IBM® Rational® Programming Patterns 9.6 iFix 1

Purpose

This Interim Fix applies to IBM® Rational® Programming Patterns 9.6.

Installation prerequisites

This update requires that you have already installed one of the packages listed in the above section.

Installation instructions

A. Rational Programming Patterns Client

1. Extract RPP960_iFix001_Client.zip to a temporary directory.

For example, on Windows:

c:\temp

2. Installation Manager Updates

Start Installation Manager and add the "diskTag.inf" file path (of the sub directory "disk1") in the Repositories list of the Preference tool of Installation Manager

For example:

c:\temp\RPP960_iFix001Client\disk1\diskTag.inf

Click OK and go back to the Installation Manager main page.

3. Installation:

On Installation Manager, click on "Update" and choose the Package to update then follow the Installation Instructions.

B. Rational Programming Patterns Server

1. Extract RPP960_iFix001_Server.zip to a temporary directory.

For example, on Windows:

c:\temp

2. Installation Manager Updates

Start Installation Manager and add the "diskTag.inf" file path (of the sub directory "disk1") in the Repositories list of the Preference tool of Installation Manager

For example:

c:\temp\RPP960_iFix001Server\disk1\diskTag.inf

Click OK and go back to the Installation Manager main page.

3. Installation

On Installation Manager, click on "Update" and choose the Package to update then follow the Installation Instructions.

C. Rational Programming Patterns Server z/OS

1. Extract RPP960_iFix001_Server_zOS.zip

2. Installation

Use the directory JENA for an installation with RTC < 6.0.3

Use the directory SQL for an installation with RTC >= 6.0.3.

Follow the installation instructions in the Program Directory.

D. Migration procedures

1. Extract the compressed file corresponding to your environment:

- RPP960_iFix001_MI960X01AIX.zip for an AIX environment,

- RPP960_iFix001_MI960X01COS.zip for a z/OS CICS environment,

- RPP960_iFix001_MI960X01LIN.zip for a Linux environment.

2. Follow installation instructions in The Pacbase analysis and migration procedures in the Rational Programming Patterns Knowledge Center.

It is recommended to use these Migration procedures packages when working on the migration process from Pacbase to RPP.

Otherwise, you can use this interim Fix with the corresponding level of Pacbase:

Pacbase 3.5 Y10F package with Pacbase 3.5 F104 Fix.

APAR corrected in RPP 9.6 iFix 1

APAR	Summary
PI76818	Wrong Data Element used in -LAL screen for length calculation in REDEFINES clause
PI82272	Data Elements of Segment 00 are not displayed for selecting access key in -CS screen
PI82793	Impossible to insert specific subfunction in COBOL code with the wizard
PI83134	Rule "No specific lines for specified Macro" causes Software Analyzer to loop
PI83182	Field "FILLER" and not defined Data Elements are not allowed in Logical View description