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Rational Business Developer 9.6.3

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Abstract

IBM Rational Business Developer 9.6.3 has been made generally available and contains fixes for client-reported and internally found defects.

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Table of Contents
SectionsDescription
The Change history section provides an overview on what is new in this release with a description of any new functions or enhancements when applicable.
The How critical is this fix section provides information related to the impact of this release to allow you to assess how your environment may be affected.
The Prerequisites section provides important information to review prior to the installation of this release.
The Download package section provides the direct link to obtain the download package for installation in your environment.
The Installation instructions section provides the installation instructions necessary to apply this release into your environment.
The Known side effects section contains a link to the known problems (open defects) identified at the time of this release.

Supporting Documentation
DocumentDescription
Click to review the detailed system requirements information for a complete list of hardware requirements, supported operating systems, prerequisites and optional supported software, with component-level details and operating system restrictions.
IBM Documentation provides an entry point to product documentation. You can view, browse, and search online information related to the product.
 
Click to review a complete list of the defects (APARs) resolved in this release including a list of resolved defects for the entire version family.
Find technical developer content and resources.

Prerequisites

Prerequisites include:

To execute COBOL programs generated in Rational Business Developer 9.6, the following Rational COBOL Runtime PTFs are required:

  • UK92032 for z/OS
  • UK91995 for z/VSE.

Refer to the zSeries PTF list or the zVSE PTF list tabs in the Fix List.

 

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Installation Instructions

Refer to the Installing page in the IBM Documentation.
Refer to the topics on planning, pre-installation and post-installation tasks in the IBM Documentation.

 

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Download Package

The following sections provide detailed information related to this release.

Refer to the FC link below to obtain the release from Fix Central.

 

How critical is this fix?

Impact Assessment
ImpactDescription

Recommended

This is a service release. It contains fixes for client-reported and internally found defects.

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Definitions

Regression: An error in the Maintenance Delivery Vehicle (MDV) that produces incorrect or unexpected behavior causing a supported feature to stop functioning as designed.
This includes:

  • Coding errors that cause a regression
  • Documentation or packaging problems that cause a regression
  • Errors reported in a new function delivered in a MDV that cause a regression

 

Incomplete: An error in the MDV has not regressed, but does not work as designed.
This includes:

  • Fixed APARs which did not solve the original problem but did not break anything new
  • APARs reporting documentation errors, such as readme errors, that cause problems applying an MDV but do not lead to a regression

 

Notes: 

  • Regression and incomplete APARs are considered fix-in-error or MDV-in-error
  • Definitions above apply only to valid APARs that result in product fixes (APARs returned as working-as-designed are not assessed for being fix-in-error)
  • Issues in major releases due to new functionality do not apply in this definition

 

 
There are no known regressions to report.

 

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Problems Solved

Defects resolved
Click the Fix List link in the table of contents above to review a list of the problems solved in this release.

Known Side Effects

The following defects were not resolved in this release:
There are no known defects to report.

Open defects

Refer to the list of open defects for Rational Business Developer on the IBM Support Portal.

Refer to the technote 1461170: Open APARs for Rational products available on the Web for information on how to configure your MyNotifications subscription account and subscribe to the APARs you are interested in following.

 

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Change History

What's new
For information about the new features and enhancements, review the What's new in Rational Business Developer 9.6.3 topic in the IBM Documentation.

 

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Problems (APARS) fixed
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Document Information

Modified date:
05 August 2026

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ibm17275109

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