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

I will work on officially reporting the bug.

FYI - The bug I found though is this:
1). On the Help menu I choose 'About IBM Rational Developer for i'
2). Press the Configuration Details button.
3). Press View Error Log.

I get this message
Windows-No Disk

Maybe it has to do with how I installed. I downloaded the install then made 2 CDs and installed from CD.

MKirkpatrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Yes.
go to: https://www-111.ibm.com/software/support/ecare/support_login.jsp

If you do not have in IBM ID you can get one here also.



From:
Dale Monti <dmonti@xxxxxxxxxx>
To:
Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:
02/19/2009 03:10 PM
Subject:
Re: [WDSCI-L] How do I Upgrade from RDI 7.1 to RDI 7.5
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How do I do that? Is that like a PMR?

MKirkpatrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

You say that 'I've noticed some bugs already, so I will stick with 7.1 for now'.

If you believe that they are real bugs, it would help us all if you

would

open an Electronic Service Request so that these bugs could be addressed/fixed.

Thanks.




From:
Dale Monti <dmonti@xxxxxxxxxx>
To:
Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:
02/19/2009 01:38 PM
Subject:
Re: [WDSCI-L] How do I Upgrade from RDI 7.1 to RDI 7.5
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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

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