IBM® Rational® Programming Patterns 9.7.0 iFix 11

Purpose

This Interim Fix applies to IBM® Rational® Programming Patterns 9.7.0. It contains fixes for defects that were reported by clients or discovered internally.

Installation prerequisites

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

Installation instructions

Rational Programming Patterns Client

1. Extract RPP970_iFix011_Client.zip to a temporary directory.

For example, on Windows: c:\temp

2. Update the client in Installation Manager

Start Installation Manager. Select File > Preferences. Add the diskTag.inf file path (of the disk1 subdirectory) to the Repositories list.

For example: c:\temp\RPP970_iFix011Client\disk1\diskTag.inf

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

3. Install the RPP client

In Installation Manager, click Update and choose the package to update. Then, follow the installation instructions.

Rational Programming Patterns Server

For an installation on z/OS, see the explanations in “Rational Programming Patterns Server for z/OS”.

1. Extract RPP970_iFix011_Server.zip to a temporary directory.

For example, on Windows: c:\temp

2. Update the server in Installation Manager.

Start Installation Manager. Select File > Preferences. Add the diskTag.inf file path (of the disk1 subdirectory) to the Repositories list.

For example: c:\temp\RPP970_iFix011Server\disk1\diskTag.inf

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

3. Install the RPP server.

In Installation Manager, click Update and choose the package to update. Then, follow the installation instructions.

Rational Programming Patterns Server for z/OS

1. Extract RPP970_iFix011_Server_zOS.zip to a temporary directory.

For example, on Windows: c:\temp

2.The extraction produces the IBM.HAL3970.UInnnnn file.

3. Upload the file to z/OS and install it with SMP/E.

See the details in the Rational Programming Patterns Installation Guide, chapter 10, subchapter “Updating the server on z/OS”.

Associated level of Pacbase

It is recommended to use the Migration procedures packages provided in RPP 9.7.0 iFix 4 when working on the migration process from Pacbase to RPP.

APAR corrected in RPP 9.7.0 iFix 11

APAR	Summary
PH38185	NOT NULL WITH DEFAULT is not generated on an ALTER Table
PH38222	User prefix wrongly generated in a DDL for AS SELECT and FROM
PH40285	Rational Programming Patterns 9.7.0 ifix 10 - Micropattern WF: the parameter 'PFX' is not recognized