Updating the help content

If you configured the downloaded help content (local help), you can update help content from downloading the updates in the Local Help Updater 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 configured an intranet server to provide 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.

About this task

By default, the Automatic Updates option is not selected in the Local Help Updater. If you select the Automatic Updates option, you receive updated content from the help update site (ibm.com) and the sites in the Favorites Sites list when the help WAR file is restarted and an internet connection exists. If you choose to leave the Automatic Updates check box cleared, you can manually update content.

Procedure

To manually install updates:

  1. If you are using an internet connection, follow these steps:
    1. On the help server, open the local help updater page in a browser, https://localhost:port/help-name/updater/updatewar.jsp.
      The Updater window opens.
  2. If you are not using an internet connection, follow these steps:
    1. On a computer that has 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 location where the help WAR file is running, either to the help server or the intranet server that is hosting the information center.
    3. On the help server, open the local help updater page in a browser, https://localhost:port/help-name/updater/updatewar.jsp.
      The Updater window opens.
    4. Click the Plus (+) icon. Enter a Name for this help source. For the File, enter or browse to the location of the local updateSite.zip file.
  3. In the Installed Content pane, if a help feature displays an Update icon Update icon next to it, that help feature has updates. Select the help features you want to update.
  4. Click the Update icon Update icon. If the 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, open the Help Contents in the product to verify the update.

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