IBM Rational Change 5.2 readme (updated for Fix Pack 5.2.0.8)

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20 December, 2012

 

 

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This file contains last-minute product information and updates to IBM® Rational® Change 5.2.

It is divided into the following sections:

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

System requirements

To run Rational Change 5.2 server you need:

  • One of the following operating systems installed on your computer:
    • IBM® AIX® 6.1
    • Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 6 (32-bit or 64-bit)
    • Solaris® 10 (64-Bit)
    • SUSE® Linux 10 SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit)
    • 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)

 

  • The minimum hardware requirements are:
    • A multi-processor or multi-core processor server class machine
    • 1 GB RAM for the Rational Change server
    • 15 MB RAM for each Rational Synergy session
    • 200 MB free disk space

 

  • Rational Synergy 7.1a, 7.1, or 6.6a with patch 02 must be installed and operational
  • Rational Directory Server 5.0, 5.1, 5.1.1, or 5.2 must be installed and operational
  • Rational License Server TL 2.0 or Rational License Key Server 8.1.1 must be installed and operational

To run Rational Change 5.2 client you need:

Operating System

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Windows 7 Enterprise Edition (32-bit)
Windows XP Professional SP3

Internet Explorer® 8.0

Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard or Enterprise Edition (32-bit or 64-bit)
Windows XP Professional SP3
Citrix® Xenapp 5.0 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 SP2 or 7.0

Windows Vista Enterprise Edition SP1

Internet Explorer 7.0

IBM AIX 6.1

Firefox® 2.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (32-bit or 64-bit)
Solaris 10
SUSE Linux 10 SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit)
Windows Vista Enterprise SP1
Windows XP Professional SP3

Firefox 3.0

Note: Rational Change uses a Java™ applet as part of its integration with Rational Synergy (to launch Rational Synergy dialogs, such as history and compare, from show forms and reports). Java 6 (in case of IE8 and above, it should be Java 6 update 11) or higher is required on the client machine to use this feature.

For additional information on system requirements, including recommended configurations, visit the Rational Support Web site at: http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/change/sysreqs


Operating system locales supported by Rational Change 5.2

The following locale information is only applicable when running with Rational Synergy 7.1; disregard if using Rational Synergy 7.1a or 6.6a.

Rational 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. Rational 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

  • Rational Synergy 6.6a with patch 02
  • Rational Synergy 7.1
  • Rational Synergy 7.1a
  • Rational Directory Server 5.0
  • Rational Directory Server 5.1
  • Rational Directory Server 5.1.1
  • Rational Directory Server 5.2
  • Rational License Server TL 2.0
  • Rational License Key Server 8.1.1
  • WebSphere Application Server 7 (optional) using its default JRE (was_home/java/jre)
    Note: Rational Change 5.2 is not supported on WAS for AIX and 64-bit versions of Windows.
  • WebSphere Application Server Community Edition 2.1.1.1 (optional) using the Rational Synergy JRE (ccm_home/jre)

Rational Change 5.2 can interoperate with the following servers in a central server cluster:

  • Rational Change 5.2
  • Change 5.1 with patch 06 (and Synergy at the latest patch level)
  • Change 5.0 with patch 04 (and Synergy at the latest patch level)


Installing Rational Change 5.2

Login to IBM Passport Advantage to download platform-specific installation images for Rational Change or to request a physical media kit.

If the installation image is in the .tar format, extract it as follows:

  1. Set the CCM_HOME environment variable to point to your Rational Synergy installation.
  2. $CCM_HOME/bin/util/bsdtar xf archive-filename

See the IBM Rational Change Installation Guide for detailed directions about installing Rational Change.

When installing Rational Change 5.2 against Synergy 7.1a, follow the additional steps below:

  1. During the installation of Rational Change 5.2, ignore the installer warnings about incompatible versions and proceed anyway.
  2. After installation, edit <CHANGE_APP_HOME>/WEB-INF/wsconfig/init.cfg, changing the encoding from 'windows-1252' to 'UTF-8'.
  3. Restart Change.
  4. If you're using the process package dev_process_j, you'll need to delete it and regenerate it.
  5. Install Rational Change Fix Pack 5.2.0.8 or its replacement.


Obtaining a license for Rational Change 5.2

A Change 5.1 license for a stand-alone server or a central server without any remote servers is compatible with Rational Change 5.2. In all other cases, a new license is required.

Rational Change 5.2 uses the Rational License Server TL, which is a FLEXlm-based license server that manages licenses for various Rational products. You must upgrade or install the Rational License Server TL 2.0 to use Rational Change 5.2. See Rational Lifecycle Solutions Licensing for detailed information.


What's new in version 5.2

·         Support for different web servers has been added:

    • Jetty (bundled solution)
    • WebSphere Application Server Community Edition (existing installation)
    • WebSphere Application Server (existing installation)

·         A new CR process—Enterprise Change Process (ECP)—has been added.

ECP has been specifically designed for large organizations that need scalability. It provides an adaptive lifecycle that allows development teams to run multiple projects that need the flexibility of a simple process, yet which also offers change managers and owners the ability to create parent/child relationships to extend any one of the three major stages of the process: analysis, resolution, and evaluation.

·         The message of the day feature now has a GUI interface for administration.

·         Base template selection has been simplified and allows for designation of attributes per row.

·         The performance when loading large show/submit dialogs has been improved.

·         The "CM Build Queries" feature is now supported in central server mode.

·         New controls have been added, such as:

    • Extended text, which allows more text formatting options, such as bold, italics, font size, lists, color, etc.
    • Effort progress bar
    • Page and section navigation features

·         New CMMI matrix reports have been added.

·         Report and query folders now support access control list (ACL) rules to implement folder security.

·         Browsable queries now show a visual indication of the selected query item.

·         A preference to indicate the follow-up operation after doing a CR submission (show the submitted CR or load a new submit form) has been added.

·         Rational Change Fix Pack 5.2.0.1 adds the OSLC-CM 1.0 REST API and compatibility with Rational Synergy 7.1a, plus various fixes.

·         Rational Change Fix Pack 5.2.0.2 adds client support for Internet Explorer 8.0 on Windows 7 Enterprise Edition (32-bit) and various fixes.

·         Rational Change Fix Pack 5.2.0.3 adds various fixes.

·         Rational Change Fix Pack 5.2.0.4 adds the OSLC-CM 2.0 REST API, client support for Internet Explorer 8.0 on Windows XP Professional SP3, and various fixes.

·         Rational Change Fix Pack 5.2.0.5 adds the support for Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 6.

·         Rational Change Fix Pack 5.2.0.6 adds various fixes and adds client support for Internal Explorer 9.0 and Firefox 7.0

·         Rational Change Fix Pack 5.2.0.7 adds various fixes and adds client support for Firefox 10.0 ESR. It includes fixes to make Change application to work with Jetty 8.1.3 and support for RDS metagroup functionality.

·         Rational Change Fix Pack 5.2.0.8 adds various fixes and adds web services API support for fetching OSLC based web URLs for a Change requests and its associated tasks.

Known problems

Visit the IBM Support site for an updated list of known problems.


Fixed problems

Visit the IBM Support site for a list of problems fixed in Rational Change 5.2.


Contacting Support

Please visit our Telelogic support overview site at: http://www.ibm.com/software/rational/support/telelogic/
You will find a one-sheet reference guide about how to best contact support in your geography.

 

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