Eclipse update allows users to search for updates to installed features made available over the internet, such as the Teamprise plugin. It is often the easiest way to install Teamprise into an existing Eclipse based IDE. However, in organizations with a large Eclipse install base several problems can arise from this model:

1. The organization's network configuration may prevent users from accessing Internet based update sites from within the Eclipse IDE.
2. By definition, updates are new versions of the Teamprise plug-in (as opposed to patches), and thus are rather large downloads (several megabytes). Depending on an organization's proxy configuration, it may not be desirable for large numbers of users to individually access an external site for a large download.
3. Organizations may have an internal testing / approval process for new versions of a supplier’s product and they may not want users updating to a new version until it is approved.

Fortunately these concerns can be addressed by the Eclipse update functionality. Rather than accessing the public Teamprise update site, an organization can create a local mirror of the Teamprise update site at any chosen version.

A zip archive of the Teamprise update site is available from http://teamprise.com/download. Simply download the zip file, extract the contents and make it available on a web server inside your corporate network. We would ask that you take reasonable precautions to make sure that only users inside your organization can access your local update site.

The new URL should be supplied to all users inside your organization who wish to install Teamprise. You can direct them to configure their Eclipse instances for automatic updates, so that when new versions of the site are uploaded to your local mirror users will automatically be notified about it.

For additional information see the following articles in the Eclipse Help Guide:

• Automatic Update Scheduler
• Installing new features with the update manager