Re: How do you update RDi?

I agree. To get 1.8, I downloaded it, because I didn't see a way to let it update itself. I do remember this working in previous versions.

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From: WDSCI-L [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Klement
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Thank you Eric (and Michael who also replied) this was exactly what I needed.

If you don't mind a bit of friendly advice, however... this could be
made more intuitive. I don't know how I would've ever figured this out if I hadn't asked on this mailing list and gotten information from other
people. Surely Rational wants customers to keep their RDi up-to-date,
and therefore I think they'd benefit from either turning this on by default, or from making it easier to find/understand...

On 6/4/2015 12:31 PM, Eric Simpson wrote:

Scott,

The simplest way is to enable Installation Manager's automatic check
for it's own updates. In Installation Manager, go to
File>Preferences. On the Updates preference page, select the 'Search
for Installation Manager updates' option. Close the preferences and
then click on Install. It will first check for the latest Installation Manager.

Thanks,
Eric





Eric Simpson
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AIX and Linux - Rational Developer for Power
IBM Software Group - Canada Lab
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From: Scott Klement <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio
Client for System i & iSeries <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 06/04/2015 01:25 PM
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] How do you update RDi?
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Looks like I'm running 1.7.2. How do I update the installation manager?

On 6/4/2015 11:55 AM, Eric Simpson wrote:

Hi Scott,

Please check that you are using Installation Manager 1.8.0 or higher.

Thanks,
Eric





Eric Simpson
Rational Developer for i - Rational Developer for
AIX and Linux - Rational Developer for Power
IBM Software Group - Canada Lab
Phone: 905-413-3226 (T/L: 313-3226)
esimpson@xxxxxxxxxx







From: Scott Klement <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio
Client for System i & iSeries

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Date: 06/04/2015 12:48 PM
Subject: [WDSCI-L] How do you update RDi?
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I'm feeling like an idiot today because I know I've updated RDi many
times before, but for some reason I just can't figure out how today...

I recently installed 9.1 (had been using 9.0.1 for a long time, but
decided to "get with the program"). Since installing it, I've wanted
to pick up the most recent bug fixes or incremental updates, but it
always fails.

I'm using Installation Manager, and clicking Update, and I get this:

No updates or fixes were found for the packages that are installed in
the selected locations.

Installation Manager searched the following repositories for updates
and
fixes:

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http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/awdtools/rdpower/v91/rdi/updates/

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http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/awdtools/rdpower/v91/rdi/extension
s/


Do I need to use a different repository? Or is it really true that
there are no updates at all to this version of RDi?
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