An installation of the design management tools can include
several different components. Before you install the software, review
the hardware and software requirements, select an installation topology,
and review the installation steps.
About this task
Design
Management Server is an application that runs on Jazz™ Team Server, similar to the applications in the Rational® solution
for Collaborative Lifecycle Management. Jazz Team Server provides the basic services that enable a group of applications
to work together, and Design
Management Server provides services to work with models on the server. Therefore,
many of the prerequisites and other installation steps for Design
Management Server are the same as for Jazz Team Server.
In most cases, the complete installation includes
the following components:
- The IBM® Rational Software Architect Extension for
Design Management or IBM Rational Rhapsody® Design
Manager. You can install Design
Management Server on a different application server as Jazz Team Server. In addition to Jazz Team Server, which hosts and manages projects, the Design
Management Server hosts models so that users can comment on and collaborate
on those models.
- A database for the Design
Management Server, Data Warehouse, Configuration Management Server, and Jazz Team Server. You can install this database on the same application
server or on an independent database server.
- One or more client applications. These clients can be computers
with web browsers and access to the Design
Management Server. They can also be installations of Rational Software Architect with the collaboration client extension, and Rational Rhapsody, depending on which extensions are installed on the server.
These client applications provide access to the models that are hosted
on the Design
Management Server.
- One or more import engines, which import models to the server
and keep the models up to date. You can install these import engines
on the client computers, the application servers, or on the servers
on which the models are stored. Separate import engines are available
for Rational Software Architect models and for Rational Rhapsody models. You must install an import engine to import models
to the server.
- One or more instances of IBM Installation Manager, which installs the other components.
You can install these components in several different configurations,
as described in the different available installation topologies. You
can also add other products to the installation later.