IBM Rational Directory Server version 5.0 readme

IBM Corporation
20 May, 2009

 

 

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This file contains last-minute product information and updates to IBM® Rational® Directory Server 5.0

It is divided into the following sections:

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

System requirements

To run Rational Directory Server 5.0 you need:

  • One of the following operating systems installed on your computer:
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard, Enterprise Edition (SP1 or R2)
    • Sun Solaris 10 operating system 64 bit ( / SPARC Platform)
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 operating system 32 and 64 bit
    • Suse Linux 10 operating system 32 and 64 bit

 

Note: RDS for Apache Tomcat is also supported on IBM AIX 6.1 64 bit.

 

To run Rational Directory Administration 5.0 Client you need:

  • One of the following operating systems installed on your computer:
    • Microsoft Windows 2003 Standard, Enterprise Edition (SP1 or R2)
    • Microsoft Windows XP SP2
    • Microsoft Windows Vista
    • Sun Solaris 10 Operating System 64 bit SPARC
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 operating system 32 and 64 bit
    • Suse Linux  10 operating system 32 and 64 bit

 

  • The minimum system requirements are:
    • RAM
      1. 1-2 GB RAM for evaluation purposes.
      2. At least 4 GB and more for production servers.
    • Local Disk Space
      1. At least 5 GB disk space for UNIX and 2 GB for Windows binaries. For evaluation purposes, an additional 2GB local disk space for server software might be sufficient.
      2. For production servers, consider the number of entries stored in RDS for local disk space usage.

     

# of Entries

 

Minimum disk space required

10,000 - 250,000

 

5 GB

250,000 - 1,000,000

 

6 GB

 

Over 1,000,000

 

8 GB

 

    • Additional Software Requirements

Operating System

 

Supported OS Versions

Additional Required Software

Solaris Operating System

Solaris 10 Operating System for

SPARC®, x86 architectures

·    The Korn shell is required.

·    pkgadd system utility should exist.

·    64- bit kernel.

·    If raw devices are used, patch 125100-07.

Red Hat/Suse Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Server 5 for x86 (32 and 64 bit OS)

 

The following packages needs to be installed before installing the Rational Directory Server:

1.      glibc-devel

2.      glibc-headers

3.      libaio

4.      compat-libstdc++

 

The rpm names of these packages are:

32 bit Redhat5:

·    glibc-2.5-18.i686.rpm

·    glibc-common-2.5-18.i686.rpm

·    glibc-common-devel-2.5-18.i686.rpm

·    glibc-headers-2.5-18.i686.rpm

·    nscd-2.5-18.i686.rpm

The rpm name could end with "i386" based on the hardware details (/ confirm with command "uname -m").

 

64 bit Redhat5:

·    glibc-2.5-18.ia64.rpm

·    glibc-common-2.5-18.ia64.rpm

·    glibc-common-devel-2.5-18.ia64.rpm

·    glibc-headers-2.5-18.ia64.rpm 

·    nscd-2.5-18.ia64.rpm

Libraries libstdc++so.5 and libaio.so.1 should exist.

 

You might need to upgrade to the latest patch level of these packages. For more information on the patches, see the Red Hat support site at http://rhn.redhat.com.

 

Microsoft Windows

 

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard, Enterprise Edition

SP1 or R2

 

 

    • TCP/IP
    • Refer to RDS Install Manual for sizing requirements

The minimum system requirements for a client system are:

    • At least 512 MB RAM  ( / and a 350MHz Pentium processor for Windows / Red hat )
    • At least 300 MB of free disk space
    • TCP/IP

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

At the time of writing, the third party products tested with Rational Directory Server 5.0 are:

  • IBM® Tivoli® Directory Server 6.2
  • Microsoft® Active Directory® for Windows 2003
  • Sun Java™ System Directory Server 5.2 and 6.3

Operating system locales supported by Rational Directory Server 5.0

Rational Directory Server supports use in any locale using the UTF-8 character set (on UNIX) or CP 1252 (on Windows). Use in locales using other character sets is not supported. RDS does not adapt messages, numeric formats, or sorting orders according to the locale (other than English US locale).


Compatible products

  • IBM® Rational® Change™ 5.2
  • IBM® Rational® DOORS® 9.2
  • IBM® Rational® Focal Point™ 6.4
  • IBM® Rational® System Architect® 11.3
  • IBM® Rational® Synergy™ 7.1
  • IBM® Rational® Tau 4.3
  • IBM® Rational® Team Weptop™ 1.1


Installing Rational Directory Server 5.0

For complete information about how to install Rational Directory Server, see Rational Directory Server Installation Guide.


Obtaining a license for Rational Directory Server

By accepting the End User License Agreement (EULA), you agree to the terms of the License agreement. The RDS should be used with other licensed products.


What's new in version 5.0

Two-Factor Authentication

Two-factor authentication (T-FA) is a security process wherein the user provides two means of identification to authenticate to the server. You can configure the Rational Directory Server (RDS) to enable Two-factor authentication (T-FA) to integrate with the Radius Server. This feature is supported only by DOORS product to connect to the Radius Server.

Data Migration

The RDS supports data migration from TDS 3.0, 4.2, 4.3 and RDS 5.0 to the current RDS 5.0 repository. For more information on the data migration, see the Rational Directory Server Product Manual or Online Help.

 

Note: Data migration from TDS 3.0 to any of 4.2, 4.3 and 5.0 version requires "cn=admin" privilege. Migration from TDS 4.2, 4.3 or RDS 5.0 to RDS 5.0 requires Admin DN to be set as "uid=tdsadmin,ou=people,dc=telelogic,dc=com"

 

RDS Variants

The RDS supports two types of installations:

1.      RDS with Tivoli Directory Server

2.      RDS with Tomcat Apache Server.

 

Users, looking for just the directory server services, can use RDS Apache Server. Others, who need the complete enterprise solution, can use RDS Tivoli Directory Server.

 

Note:  RDS Apache is supported only with Rational Change integration.

 

Known problems

Description

Workaround

After migration, the data inconsistency is observed.

After migration, restart the RDS Tivoli Directory Server.

The Tivoli Directory Server back up and restore fails.

You must provide the home directory <RDS Install location>/Instance for the tdsadmin user.

The Customize Find displays error messages.

Use normal Find option to avoid errors.

The tdsadmin user cannot login to RDA in SSL mode, when RDS and RDA are installed separately on Solaris platform on RDS Apache.

Install RDA on Windows platform, and create a partition with SSL enabled.

 

Note: On Solaris platform, RDA cannot be used for SSL configuration.

The server does not start automatically after system reboot on RDS Apache.

Apache Directory Server is not set as a windows service. Start the server manually using the following start up and stop scripts.

·    <RDS_Home>/IBM/Rational/RDS_5.0/RDSUtility/rdsctl.bat start

·    <RDS_Home>/IBM/Rational/RDS_5.0/RDSUtility/rdsctl.bat stop

 

User looking for any automation can use the provided scripts to start/stop the server.

On UNIX platform, the RDS is not supported on NFS mounted systems.

 

 

Fixed problems

 

Defect Number

Synopsis

Release note

N/A

 

Installation freezes or the DB2App.dll error message appears during installation on Windows platform.

The Tivoli Directory Server is now installed prior to RDS. The Tivoli Directory Server is upgraded to version 6.2, which is more robust and any installation related errors are fixed prior to RDS installation.

Tlog#44266

Tlog#45168

Tlog#46616

Rational DOORS and Rational Change authentication is very slow in Corporate mode. This is seen with Microsoft® Active Directory Server.

Rational DOORS and Rational Change integrations are now fixed for delayed login issues.

Tlog#47628

LDAP user names with special characters (like comma) are not supported.

Rational DOORS and RDA tool now supports users with special characters like comma etc.

Tlog#47217

UNIX installation issues like Tivoli package installation error, DB2 installation failure etc.

Tivoli Directory Server is now installed prior to RDS. This enables tuning the UNIX kernel settings during the Tivoli Directory Server installation prior to RDS installation.

Tlog#48733

RDS does not support multiple administrators. Enable multiple administrators in RDS.

The RDS 5.0 (Apache) version supports multiple Directory Administrators.

Tlog#48755

compat-libstdc++ RPM requirement missing in latest TDS 4.3 install guide.

The RDS 5.0 (Tivoli) installation documentation has been updated.

NA

TDS shall support multiple OS authentication domains

The RDS supports multiple domains in OS mode during installation.

Tlogi#46101

TDS 4.3 Web Client does not accept valid email address.

Fixed. Email validations now go through successfully.

Tlog#47217

TDS installation fails if tdsadmin password contains special characters like dollar sign($) etc.

Fixed. The Tivoli Directory Server installation is terminated if the password is not accepted by the installer.

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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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