Installing Rational Synergy

Follow the instructions in the installation guide to install the license server and Rational® Synergy Release 7.2 or later on all your clients and servers. You can elect to create a database server during the installation. Or you can unpack a test database during the installation. Use that database to test the installation.

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Note: Do not install Rational Synergy Release 7.2 or later over a previous installation. Use a separate installation directory for each release, or uninstall the older release first, as described earlier in this checklist.

Configuration, platform values, and remote execution files

If your previous installation is not visible from this computer, you must merge the configuration files manually with those files you saved.

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See Saving the previous installation.

If your previous installation is visible from this computer, when you install the software by 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 7.2 or later is installed to a separate directory.
  • If a previous installation directory is visible, 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 7.2 or later, it is automatically used in the Release 7.2 or later installation directory.
    • If a given configuration file in your previous installation directory is no longer valid for Release 7.2 or later, it is copied to the Release 7.2 or later installation directory. However, it is given a different name. The installation program provides the new name 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 7.2 or later configuration files.

The following 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

Creating a database server

If you did not create a database server during the installation of Rational Synergy 7.2 or later on this computer, then create one now.

Procedure

Use the ccmsrv create command. Follow the instructions in the installation documentation. Additionally, read the administration documentation before creating a database server.

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