Planning the deployment and installation

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 Design Manager 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.

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