Re: How do I Upgrade from RDI 7.1 to RDI 7.5

[Dale Monti <dmonti@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Well I just downloaded an installed the trial from 
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/r/rdi/?S_TACT=105AGX28&S_CMP=DLMAIN 


You can select a language, but the languages are listed in Chinese. 
English is the 6th one down :)

I installed on an older machine instead of overlaying my existing 
install, not sure what I will do about the license yet. I upgraded to 
7.5.02 using the Installation Manager.
I've noticed some bugs already, so I will stick with 7.1 for now.

David Wright wrote:
> It all depends on how you originally licensed the product.  
>
> If you went through Passport Advantage (bought it as a 'Rational'
> product), then you have an entilement in Passport Advantage and can
> download the latest there.
>
> If you bought it through your Business Partner as a licensed
> product/feature code, then you have to get it through the BP again. 
>
> After a couple of months trying to get my update to 7.5 I actually gave
> up for now.  I wasted way too many hours on the phone with IBM,
> Rational, my BP, and the Pope trying to figure out just where my update
> shoulde come from -- and in the end even the BP said he was having
> troubles and would get back to me in a week.  That was well over a month
> ago now. 
>
> >From monitoring this list, I have seen people with a few complaints
> about 7.5 and no one mentioned and new 'must have' features in 7.5, so I
> will just stay on 7.1 for now.
>
> If I am missing something great in 7.5, please let me know and I will
> get back on the phone with my BP...
>
> Good luck,
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Dale Monti
> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 7:24 AM
> To: WDSCI-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [WDSCI-L] How do I Upgrade from RDI 7.1 to RDI 7.5
>
>