License options
You must have either a software or hardware license to run any of the IBM® Engineering Requirements
Management DOORS®
(DOORS)
products.
Unless you are already running DOORS 8.2 or later and have a valid maintenance agreement, you must request a new software license for the current version of DOORS Software licenses for all versions of DOORS 8.1 and earlier are not compatible with the current version of DOORS.
Rainbow dongles are no longer supported by DOORS. If you use Rainbow dongles to run DOORS, you must contact your local Support department. You do not need to replace other existing hardware licenses.
Note: If you are running DOORS on
Citrix software, you can use only floating licenses.
The IBM Common Licensing must be installed on your system. For information about the IBM Common Licensing, see IBM Common Licensing.
For information about license server ports, see the technote About TCP/IP ports used by DOORS product.