© 2012 IBM Corporation Rational Insight | Back to Basis Series Insight Post-Release Delivery Chu Shu July 2012

© 2012 IBM Corporation Rational Insight | Back to Basis Series 2 08/02/12 Post Release Delivery Document Delivery Software Delivery – Test Fix/Hot Fix – iFix( patch ) – Fix Pack ( patch bundle)

© 2012 IBM Corporation Rational Insight | Back to Basis Series 3 08/02/12 Document Delivery – Tech Notes Tech Notes Online Help update

© 2012 IBM Corporation Rational Insight | Back to Basis Series 4 08/02/12 Test Fix/ Hot Fix For selected user Only available for IBM support, should not delivery to customer directly Published on jazz.net or fix portal Deployed method – IM update or manually deployed with detailed steps Process summary – Developer deliver code and provides deployment steps – RE generate binary – FVT test s/w and steps – Publish after approval

© 2012 IBM Corporation Rational Insight | Back to Basis Series 5 08/02/12 iFix ( patch ) Release manager provides schedule and process Could be accumulated patch or isolated patch – Insight usually provides accumulated patch Should know the original baseline Deploy by IM update or fresh install Published on Fix Central, DHT, jazz.net IM update mechanism – Uninstall the IU depend on the target IU – Uninstall the target IU – Install the new target IU – Install the dependency IU

© 2012 IBM Corporation Rational Insight | Back to Basis Series 6 08/02/12 Fix Pack ( patch bundle ) Release manager provides schedule and process Accumulated patches Should know the original baseline Deploy by IM update or fresh install Published on Fix Central, DHT, jazz.net and Dublin( media)

© 2012 IBM Corporation Rational Insight | Back to Basis Series 7 08/02/12 General questions Work on maintenance stream Concurrent work on multiple release Periodically propagate back to main stream Discuss with install guys how the patch should be applied, especially when the patch needs to change the install meta data Linux patches management Eclipse patches management

© 2012 IBM Corporation Rational Insight | Back to Basis Series 8 08/02/12

© 2012 IBM Corporation Rational Insight | Back to Basis Series 9 08/02/12 Revision History AuthorDateVersionComment Initial Draft