Installing Rational Application Developer or Rational Software Architect Version 9.5 or 9.6

Installing 64-bit Rational Application Developer or Rational Software Architect is the first step of installing the WebSphere Commerce Developer .

Installing Rational Software Architect instead of Rational Application Developer is also supported.

Before you begin

• The following versions of Rational Application Developer are required for use with WebSphere Commerce :
  • For use with Java 8:
    • Rational Application Developer Version 9.6 or greater
    • Rational Application Developer Version 9.5 Fix Pack 2 (9.5.0.2) or greater
    • Rational Application Developer Version 9.5 Fix Pack 1 (9.5.0.1) or greater

    For more information on the supported versions of companion software for WebSphere Commerce version 8, see Recommended software, fixes, and settings for WebSphere Commerce Version 8.0.

    If you do not have the Rational Application Developer software, then download the eAssembly as well as any required fix pack level. You can obtain fix packs for Rational Application Developer directly from IBM. Rational Application Developer Version 9.6

    Part number	Description
    CIY03ML	HCL Quick Start Guide for HCL RAD for WebSphere Software Multilingual - READ ME FIRST" (1.29MB January 21, 2021)
    CNG4VML	RAD for WebSphere Software V9.6 Activation Kit Multiplatform Multilingual (28.42KB January 21, 2021)
    CNG4RML	RAD for WebSphere Software V9.6 MASTER Multilingual Multiplatform Set up (831.93MB January 21, 2021)
    CNG4SML	RAD for WebSphere Software V9.6 Multilingual Multiplatform Core Part 1 (3.83GB January 21, 2021)
    CNG4TML	RAD for WebSphere Software V9.6 Multilingual Multiplatform Core Part 2 (2.54GB January 21, 2021)

    On the HCL License and Delivery portal, the following part numbers are available under the HCL_Commerce_Dev_8.0_RAD_WS_v95 package:

    Part number	Description
    CIY03ML	HCL Quick Start Guide for HCL RAD for WebSphere Software Multilingual - READ ME FIRST" (1.29MB Aug 29, 2019)
    CN6N6ML	HCL Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software V9.5 Activation Kit Multiplatform Multilingual" (28.44KB Aug 29, 2019)
    CN6N2ML	HCL Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software V9.5 MASTER Multilingual Multiplatform Set up" (822.15MB Aug 29, 2019)
    CN6N3ML	HCL Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software V9.5 Multilingual Multiplatform Core Part 1" (3.76GB Aug 29, 2019)
    CN6N4ML	HCL Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software V9.5 Multilingual Multiplatform Core Part 2" (2.51GB Aug 29, 2019)
    CN6N5ML	HCL Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software V9.5 Multiplatform Multilingual - WAS Liberty for Developers for V8.5.5.7 for Rational V9.5" (99.09MB Aug 29, 2019)
    CZ7E5ML	HCL Rational License Keys and Activation - README V2.0 Multilingual - Information on How to obtain License Keys and Activation Kits" (233.38KB Aug 29, 2019)

    1. Start Installation Manager.
    2. In the top menu, click File > Preferences .
    3. Select Repositories .
    4. Click Add repository.
    5. Click Browse and add the necessary repository files from the packages that you extracted.
    6. Select the Search service repositories during installation and updates option. This option finds newer maintenance packages that you can choose to install at the same time.
    • When you are selecting which packages to install in the IBM Installation Manager , click Check for other Versions, Fixes, and Extensions to find the latest fix pack. You can then install Rational Application Developer and the latest fix pack together in one process.
    • During the installation, you might encounter warning messages about missing disks. You can continue with the installation and specify the disk location later in the installation process.

    Procedure

    1. Follow the appropriate product documentation to install Rational Application Developer .
    • For information about installing Rational Application Developer , see Installing Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software.
    • For information about installing Rational Software Architect , see Installing and updating Rational Software Architect
    • When you get to the Location panel during installation, ensure that you select the 64-bit architecture. WebSphere Commerce supports 64-bit architecture only.
    • During the installation, a Shared Resources Directory is also created, unless you already have a shared directory from a previous installation of a Rational product. If you are prompted to specify a shared directory, enter a short directory name, such as C:\IBM\IMShared , or use the default shared directory that is specified by the IBM Installation Manager. The installation operation creates an Installation Directory . Do not accept the default installation path. Specify a short directory name, such as C:\RAD95\SDP . The default installation path is too long for configuration with WebSphere Commerce Developer . Do not use a directory that contains periods ("."), spaces, or dollar signs ("$") in the directory names.
    • Do not select Create a profile on the Configuration for IBM WebSphere Application Server panel.
    • If you are installing Rational Application Developer , when you get to the Features panel, ensure that the following tools are selected. You can select other tools if needed.
      • Web and Mobile developer tools
        • AJAX, Dojo, and HTML
        • Dojo Toolkit libraries
        • JSP and servlet
        Note: Not selected by default. Ensure that you select the Data access option. Note: Not selected by default. Ensure that you select the XML option.
        • Code Analysis
        • Line level code coverage
        • Test and performance tools

        Note: If you are installing Rational Application Developer V9.5 (not 9.5.0.2 or later), then the option is WebSphere Application Server 8.5 .

        • Development tools
        • Code development and quality tools
          • Data tools
          • Enterprise developer tools
            • Java EE and web services
            • XML
            • WebSphere Application Server classic 8.5.5
              • Development tools
              For more information, see Installing the Java Emitter Template (JET) package.

              If you did not install the latest fix pack during the initial installation of Rational Application Developer , then complete the following step.

              1. Install the latest fix pack for Rational Application Developer.
              • The minimum required fix pack versions for Rational Application Developer 9.5 and 9.6 for use with WebSphere Commerce are described in the prerequisite section of this topic.
              • For information about where to download Rational Application Developer fix packs, see Fix list for Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software.
              • For information about installing the fix pack for Rational Application Developer, see Applying fixes to Rational Application Developer.

              RAD_installdir/jdk

              For example, C:\SDP\jdk
              1. Open a command prompt, and navigate to the WCDE_installdir /bin/ directory.
              2. Run the migrateTo96 utility script by pointing it to your Rational Application Developer installation directory.

              ./migrateTo96.bat RAD_install_dir

              Where: RAD_install_dir Your Rational Application Developer installation directory. For example:

              ./migrateTo96.bat W:/IBM/SDP96