Note: Do
not install Rational Synergy Release 7.1 over a previous installation. You must keep your previous installations (6.4, 6.5, or 7.0) available until the upgrade is complete for all servers using that installation.
To install Rational Synergy:
Follow the instructions in the Rational Synergy Installation Guide for Windows to install the license server and Rational Synergy Release 7.1 on all your clients and servers.
Configuration, platform values, and remote execution filesWhen you install the software using the procedures previously described, the Rational Synergy installation program checks the configuration files in your previous installation directory. The following actions are taken as a result of this check:
- Rational Synergy Release 7.1 is installed to a separate directory.
- For users running on Informix, the installer copies the previous database server configuration files, thus making the previous server available under Release 7.1.
- The installer copies commonly modified files (such as ccm.ini) from the previous installation to the new one.
- The installer tells you which files must be merged:
- If a given configuration file in your previous installation directory is still valid for Release 7.1, it is automatically used in the Release 7.1 installation directory.
- If a given configuration file in your previous installation directory is no longer valid for Release 7.1, it is copied to the Release 7.1 installation directory. However, it is given a different name. This new name is descriptive and is displayed by the installation program when you install Rational Synergy. If you modified any of these files in your old release and you want to keep the changes, merge your changed files with the new Release 7.1 configuration files.
Here is the list of configuration files that are handled as previously described (paths are relative to the Rational Synergy installation directory):
etc/ccminit
etc/ccm.ini
etc/remexec.cfg