Re: OS version for RDI - EGL Demo?

[Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Buck wrote:
> Tim Gornall wrote:
> > 'm currently on V5R4, and running V6 WDSC.  I plan to upgrade to WDSC V7,
> > but no plans to upgrade the operating system.  Can I demo EGL?  I've heard
> > good things, and would like to take a look...   
> >     
>
> There's some information about EGL in the wiki, including the web page 
> to download a 60 day trial: http://wiki.midrange.com/index.php/EGL  No 
> idea how RBD 7.1 might coexist with WDSC 6.0.
RBD 7.1 is a standalone product that installs separately from WDSC.

This is probably a good place to really point out IBM's deployment 
strategy: all of the Rational tools are designed to either install 
separately, or to "shell share" with other products.  In the former 
case, each time you start a product you'll start a new workspace.  With 
the latter, the tools that share with one another all load in the same 
workbench.

Now, you can always install every piece separately (WDSC, RBD 7.1, RDi, 
you name it).  If you have enough RAM and so on, you can run them all at 
the same time in separate workbenches (I'm running two of them right 
now, along with a beta version of the new web interface).  You simply 
create a new "software package" when you install using Installation Manager.

If you want to install two products together (into the same software 
package  and thus the same workbench), they must be compatible.  WDSC is 
not compatible with RBD 7.1 or with RDi.  However, RDB7.1 and RDi, at 
least the GA versions, should shell share although I haven't tried.

Hope this helps.

Joe