A complete set of installation instructions and procedures is provided in the
System Administrator Guide.
- Related applications
- The following applications are also provided for installation if required:
- TP Director: This application should be installed when using APPC programs to help them run correctly when one of the connection
partners is running in a multi-user environment such as Windows Terminal Server.
- Script Engine: This is a separate application provided alongside Rumba to create and modify
Rumba+ scripts. With
Rumba+ scripts, you can automatically reconfigure the user interface, perform random access file operations, automate tasks, modify
functionality, and handle incoming events.
- Micro Focus
Rumba+ Desktop Developers Edition Visual Studio Add-in: Integrates RDE .NET capabilities into Microsoft Visual Studio using templates, IntelliSense,
code snippets, samples, and full documentation of the RDE .NET API.
- VBA Add-On: Provides the ability to create macros using Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
Note: Newer versions of these applications are available in line with
Rumba+ Desktop
10. If you have one of these applications installed, then
- Uninstall the appropriate application.
- Install
Rumba+ Desktop
10.
- Install the version of the application supplied with
Rumba+ Desktop
10.
- Upgrading
Rumba+ Desktop
- You can upgrade to
Rumba+ Desktop
10 from all versions from 7.x onwards.
Data is migrated automatically if:
- The version of
Rumba+ being upgraded was installed using the default location for data folders.
- The default location for data folders is also used during the upgrade.
Data is migrated as follows:
- All data from:
C:\Users\<user>\Documents\NetManage\Rumba
is copied to:
C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Micro Focus\Rumba
- All data from:
C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\NetManage\Rumba
is copied to:
C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Micro Focus\Rumba
- Upgrading from an evaluation version
-
- Ensure
Rumba+ Desktop is not running.
- Open the Windows Control Panel and select
Programs and Features.
- Select
Micro Focus
Rumba+ Desktop and click
Uninstall.
- Close the
Program and Features window.
- Double-click the
Rumba_<package> file, where
<package> is one of :
- AS400
- Citrix
- Mainframe
- Office
- UNIX
- Follow the instructions in the
Rumba+ Setup Wizard.
- Repairing
Rumba+ Desktop
- A
Rumba+ Desktop installation can be repaired using the Windows
Programs and Features dialog box. Choose
from the
Application Maintenance dialog box.
- Types of installation
- In addition to an upgrade, the installation package supports:
- Installing on a computer with no previous
Rumba+ installation
- Administrative installation
- SMS installation
- Customized installations using transforms (.mst files)
Note: Advertising/Install on Demand is no longer supported.
- Security compatibility with other Micro Focus products
- Rumba+ Desktop Desktop
10 contains FIPS 140-2 compliant Security Services and supports Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)-formatted IP addresses for
hosts.
As a result,
Rumba+ Desktop
10 is only compatible with
Rumba+ Desktop FTP Client
4.7 and Web-to-Host
6.9.2.