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

Automatic updates are not enabled by default. To enable the automatic updates so you do not have to complete this task to manually install updates, select the Automatic Updates option in the Local Help Updater. With this option selected, you receive updated content from the help update site and the sites in the Favorites Sites list, when the help web archive file is restarted and an internet connection exists.

If you choose not to enable the automatic updates, you can manually update content by completing this task.

Procedure

To manually install updates:

  1. Depending on whether you have internet access, select one of the following options:
    • If you are using an internet connection, complete these steps:
      1. In a browser, open the Help Administration page in the following format: http://localhost:port/help-name/updater/admin.jsp.
      2. Select the Update help content tab. The Local Help Updater opens.
    • If you are not using an internet connection, complete these steps:
      1. On a computer that has internet access, download 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.
      2. Move the updateSite.zip file to the location where the help web archive file is running to host the information center, which is either to your computer or the intranet server.
      3. In a browser, open the Help Administration page in the following format: http://localhost:port/help-name/updater/admin.jsp.
      4. Select the Update help content tab. The Local Help Updater opens.
      5. 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.
  2. 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 that you want to update.
  3. 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.
  4. When the update is completed, open product and click ? > Help Contents to verify the update.

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