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This document provides download and installation information for IBM® Rational® RequisitePro® Fix Pack 7.1.0.2.
Download Description
This fix pack is an update to Rational RequisitePro version 7.1. This fix pack is a full product install of Rational RequisitePro. This version includes all fixes since the version 7.1 release.
APARs fixed in this release
For information on Authorized Problem Analysis Reports (APARs) fixed in this release, see Fixes in Rational RequisitePro version 7.1 releases.
Prerequisites
This is a full installation of the product. No prior installation is required. To install this update using IBM Installation Manager, Rational Requisitepro version 7.1 or later is required.
System requirements
For information about the hardware and software requirements for Rational RequisitePro, see the system requirements document.
For additional details, see the following Rational Support techdocs:
- Detailed System Requirements for Rational RequisitePro version 7.1.
- System Requirements for RequisitePro RequisiteWeb 7.1 Browsers and Web Servers.
Supported languages and globalization
For information about supported languages, translation, and multicultural support for Rational RequisitePro, see Supported languages and globalization at the Rational RequisitePro information center.
Compatibility information
Compatibility issues with earlier versions:
- This version of Rational RequisitePro can only be installed on a computer with the same version or a compatible version of other Rational products. When you upgrade Rational RequisitePro, you must upgrade other Rational products on your computer to the same version or a compatible version. For more information, see Rational Software Development Platform - Team versions 7.0.2 and 7.1 or contact Rational Support.
- When accessing Rational RequisitePro projects from different computers on your network, it is possible to access version 7.1 and 7.1.0.1 projects with 7.1.0.2 clients. It is also possible to access version 7.1.0.2 projects with 7.1 and 7.1.0.1 clients.
- To determine the version of the Rational products that are installed on your system, you can open IBM Installation Manager and click File > View Installed Packages.
Installation Instructions
There are two options available for updating to this fix pack:
- You can add the path to the update repository in IBM Installation Manager and then use the Update feature. This method requires a connection to the Internet on the computer performing the update.
- For users behind firewalls or otherwise unable to use the online update mechanism, you can download the update repository, extract it to a local server (creating a local repository), add that repository to Installation Manager on computers on your network, and use the Update feature to perform the installation.
Before beginning the upgrade using either of the installation options, close Rational RequisitePro. If you are upgrading an installation with the Web components (RequisiteWeb), perform the following tasks:
- Verify that all RequisiteWeb users are logged out of RequisiteWeb.
- Use your Windows Computer Management to stop the following services:
- IBM HTTP Server 6.1 - RationalSDLC
- IBM WebSphere Application Server V6.1 - RWP ReqWeb Servlet
- Copy the catalog.txt file and store it elsewhere in your file system. By default, this file is located here:
C:\Program Files\IBM\RationalSDLC\RequisitePro\ReqWeb\projects - If you previously specified an alternate installation location, copy the config.txt file and store it elsewhere in your file system. By default, this file is located here:
C:\Program Files\IBM\RationalSDLC\profiles\profile2\installedApps\ DefaultNode\ReqWeb.ear\ReqWeb.war\WEB-INF\classes\ - If you previously customized the Rational Web Platform for RequisiteWeb, as described in Configuring the IBM Rational Web Platform, make copies of the httpd.conf, ssl.conf files, and any other files you modified.
After you finish upgrading the RequisiteWeb installation, restore your copy of the catalog.txt and other backup files to the directories in which they were previously located.
Option I. Online update
- Close Rational RequisitePro.
- Open the HTTP link or FTP link for the RequisitePro repository for IM in the download package table in this document. The index page for the repository opens in your browser. Copy the URL that is shown in the browser address field.
- Open the IBM Installation Manager by selecting Start > All Programs > IBM Installation Manager > IBM Installation Manager.
- In Installation Manager, click File > Preferences and click Add Repository. Paste the URL to the update repository and click OK. Click OK to close the Preferences window.
- Click Update. The Installation Manager checks for updates. If a new version of Installation Manager is available, you must install it before you can continue the Rational RequisitePro installation. Click Yes at prompt to update Installation Manager. If your Installation Manager is current, go to step 7.
- Click OK at the prompt to restart Installation Manager. Click Update.
- On the Update Packages page, select the package group IBM Rational SDLC and click Next.
- Select the fix pack and click Next.
- If prompted, accept the license agreement and click Next.
- If prompted, select features you want to install and click Next.
- At the Review summary information page, click Update.
- When the update completes and you are informed that packages were installed successfully, click Finish to close the Update Packages windows.
- Close the IBM Installation Manager.
For detailed instructions, refer to technote 1380386.
For information on installing updates, see the topic Installing Updates in the IBM Installation Manager Information Center at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/install/v1r2/index.jsp.
Option II. Downloading the update repository and updating locally
- Download the repository from the HTTP site or FTP site in the download package table in this document.
- Extract files to a directory on a local server that you want to use as the update repository.
- On each computer that has Rational RequisitePro installed, start the IBM Installation Manager by selecting Start > All Programs > IBM Installation Manager > IBM Installation Manager.
- In Installation Manager, click File > Preferences and click Add Repository. Enter the path to the local update repository and click OK. Click OK to close the Preferences window.
- Use the Update feature in the Installation Manager, as described in option 1, step 5 and following, to complete the update.
See the article Using IBM Installation Manager for Enterprise Deployment and the related Installation Manager documentation or contact Support for assistance.
For information on deploying Rational RequisitePro in an enterprise environment, see the IBM Installation Manager Enterprise articles.
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15 June 2018
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