Telelogic Change 5.1 readme
IBM Corporation
1 November, 2008

This file contains last-minute product information and updates to Telelogic® Change™ 5.1.

It is divided into the following sections:

For the latest news and information on Telelogic Change, visit the website at http://www.ibm.com/software/rational/support/.


System requirements

To run Telelogic Change 5.1 server you need:

To run Telelogic Change 5.1 client you need:

Operating System Browser
Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard or Enterprise Edition (32-bit or 64-bit)
Windows XP Professional SP3
Citrix® MetaFrame Presentation Server 4.5 (Advanced Edition) on Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard or Enterprise Edition (32-bit or 64-bit)
VMware ESX Server 3.5 running Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard or Enterprise Edition (32-bit or 64-bit)
Internet Explorer® 6 SP1 or 7.0
Windows Vista Enterprise Edition SP1 Internet Explorer 7.0
IBM AIX 5.3 Firefox® 1.5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (32-bit or 64-bit)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (32-bit or 64-bit)
Solaris 9
Solaris 10
Firefox 2.0

Note: Telelogic Change uses a Java™ applet as part of its integration with Telelogic Synergy (to launch Telelogic Synergy dialogs, such as history and compare, from show forms and reports). Java 6 or higher is required on the client machine to use this feature.

For additional information on system requirements, including recommended configurations, visit the Support Web site.

For the latest information about third party products that are supported with Telelogic Change, visit the Support Web site.


Operating system locales supported by Telelogic Change 5.1

Telelogic Change is certified only in the C locale. IBM supports use in any locale using the Latin-1 character set or the Windows extension CP 1252; however, such locales have not been tested. Use in locales using non-Latin-1 character sets is not supported. Telelogic Change provides configurable date formats that are independent of locale; it does not adapt messages, numeric formats, or sorting orders according to the locale.


Compatible products


Installing Telelogic Change 5.1

Note: One of the new features as of version 5.0—central server mode—is only supported for new deployments. Currently, there is no upgrade path from a stand-alone server (which includes all previous versions of the product prior to 5.0) to a central server configuration.


Obtaining a license for Telelogic Change

A new license is required for Telelogic Change 5.1.

Telelogic Change 5.1 uses the Telelogic License Server. The Telelogic License Server is a FLEXlm-based license server that you can use to provide licenses to various Telelogic products. You must upgrade or install the Telelogic License Server to use Telelogic Change 5.1. See Telelogic Lifecycle Solutions Licensing for detailed information.


What's new in version 5.1



Known problems

For details of known problems in Telelogic Change 5.1, and how to resolve them, visit the support center on the Support Web site.


Fixed problems

For details of problems that have been resolved in Telelogic Change 5.1, visit the support center on the Support Web site.


Contact Support

Support and information for Telelogic products is currently being transitioned from the Telelogic Support site to the IBM Rational Software Support site. During this transition phase, your product support location depends on your customer history.



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