Ideally, this update should be installed directly from
the IBM® update server. However,
you may also download a zipped file containing the update and perform
local installations.
About this task
You might want to do this if
- You have a slow or unstable Internet connection and want to use
a download manager that can resume the download.
- You have difficulty accessing the live IBM update servers from behind a firewall.
- You prefer to download the update and install it later.
Procedure
- Download the Rational® Programming
Patterns for System z® client .zip file
from the support web site.
- Extract the contents of this file to a folder on your system.
- Start IBM Installation
Manager from the Windows® Start
menu. By default this is under .
- From the menu bar, select . This is where you
will tell the IBM Installation
Manager the location of the installation files you just extracted.
- Click Add Repository in the Preferences dialog
- In the Add Repository dialog, browse
to the directory where you extracted the update installation files.
Inside that directory you will see a repository.config file.
Select it and click OK.
- Click Test Connection on the repository
to ensure that it can be found.
- Click OK.
- Now that the local repository has been set, follow the
instructions outlined in the section Installing the client
part from the IBM update server.