Re: Instructions needed for updating Information Manager from 1.7.3 to 1.8.7 -- WDSCI-L

Mike, I suspect I need something more specific.
If "...it won't be able to connect to the repository", what would I be adding the "//repository.config" to?

Click Update and I get the "repositories are not connected" message. Click OK there, and get the "A new version of IBM Installation Manager is available... Do you want to update Installation Manager?" message. I click YES, and get "Failed to find installation files."
Should I have something in the repository list that points to the folder on my c-drive where I unzipped all the stuff from FixCentral? If so, exactly what should that repository entry look like? "C:\Temp\Installs\IBM Installation Manager v1.8.7\" and " C:\Temp\Installs\IBM Installation Manager v1.8.7" [without the trailing baclslash] are not working for me.
Thanks,
Michael

-----Original Message-----
From: WDSCI-L [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike
Hockings
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2017 11:27 AM
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client
for System i & iSeries
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Instructions needed for updating Information
Manager from 1.7.3 to 1.8.7

If your IM is 1.7 then it won't be able to connect to the repository

The URL looks correct, not that there is no default file that a browser
would pick up in a repository so try adding /repository.config or
something like that...

Mike

Mike Hockings, M.Eng., P.Eng.
DevOps for Enterprise
IBM Developer for z Systems and Power Systems Software Technical
Support IBM Canada Ltd. Laboratory hockings@xxxxxxxxxx

From: "Koester, Michael" <mkoester@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio
Client for System i & iSeries" <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2017/08/15 11:17
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Instructions needed for updating Information
Manager from 1.7.3 to 1.8.7
Sent by: "WDSCI-L" <wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks Mike and Buck.
I tried to add
https://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/com.ibm.rational.develop
er.ibmi.v95
as a repository, but got a "could not connect" error. Pasted same
into a browser and got "Error 404: java.io.FileNotFoundException:
SRVE0190E: File not found: /com.ibm.rational.developer.ibmi.v95".

Got an alternate repository site?
--Michael

-----Original Message-----
From: WDSCI-L [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Buck
Calabro
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2017 10:41 AM
To: wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Instructions needed for updating Information
Manager from 1.7.3 to 1.8.7

On 8/15/2017 9:25 AM, Koester, Michael wrote:

My RDi was trashed and needs to be replaced.

For future reference, try creating a new workspace before re-
installing.

My Installation Manager v1.7.3 needs to be upgraded, so I got

v1.8.7

from Fix Central, and have unzipped to a folder on my PC.

For me, the secret sauce is to let IM update itself.
Fire up your current version of IM (I do Run as Administrator).
File > Preferences > Updates.
Select the box to search for IM updates.

Check the repositories to make sure the 9.5 version is available.
File > Preferences > Repositories.

https://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/com.ibm.rational.develo

p
er.ibmi.v95
(all one line)
OK.

When at the main panel, click Install. IM should (ha!) update

itself,

and then want a re-start. Then you get to try Install again, and it
should (ha! HA!) install RDi 9.5.

--
--buck

Try wiki.midrange.com!