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