Installing Rational Focal Point

Follow these instructions to install IBM® Rational® Focal Point™.

Before you begin

Procedure

To install Rational Focal Point on the Windows® or Linux® operating systems:

  1. If you are using the installation media, insert the media into the disk drive. If you are using the download package, extract the files from the downloaded .zip package to a temporary directory.
  2. Open the launchpad program to start the package installation:
    • On Windows: Click launchpad.exe.
    • On Linux: Click launchpad.sh.
  3. Click Install IBM Rational Focal Point.
  4. On the IBM Installation Manager Start page, click Install.
  5. The Install Packages page lists all the packages found in the repositories that Installation Manager searched. If two versions of a package are discovered, only the most recent, or recommended, version of the package is displayed. If Installation Manager is not installed on your computer, Installation Manager is listed on the Install Packages page with Rational Focal Point.
    • To display all versions of the packages that Installation Manager finds, click Show all versions.
    Note: To search the predefined IBM update repository locations for the installed packages, make sure that Search the linked repositories during installation and updates is selected on the Repositories preference page. This preference is selected by default.
  6. Select Rational Focal Point, the required version, and Installation Manager, if necessary. Click Next.
  7. Read the license agreement. If you agree with its terms, accept the license agreement and click Next.
  8. Either accept the default installation directory for Installation Manager or click Browse and specify a different installation location. Click Next.
  9. Either accept the default installation directory for Rational Focal Point or click Browse and specify a different installation location. Click Next.
  10. On the IBM Rational Focal Point Application Server page, select the application server.
    • If you select Apache Tomcat application server, specify the application server details.
      1. Select the application server and click Browse Server Home to specify the location of the application server home path.
      2. Specify the memory usage limit for the application server.
        Note: Ensure that the required memory space is available on the computer. If memory space is insufficient, the application server might not work properly or cannot start.
      3. Select the default locale for Rational Focal Point. Continue to step 11.
    • If you select IBM WebSphere® Application Server, you must manually set up and start the server after the installation. Proceed to step 13.
  11. On the Database Type Selection and Configuration page, specify the database details.
    1. Select the application database.
      Note: If you are using an Oracle or IBM DB2® database, ensure that you have created the database tables with the specified table space names for Rational Focal Point.
    2. Type the host name/IP address, port, and name of the database.
      Note: If you are using Oracle 11g, specify the database SID instead of the database name.
    3. Type the user name and the password for the database.
      Note: The database connection parameters are the same settings that you specified when you installed the database.
  12. On the IBM Rational Focal Point License Information page, specify the license information.
    • Select I will supply license information later to proceed with the installation. You must specify the license information when you log in to Rational Focal Point.
    • To specify the license server, select A Rational License Server. Type the location of the license server in the format port@host; for example, 19353@licenseserver.
    • If you have a license file, copy the file to a folder on your computer and type the path of the license file.
  13. Click Next.
  14. Click Install.
  15. A message confirms the successful completion of the process.
    • To verify the installation, click View Log File. The installation log file for the current session opens in a new window. To close the log file window and return to the Install wizard, click Close.
    • To close the Install wizard without verifying the installation, click Finish.

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