Release notes - Rational DOORS for HP Quality Center Interface, version 3.5.0.0

IBM® Rational® DOORS® for HP Quality Center Interface, version 3.5.0.0 is available. Compatibility, installation, and other getting-started issues are addressed.

• System requirements
  
• Operating system locales
  
• Compatible products
  
• Installing Rational DOORS for HP Quality Center Interface 3.5
  
• Issues with installing and upgrading
  
• Obtaining a license
  
• What's new in version 3.5
  
• Defects fixed by 3.5
  
• Limitations
  
• Contacting Support
  
• Notices
  

For the latest news and information about Rational DOORS for HP Quality Center Interface, visit the Rational Software Support site.

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System requirements

Before you can install the integration server you must have:

• One of the following operating systems on your computer:
  
  
  • Windows® Server 2003 R2 (Standard or Enterprise) 32-bit. IIS 6.0 must be running with ASP.NET v2.0 enabled.
  • Windows Server 2008 (Standard or Enterprise) 32-bit. IIS 7.0 must be running in IIS 6.0 compatibility mode, with ASP.NET v2.0 enabled.
    
    
• The following software and memory:
  
  
  • A Rational DOORS 9.2 or later client. This Rational DOORS client must not be used for the day to day administration of the integration, or for any other Rational DOORS tasks. Only run the Rational DOORS client on the integration server machine if instructed by the Rational DOORS support team.
  • You must have used a Microsoft® Internet Explorer browser to connect to the Quality Center server you intend to use for the integration.
  • The .NET Framework v3.5 SP1 installed. If you do not have the .NET Framework on your machine, the installer automatically prompts you to install it. You must install the .NET Framework before you continue.
  • Minimum 512 MB RAM.
  
  
• The following on your network:
  
  
  • A Rational DOORS version 9.2 or later database server must be installed and configured on any machine on the network, including UNIX® machines. Make sure the Rational DOORS database is not set up to use system usernames. Quality Center Integration cannot communicate with Rational DOORS if system usernames are being used.
    
  • An HP Quality Center server version 10.0 must be installed on any machine on the network, including UNIX machines.

Before you can install the integration client you must have:

• One of the following operating systems on your computer:
  
  
  • Windows Terminal Server for Windows Server 2003 (Standard or Enterprise) 32-bit or 64-bit.
  • Windows Terminal Server for Windows Server 2003 R2 (Standard or Enterprise) 32-bit or 64-bit.
  • Windows Terminal Server for Windows Server 2008 (Standard or Enterprise) 32-bit or 64-bit.
  • Windows Terminal Server for Windows Server 2008 R2 (Standard or Enterprise) 64-bit.
  • Windows XP Professional SP2 32-bit or 64-bit.
  • Windows XP Professional SP3 32-bit.
  • Windows Vista (Business or Enterprise) SP2 32-bit or 64-bit.
  • Windows 7 (Professional or Enterprise) 32-bit or 64-bit.
  • Citrix XenApp 5.0 (Advanced, Enterprise or Platinum) for Windows Server 2003 (Standard or Enterprise) 32-bit or 64-bit.
  • Citrix XenApp 5.0 (Advanced, Enterprise or Platinum) for Windows Server 2003 R2 (Standard or Enterprise) 32-bit or 64-bit.
  • Citrix XenApp 5.0 (Advanced, Enterprise or Platinum) for Windows Server 2008 (Standard or Enterprise) 32-bit or 64-bit.
  • VMware Workstation v6.0 running all supported platforms.
    
    
• A Rational DOORS 9.2 or later client must also be installed.



• The integration server must already be installed and configured on your network.

Before you can install the administration console you must have:

• One of the following operating systems on your computer:
  
  
  • Windows Terminal Server for Windows Server 2003 (Standard or Enterprise) 32-bit.
  • Windows Terminal Server for Windows Server 2003 R2 (Standard or Enterprise) 32-bit.
  • Windows Terminal Server for Windows Server 2008 (Standard or Enterprise) 32-bit.
  • Windows XP Professional SP2 32-bit.
  • Windows XP Professional SP3 32-bit.
  • Windows Vista (Business or Enterprise) SP2 32-bit.
  • Windows 7 (Professional or Enterprise) 32-bit.
  • Citrix XenApp 5.0 (Advanced, Enterprise or Platinum) for Windows Server 2003 (Standard or Enterprise) 32-bit.
  • Citrix XenApp 5.0 (Advanced, Enterprise or Platinum) for Windows Server 2003 R2 (Standard or Enterprise) 32-bit.
  • Citrix XenApp 5.0 (Advanced, Enterprise or Platinum) for Windows Server 2008 (Standard or Enterprise) 32-bit.
  • VMware Workstation v6.0 running all supported platforms.
  
  
  
• The .NET Framework v3.5 SP1.
  
  
• The integration server and the integration client must already be installed and configured on your network.

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Operating system locales supported by Rational DOORS for HP Quality Center Interface 3.5

Any Windows locale.

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Compatible Rational products

• IBM Rational DOORS 9.2 and after
• IBM Rational DOORS Web Access 1.4 and after
• IBM Rational DOORS for ClearCase Interface 2.1.1
• IBM Rational DOORS for ClearQuest Interface 2.2.1
• IBM Rational DOORS for Rational Rose Interface 2.10.1
• IBM Rational DOORS for Serena PVCS Version Manager Interface 1.4.1
• IBM Rational DOORS for Rational Quality Manager Interface 1.0
• IBM Rational DOORS Analyst Add On 4.3.0.3
• IBM Rational Rhapsody for DOORS Interface 7.5
• IBM Rational Publishing Engine 1.1
• IBM Rational Statemate for DOORS Interface 4.6
• IBM Rational Synchronization Server 1.3
• IBM Rational System Architect for DOORS Interface 11.4
• IBM Rational Systems Tester for DOORS Interface 3.3
• IBM Rational Tau for DOORS Interface 4.3.0.3
• IBM Rational DOORS Requirements Framework Add On 6.0
• IBM Rational Quality Manager 2.0.1.1
• IBM Rational Directory Server 5.1.0.2 and 5.2
• IBM Rational License Server TL 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 and 2.0
• IBM Rational License Key Server 8.1.1

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Installing Rational DOORS for HP Quality Center Interface 3.5

For information on installing and upgrading to Rational DOORS for HP Quality Center Interface 3.5, see the installation information in the IBM Rational DOORS information center.

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Issues with installing and upgrading

Issue with upgrading to v3.5

If you upgrade to Rational DOORS for HP Quality Center Interface 3.5, and the Windows Synchronization Timer service fails to start, the upgrade will fail.

Solution:

1. Click Start > Run, and type regedit.
2. In the Registry Editor, navigate to the registry sub key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control.
3. In the Details pane, locate the ServicesPipeTimeout entry.
4. Right-click Modify. If the ServicesPipeTimeout entry does not exist, you must create it (select Edit > New > DWORD Value, type ServicesPipeTimeout, and click Enter).
5. Click Decimal, type 100000, and click OK.
6. Restart the computer.

Issue with installing the integration server when the local path to the default website is not on the default drive

When you install the integration server and the local path for the home directory of the default website is not on the default drive, the installation procedure copies DOORSTDIServices and DOORSTDIntegrationWebServices to the root drive.

Solution:

After the installation of the integration server is finished, browse to the DOORSTDIServices and DOORSTDIntegrationWebServices folders and move them to the correct location.

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Obtaining a license for Rational DOORS for HP Quality Center Interface

If this is your first installation of Rational DOORS for HP Quality Center Interface, you need to obtain a license from IBM. You also need to install version 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 or 2.0 of the Rational License Server TL or version 8.1.1 of the Rational License Key Server.

For information about how to obtain a license from IBM, and how to install the Rational License Server TL, see the Rational License Server TL Licensing Guide in the Rational License Server TL Information Center. For information about the Rational License Key Server, see the Rational Common Licensing information.

If you already have a license to run version 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, or 3.4, you can use that license for Rational DOORS for HP Quality Center Interface version 3.5.

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What's new in version 3.5

• Improved performance and scaleability
  
  Rational DOORS for HP Quality Center Interface v3.5 gives you a number of different ways to improve the performance and scaleability of synchronization tasks. You can set up your system so that it performs the following tasks:
  
  
  • Running synchronization tasks in chunks
    
    If you have a synchronization task that contains a large number of objects to be processed, you can break it down into chunks, and run each chunk in parallel. You can control the maximum number of chunks that can run in parallel and the maximum number of objects in each chunk.
    
    
  • Running synchronization tasks in parallel
    
    You can set up your system to run the synchronization tasks themselves in parallel. The number of synchronization tasks that you can run simultaneously is determined only by your hardware. You can prioritize your tasks, making sure that the most important tasks are always run first.
    
    
  • Running synchronization tasks in parts
    
    Each task is now broken down into three separate parts: Content, Structure and Links. You can set up synchronization tasks to run only as many of the parts as you want.
    
    If you know that a synchronization task very rarely contains changes to the Structure or to Links, you can split it into two tasks: one task that processes only Changes to the content, and a separate task that processes the Changes to the content, the Structure, and the Links. You can then run the first task every night, and run the second task every week.
    
    
  • Running synchronization tasks at specific times
    
    You can now set up a specific time during which synchronization tasks are run. You enter a start time and an end time, making sure that tasks are not run when you need to have access to your databases to carry out other tasks. Typically, synchronization tasks are run overnight; you can use the start time and end time to make overnight runs the only time when synchronization tasks can be run.
    
    
• Common attribute maps
  
  Rational DOORS for HP Quality Center Interface uses the concept of attribute maps as the basis for synchronizing Rational DOORS and HP Quality Center. Attribute maps are the relationships between Rational DOORS attribute types and HP Quality Center field types.
  
  Data is transferred between the attributes and fields that are mapped. When you map attributes, you must make sure that the attribute type in Rational DOORS is compatible with the field type in HP Quality Center.
  
  When you begin to plan the mappings between different modules in Rational DOORS and HP Quality Center, you quickly realize that many of the mappings are similar. To take advantage of this fact, this version of Rational DOORS for HP Quality Center Interface uses common attribute maps to allow you to set up the relationships between Rational DOORS and HP Quality Center quickly and easily.
  
  When you set up your common attribute maps, they are used to organize your synchronization tasks. For example, if you have four synchronization tasks that use the same common attribute map, they are displayed under it (almost as if the common attribute map were a folder).
  
  
• Support for Microsoft Windows 2008 Server and .NET Framework v3.5
  
  
• History and change bars in Rational DOORS are no longer affected by attributes specific to the integration: TD_Entity, TD_ReqID, TD_Version.
  
  
• You can add the prefix of a Rational DOORS Requirement identifier (Module Prefix and Absolute Number) to the Requirement Name in HP Quality Center.
  
  
• Support for HP Quality Center Releases and Cycles in Statement of Quality reporting.

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Defects fixed by 3.5

For details of the fixed defects in this release, see the Fix List for IBM Rational DOORS for HP Quality Center Interface.

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Limitations

None.

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Contacting Support

Please visit our Telelogic support overview on the Rational software support website 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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