Running the Installer

When you run the installer, the following options are available:

• If Release Control is not already installed, running the installer installs a new installation of the solution.
• If the installer detects a supported earlier version of Release Control, it upgrades the installation. See the Release Control Release Notes for details on upgrades.
• If the installer detects an installation of the same version of Release Control, it prompts for one of the following options:
  • Repair
  • Remove
    Note: Apply is required after you remove Release Control, because on the first Apply after uninstallation, the SBM Configurator removes solution files from SBM.

Installing Release Control

To install Release Control:

1. Run the installer on the server or servers that host the following SBM components:
   • SBM Application Engine
   • SBM Application Repository
   • SBM Common Services
   Note: If these SBM components are installed separately, you must run the installer on each server.
   The "Welcome to the Install Wizard" message appears. Click Next to continue.
2. Accept the license agreement. Click Next to continue.
3. Choose the installation directory. This directory temporarily stores files before they are copied into the appropriate folders inside the SBM installation directory for use by the SBM Server.

   This directory also has the following subdirectories:

   • rlc_lib_backup: Upon upgrade, the installation stores a backup of the Release Control web application lib folder. All the plugins that were installed in the earlier release are stored here.
   • Plugins: This directory has all supported versions of the provided plugin jar files.

   Click Next to continue.

   Note:

   The directory defaults to Program Files\Micro Focus.

4. The installer detects which SBM components are currently installed on the server. A message appears if any of the required SBM components are not detected on the server. Click Install to proceed.

5. Allow the install to complete, and then click Configure to launch SBM Configurator. For details, see Applying Required Settings.