C H A P T E R 12 - Upgrading Your Installation

C H A P T E R 12

Upgrading Your Installation

This chapter discusses the following topics:

Updating Modules With the Update Center

Using the License Manager Tool

Updating Modules With the Update Center

Once you have the IDE installed on your system, use the Update Center to add new IDE modules or to update the existing IDE modules.

To Update your IDE Modules

1. Choose Tools right arrow Update Center from the main menu.

The Update Center wizard appears.

2. Select Sun Java Studio Enterprise Update Center as the Update Center, and deselect NetBeans Update Center.

3. If you haven't set your proxy configuration, click the Proxy Configuration button.

The Proxy Configuration dialog box appears. Modify the values as needed and click OK to return to the Update Center wizard.

4. Click Next.

The Update Center Login page appears.

5. Type your Java Studio Enterprise Update Center login name and password and click Next.

The Update Center displays the modules that are available to you.

Note - The Update Center login name and password are not the same as those used to configure the servers during installation.

6. Select individual modules or select all by clicking the >> button.

Use the < button to remove those versions that are not appropriate to your platform.

7. Click Next and follow the Update Center installation procedure.

The IDE installs the selected modules and then restarts itself.

Using the License Manager Tool

The Java Studio Enterprise IDE uses the License Manager tool to enable you to see your existing license and to upgrade from a trial license serial number to a permanent serial number. When you install the IDE using a 90-day trial license serial number, you see warning messages as the expiration date approaches. You can purchase the product and receive a permanent license serial number at any time during the 90-day trial period.

You may view your license information or upgrade to a permanent serial number using the License Manager by using the following procedures.

To View the Status of Your License

While you are in the trial period, you can view how many days are remaining by using the License Manager tool.

1. Choose Tools right arrow License Manager from the main IDE window.

The License Manager appears.

2. Click on the Serial Number Reporting tab.

The Serial Number Reporting page appears. You can review the serial number information and see if it is a trial or permanent license and how many days remain until the expiration date.

To Upgrade to a Permanent License

Follow this procedure to upgrade to a permanent serial number at any time during your trial period. After your 90-day trial has expired, trying to start the IDE will cause this same Serial Number Installation page to appear. You can enter the new permanent serial number at that time. You receive a permanent serial number when you purchase the product.

Note - You must install the permanent serial number using the same user privileges as when the IDE was installed. For example, on Solaris, the installation must be done as a root user, therefore you must be running the IDE as a root user to upgrade the license serial number.

1. Become a superuser or log in to your system with administrator privileges.

Contact your system administrator if you did not install the IDE yourself.

2. Start the IDE.

3. Choose Tools right arrow License Manager from the main menu.

The License Manager appears.

4. Click on the Serial Number Installation tab.

The Serial Number Installation page appears.

5. Enter the permanent serial number in the text box and click Install.

To View License Status From Outside the IDE

If you did not install the Java Studio Enterprise IDE, you can view the software license status using the standalone license manager tool.

1. Change to the java-studio-install-dir/bin directory.

(Microsoft Windows) If you accepted the default installation directory value, change to C:\Sun\jstudio\bin.

(Solaris OS) If you accepted the default installation directory value, use the following command:

% cd /opt/SUNWjstudio/bin

2. Invoke the license manager tool.

(Microsoft Windows) Double-click the licManager.bat file.

(Solaris OS) Use the following command:

# ./licManager

3. (As needed) Upgrade your trial license to a permanent license.

You can also upgrade from a trial license to a permanent license using this tool. You must do this using administrator or superuser privileges. Follow Step 4 and Step 5 as described in To Upgrade to a Permanent License after invoking the license manager as described in this procedure.