Using the Rational Setup wizard

Steps for installing the license server.

If you would like to install the license server from a release area or set up a silent installation, see the instructions in the installation guide for your IBM Rational® product. The Setup wizard guides you through the software installation. Click Next to launch the installation and to advance through the following screens.

The installation wizard does not display an error summary. To verify that an installation was successful or to understand why it failed, look in the installation activities log. The install.log file is in your TEMP directory (for example, TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\<username>\LOCALS~1\Temp or C:\temp\install.log). The location of the directory depends on the system environment variable set on the computer.

Attention: Interrupting an installation that is in progress may leave your computer in an indeterminate state. If you try to close the Setup wizard window while the installation is in progress, you are asked to confirm that you want to exit from the incomplete installation.

To install the license server from a CD image:
  1. Log in as a user with administrator rights on the computer on which you want to install the product.
  2. Insert the product installation CD into the computer’s CD drive.

    The Setup wizard starts automatically.

    If autorun is disabled on your computer, click Start >  Run and enter

    cd_drive:\Setup.exe where cd_drive is the letter of the CD drive.

  3. The Product Selection page lists all products available for installation. Select the Rational License Server.
  4. The Deployment Method page displays the Enterprise Deployment and Desktop Install from CD Image options. Select the Desktop Install from CD Image option.
  5. Choose to accept or not to accept the IBM Rational software license agreement in the License Agreement page. To view the Open Source license agreement, select the check box View Open Source Agreement.
    • If you accept the license agreement, the installation wizard continues.
    • If you do not accept the license agreement, exit the Setup wizard by clicking Cancel and then Finish. When you exit from the wizard, the Setup wizard makes no visible changes to your computer.
  6. The Destination Folder page specifies the directory where you want to install the Rational License Server software. Click Change to modify the location.

    Reminder: The installation wizard requires that all Rational products be installed in the same directory.

  7. Click Install on the Ready to Install the Program dialog to begin the installation.
  8. A Restart Windows® page opens if the Setup wizard needs to restart your computer. The Setup wizard may need to restart your computer if files required for the installation are in use during the Setup program or if the program needs to install shared components on your computer.

    Select Restart or Don’t Restart. If you select Don’t Restart, the wizard reminds you that the installation cannot complete until Windows restarts.

    After Windows restarts, log on as the same user. If you do not, the installation does not complete correctly. The second part of the installation process starts automatically after you log on.

  9. When the Setup wizard Completed window opens, we recommend that you select the Show me the readme file option to review the current information related to features and known issues. In addition, you can select Take me to IBM developerWorks®. Click Finish to complete the installation.

    Reminder: Install the floating license keys on the license server before you start the license server. See Using floating keys on a Windows license server.


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