Re: Upgrades to Version 8 and ESS

[Mike Hockings <hockings@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Pete,

I think that for ESS customers you have to actually do something like 
order a no-charge upgrade part number and then the next version will 
become available to you.   As Joe indicates, you can download the product 
from the Web with a 60 day trial license then install and use that until 
your activation kit is available on ESS.

Go to  http://www-01.ibm.com/software/rational/products/rdp/ and push the 
blue button.

Mike

Mike Hockings, P.Eng.
IBM Rational Developer for System z and Power Technical Support
IBM Canada Ltd. Laboratory 
hockings@xxxxxxxxxx 
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From:   Pete Helgren <pete@xxxxxxxxxx>
To:     Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client 
for     System i & iSeries <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   01/30/2011 05:29 PM
Subject:        Re: [WDSCI-L] Upgrades to Version 8 and  ESS
Sent by:        wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx



Would those be in ESS?  Right now I see both the software and the 
activation in ESS (v 7.6).  Nothing for version 8 though.

I just shot off an email to IBM.  Looks like some of my SWMA has expired 
on my blade (sheesh! You'd think IBM could send out an electronic notice 
of expiring SWMA?)  but I don't think RDP was affected.  Let's see what 
they say....

Pete Helgren
Value Added Software, Inc
www.asaap.com
www.opensource4i.com


On 1/30/2011 3:03 PM, Joe Pluta wrote:
> Download directly from IBM (see my previous post on the articles I've
> written).  The trick is getting your licenses ("activation kits").
>
> Joe
>
> > How have folks been upgrading to RDP 8?  I have SWMA and I am running
> > RDP 7.6 and I expected to see a download option in ESS but I don't. IBM
> > is my "business partner" (I purchase/lease directly from them) and I
> > will admit that in the past they have been a little flaky in managing
> > the license/SWMA records.
> >
> > Just interested in where folks found/obtained their "upgrade".