To upgrade the server from version 5 to version 6.0 or
later, use IBM® Installation Manager.
Before you begin
Download and extract the files for IBM UrbanCode Release to
a directory that contains no spaces or double-byte characters. These
files are available for download from the IBM Passport Advantage® website. See the IBM UrbanCode Release download
document.
Procedure
- Stop the server.
- Start IBM Installation Manager. IBM Installation Manager was
used to install version 5; the default location is /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse on Linux or C:\Program Files\IBM\Installation
Manager\eclipse on Windows.
- In IBM Installation Manager,
click .
- Click Repositories.
- Click Add Repository.
- In the Add Repository window, select
the file diskTag.inf, which is in the UCR/disk1 folder
in the launchpad files.
- Click OK to close the Add
Repository window and then click OK to
close the Preferences window.
- Click Update.
- Select the package group that includes IBM uRelease 5.0, as shown
in the following figure, and then click Next:
- Ensure that the appropriate version of IBM UrbanCode Release is
selected, as shown in the following figure, and then click Next:
- On the Licenses page,
read and accept the license agreements for the selected products.
If you agree to the terms of all of the license agreements, click I
accept the terms in the license agreement and then click Next.
- Ensure that the appropriate version of IBM UrbanCode Release is
selected and then click Next.
- If you are upgrading to version 6.1 or later,
select the default language for the server and then click Next. After installation, each user can select a language; see Setting the language for the server.
- If you are upgrading to version 6.0 or later,
on the licensing settings page, in the License server elements field,
specify the port and host name for the license server, such as 27000@localhost.
Then, click Next. For more complicated
license server scenarios, see the following document: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/rational/v0r0m0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.rational.license.doc/topics/r_specify_lic_servers.html. This page is not shown if you are upgrading
to version 5.
- Optional: If you are upgrading to
version 6.1 or later, to set up a mail server for sending notifications,
specify the information for an SMTP server and then click Next. For more information about the properties on this page, see Configuring email notifications for deployments.
- On the file backup page, read the warnings and follow the
instructions for backing up your files.
- Click Next.
- Click Update. The
location of the server.properties file varies
depending on your 5.x environment:
- If you upgraded from 4.x to 5.x, server.properties is
in the /user_home/.urbancode folder.
- If you installed 5.x by using an existing WAR file, server.properties is
in the /user_home/.ibm folder.
- If you installed 5.x by using a new Tomcat instance, server.properties is
in the /installation_directory/UCRelease folder.
- Start the server.