I had previously installed this... 2+ years ago. The installation was so convoluted that I can't recall exactly how I did it.
Now I'm having trouble getting data studio re-installed. I downloaded the zip file for v4.1.2 Windows, but I can't seem to get it installed. It's almost like the zip file is corrupted.
Windows wouldn't open it - 7zip extracted it with several errors.
I've deleted and have started the 30 minute download again... I'm assuming there isn't a nice URL for installing that from within IM?
-----Original Message-----
From: WDSCI-L [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Hockings
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 11:33 AM
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for System i & iSeries
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Installing RDi on a new PC
Yes, that is the way to do it, the doc that you reference has instructions
for both 9.5 and 9.1. The installer that you start from launchpad will
basically do all the steps for you or the referenced document points to
some .bat files that will also assist you without doing the download of the
full installer.
Sorry for being a bit terse, by "installer" I mean the install image that
you download as a .zip and unpack to your PC to install from. My
assumption was that I was providing some assistance to someone who had
previously successfully done the install and was just having difficulties
finding the installer again.
The Activation Kit is also a .zip that contains the license and a readme
about how to apply it. It too would need to be unpacked before use For
older releases on ESS the .iso (disc image) format is used instead for .zip
but you can unpack that using a tool like 7zip (
http://www.7-zip.org/) or
if you are on Linux you can just mount an .iso image using the loop device
(mount -t iso9660 -o loop /path-to-the.iso /path-to-mount-dir) then copy
the files from it to your disk for install. The original intent, I think,
was that program products from ESS would be written to a DVD or CD for use.
When you kick off the install by starting the launchpad from the full
install image it will install (or update) IM and install RDI without you
having to be worrying about the details of what to install and configure to
install RDI itself.
Mike
Mike Hockings, M.Eng., P.Eng.
IBM Rational Developer for System z and Power Systems Software Technical
Support
IBM Canada Ltd. Laboratory
From: John Yeung <gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio
Client for System i & iSeries" <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2016-02-16 10:15
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Installing RDi on a new PC
Sent by: "WDSCI-L" <wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 7:47 AM, Mike Hockings <hockings@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You are thinking too much and making things difficult for yourself. There
is all manner of instructions about how to install RDI
What do you mean by "thinking too much"? While OP's difficult
experience seems to be outside the average, I wouldn't say he's
somehow brought this upon himself. The "all manner of instructions"
you've linked to are not all applicable to OP's situation (wrong
version, for example), and at times give conflicting advice.
Let's take the first one:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21667734
It says: "The basic steps are to (1) install IBM Installation Manager,
(2) configure Installation Manager, and then (3) start the install."
Further, it gives two options, automated and manual. For automated, it
says
"The automated procedure involves downloading and running IBM
Installation Manager"
For manual, the very first step is
"Install IBM Installation Manager 1.8.3 or later"
So either way, it *reads* as though you have to install IM first. And
that is also what Brian said (he was the first to respond on this
thread and try to help). But you say
Basically download the installer and activation kit from where you get
your
entitlement (Passport Advantage or ESS) unpack it and run disk1/launchpad
with run-as-administrator. When complete use IM to apply your license.
The installer will install or update IM as needed, for RDI and Windows 7
there is no need to install IM first.
Um, OK, first of all, is "installer and activation kit" two things or
one? You say to unpack *it*. I have to assume "installer" is not the
same thing as "Installation Manager", since you say installing IM
first isn't needed. (Then why do so many IBM pages and existing RDi
users say you do need to install IM first? Whatever.)
The point is, it's not as simple as you seem to make it out to be.
Maybe you haven't run into bad luck like OP and things went smoothly;
maybe you've done it so many times it's old hat; maybe you haven't
done it in so long that you've forgotten what it's really like.
In any case, I agree with OP that it's not as simple as it could be
and should be. As I said at the top, I don't think his experience is
typical, but I also don't think he's been unreasonable or stupid. It
should be very hard to mess up the installation process.
John Y.
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