After you have installed the software, verify that the
installation is working correctly. Then, perform all necessary steps
required before using the software.
Disabling the Windows 2008 Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration
If you installed the Rational Change
server on a Windows 2008
machine and want use Internet Explorer to test the installation, you
must disable the Enhanced Security Configuration. If you do not want
to disable this configuration, then use Firefox.
Verifying the installation
Verify that the necessary services are running and that
you can open the IBM® Rational Change log on dialog
box.
Installing language packages
To use the product in a language other than English, install
a language package. A language package can assume a particular fix
pack version, so ensure that you have the latest package.
Configuring the software to use Rational Directory Server
When you first browse to the IBM Rational Change
Admin Login dialog box, you are prompted to configure IBM Rational Change to use IBM Rational Directory
Server. You can use the same Rational Directory
Server for remote and central servers. Use this procedure to configure Rational Change to use the Rational Directory Server.
Connecting central and remote servers
Remote servers must be connected to the central server
to participate in the central server cluster. It is possible to have
a central server without any remote servers. This means that your
cluster does not have any remote development databases, although it
likely has local development databases connected directly to the central
server.
Preparing the software for use
After you install the software, the local admin user is
available so that you can use the Admin interface. Before non-admin
users can log on, you must install a process package and assign privileges
to your users.
Log file locations
The following tables list the IBM Rational Change and the IBM Rational Synergy log files and their locations.
Resolving port conflicts on Jetty
Jetty port conflicts can occur when IBM Rational Change
installations are using the same port that is in use by another application.
Installing on Windows with a UNIX Rational Synergy database
IBM Rational Change supports multiple databases
on the same installation. However, if you are running the program
with even one UNIX database,
all the installation databases must be UNIX databases.
You can run a database on a different platform, but the database must
go through a remote server to do so.
Multiple Rational Change servers for a database
IBM Rational Change provides no explicit support
for server load balancing. However, it is possible to achieve a similar
effect by installing duplicate installations onto multiple servers.
Settings requiring manual synchronization
Changes to the CR process, list box values, and other settings
must always be made and controlled on the primary server. Then, the
changes must be manually propagated to the secondary servers.
Rational Directory Server configuration file
IBM Rational Directory Server is configured
as a post-installation step. The Rational Directory
Server connection information is stored in the rds_config.xml file.
Configuring session ratios
Several factors affect how many sessions are needed. Administrators
configure session ratios on the Server tab
on the System Administration dialog box.