IBM Rational System Architect 11.3.1.4 Readme

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April 29, 2011

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This Readme file contains last-minute product information and updates to IBM® Rational® System Architect® 11.3.1.4. This Readme is divided into the following sections:

System Requirements
Operating System Locales
Installing Rational System Architect 11.3.1.4
Obtaining a License
What's New
Compatible Products
Known Problems
Fixed Problems
Contacting Support
Notices

For the latest news and information about Rational System Architect, visit http://www-01.ibm.com/software/awdtools/systemarchitect/.

System Requirements

Rational System Architect 11.3.1.4 is supported on the platforms listed below.

Clients

Microsoft Windows® 7 (32-bit)
Microsoft Windows® 7 (64-bit)
Microsoft Windows Vista® with SP 1
Note: Installing Rational System Architect 11.3.1.4 on this platforms requires that User Access Control be disabled so the Microsoft .Net Framework can be installed as required. If the UAC is enabled, the Rational System Architect installation cannot be completed.
Microsoft Windows XP with SP3

Servers

Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 (32-bit)
Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 (64-bit) - This OS is not recommended due to performance limitations.
Note: Installing Rational System Architect 11.3.1.4 on either of the Windows Server 2008 platforms above requires User Access Control (UAC) be disabled so that Microsoft .NET can be installed.
If UAC is enabled, the Rational System Architect installation cannot be completed.
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 32-bit Standard Edition (with SP 2)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition 32-bit (with SP 2)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition 64-bit (with SP 2)
Note: This OS is not recommended due to performance limitations.

Terminal Server Environments

A Terminal Server is an underlying platform. Rational System Architect is supported when installed directly on a Terminal Server or when installed on server products that run on Terminal Server, such as Citrix® or VMWare®.

Terminal Server:
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition

Citrix Metaframe Presentation Server 4.0 and Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 (Advanced Edition):
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 with SP2
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard with SP2
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise
VMWare ESX Server 4.5:
- ALP Strategic Windows Client and Server Platforms

Minimum System Requirements

The minimum system requirements for running Rational System Architect on the platforms listed above are as follows:

Administrative privileges on the system (during installation only).
Pentium®-class PC, 2 GHz or higher, minimum of 1 GB of RAM, Super VGA monitor (with the screen resolution set to at least 800 x 600, small fonts setting).
Disk space of 3.5 GB during installation and 300 MB after the installation is complete.
Note: This amount of space allows third-party software to be installed as needed (for example, Microsoft .NET Framework).
The latest service packs and system upgrades that are available from Microsoft at http://update.microsoft.com/.
If you plan to use Microsoft SQL Server® Express 2005 on the same computer, review the minimum requirements for the SQL Server Express. For more information, visit the Microsoft website http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143441.aspx.

Network Requirements

Rational System Architect is designed to work in a LAN environment or on stand-alone computers. To work concurrently with other users, use the following setup:

100 Mbps connections between all clients and the central database that houses encyclopedia projects.
100 Mbps Ethernet network with users getting high throughput rates.
Note: Typical throughput rates on 100 Mbps LANs range from 40-60 Mbps for upstream and downstream data transfer.
Optional: Rational System Architect is supported by Citrix Metaframe Presentation Server 4.5, Windows Server 2003 32-bit Standard Edition, and Windows Server 2003 32-bit Enterprise Edition.

Rational System Architect supports the following database repositories for encyclopedias:

Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express
Oracle® 10g Database (not supported on Windows Vista)
Oracle® 11g Database

At the time of writing, these third-party products are tested with Rational System Architect 11.3.1.4:

Microsoft Office 2003
Microsoft Office 2007
Crystal Reports® 10, 11

Internet Browsers

Tools in the Rational System Architect suite (SA Publisher, SA Compare, and HTML Reports) generate web pages from the database repositories. The following browsers are supported for viewing those web pages:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7
Mozilla® Firefox® 3.0 and 3.5.9

Operating System Locales

Rational System Architect is supported on all locales. Specific tests are performed on the English, French, German, Hebrew, Japanese, and Spanish versions of the Windows operating systems listed above.

What's New

For details about new features in the Rational System Architect, see the 'What's New' file Information Center: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/rsdp/v1r0m0/index.jsp.

Compatible Products

All Rational System Architect supporting products, such as Rational System Architect® XT, Rational System Architect Compare, Rational System Architect Publisher, and Rational System Architect Catalog Manager must be at the same exact version as Rational System Architect. Therefore, if you upgrade Rational System Architect, you must also upgrade these other products.

Rational System Architect integrates with other Rational products as follows:

Rational System Architect DOORS® Interface 11.3.1.4, which is available with Rational System Architect 11.3.1.4, is compatible with Rational DOORS 9.0. 9.1, 9.2, and 9.3.
Rational System Architect Change™ integration supports Rational Change 4.7, 5.0 and 5.1.
Rational System Architect Focal Point™ Integration supports Rational Focal Point™ server 6.2 or higher.
Rational System Architect RDS integration supports RDS 5.0.
Rational System Architect RPE integration supports Report Publishing Engine 1.1
Rational System Architect Insight integration supports Rational Insight 1.0
Rational System Architect Cognos Bridge supports IBM Cognos® Business Intelligence 8.4.1

Rational System Architect XT - You can now install Rational System Architect XT on the same computer as Rational System Architect. This installation includes these key requirements:

You must install the same version of each product.
You must install Rational System Architect before you install Rational System Architect XT.
When you install Rational System Architect XT over Rational System Architect, the installation is incremental. Therefore, you cannot choose a different installation path for Rational System Architect XT.
You cannot run Rational System Architect while clients are running Rational System Architect XT on the Rational System Architect XT server.

For more information, see the 'Rational System Architect and Rational System Architect XT Installation Guide,' in the Rational System Architect Information Center: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/rsdp/v1r0m0/index.jsp.

Installing Rational System Architect 11.3.1.4

Rational System Architect installation prerequisites

Rational System Architect and the Rational System Architect for DOORS® Interface require that the Microsoft® Windows® Installer 3.1 service be installed on the operating system of the target computer. If this service is not present, the installation stops and you are notified how to obtain and install the Windows Installer 3.1. Additionally, Rational System Architect requires that certain products be installed before the Rational System Architect installation. If these prerequisites are installed, the Rational System Architect installation proceeds. However, if prerequisites are not installed, the missing are displayed and you can click 'Install’ to install them. If the prerequisites cannot be installed, the Rational System Architect installation cannot proceed.

Rational System Architect installs the following prerequisite products if they are not already installed on your computer:

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 (also installs 2.0)
Microsoft Visual J#® 2.0 Redistributable Package
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Backward Compatibility
Microsoft Oracle .NET Data Provider
Microsoft Primary Interoperability Assemblies 2005

Note: After the prerequisite products are installed, they are not be removed if you uninstall Rational System Architect. You can remove these products manually by using the Add/Remove control from the Windows Control Panel.

Additional products used or installed:

Microsoft MSI 3.1
MDAC 2.7 (with SP 1)
Microsoft XML Parser 3.0 (with SP 7)
Rational System Architect is based in part on software from Colosseum Builders, Inc.
International Proofreader™ English (US and UK) text proofing system © 2003 by Vantage Technology Holdings, Inc. For full copyright information, see the Rational System Architect User Guide, which is available on the support site.
Java™ Runtime Environment – Minimum version required is JRE 1.5 or higher. Earlier versions of the JRE render SVG diagrams incorrectly and cause them to display an 'Applet Loading' message.
IBM JRE 5 or 6 - All the installation files in the Rational System Architect family of products install the Java fix pack for the "Critical security vulnerability alert." For more information about the fix pack, go to http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/alerts/cve-2010-4476.html.

For the latest information about third-party products Rational System Architect supports, visit http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/systemarchitect/support.

IMPORTANT: Rational System Architect 11.3.1.4 is a full installation. If you have Rational System Architect versions 11.3.1.1, 11.3, 11.2 (with Service Pack 1), or earlier installed on your computer, you must uninstall those versions before you install Rational System Architect 11.3.1.4.

During the course of an installation, you may be prompted to restart Windows to complete the installation. If so, you have to restart Windows for the installation to resume and complete. When you restart Windows Vista, the Rational System Architect installation resumes automatically. However, when you restart Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, you also have to restart the Rational System Architect installation manually for it to resume and complete.

To install Rational System Architect 11.3.1.4, proceed as follows:

Uninstall any earlier Rational System Architect versions from your computer.
Obtain the Rational System Architect 11.3.1.4 installation software, which is available as a download or on a DVD.
Depending on the installation package that you have, proceed as follows:

If you downloaded Rational System Architect 11.3.1.4, open the folder into which you downloaded it, and click the installation file.
If you have the installation DVD, insert it into the DVD drive.

Follow the instructions in the installation wizard.

The paid add-on products for Rational System Architect's, such as IBM Rational System Architect Compare™, IBM Rational System Architect Publisher™, and IBM Rational System Architect Simulator III™, along with its SA Viewer simulation engine, are installed with Rational System Architect. These products are enabled by license files that you purchase.

Obtaining a License

To obtain a license for Rational System Architect 11.3.1.4, contact your Sales Account Manager.

Known Problems

For details about how to resolve known problems in Rational System Architect 11.3.1.4, visit http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/systemarchitect/support.

Fixed Problems

For details about problems that were resolved in Rational System Architect 11.3.1.4, see the 'What's New' file in the Rational System Architect Information Center: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/rsdp/v1r0m0/index.jsp.

Contacting Support

Visit the IBM Rational Support site at http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/systemarchitect/support/.
A one-sheet reference guide explains how to contact support from your geographic location.

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