When you upgrade from Rational® DOORS® version 7 or 8 to 9.4, the
previous version is retained on your system. This topic contains information
about upgrading from version 7 or 8 to 9.4.
Rational DOORS 9.4 does not overwrite version 7 or 8.
The following defaults apply when you install Rational DOORS 9.4
on Windows:
- Rational DOORS 9.4 is installed to a new directory named \IBM\Rational\DOORS\9.4.
- A new label, IBM® Rational DOORS 9.4, is added to the menu.
- The Rational DOORS database server service
is called DOORS DB Server
9.4.
- The Rational DOORS database server port number
defaults to 36677, which was also the default for previous versions.
To be able to run your existing database server and a Rational DOORS 9.4
database server from your machine, make sure that the 9.4 database
server runs on a different port.
- By default, the Rational DOORS 9.4 database server points
to an empty data directory in the Rational DOORS 9.4 directory. Do not change
this default path; it gives you more control over how and when you
migrate your existing data.
- The Rational DOORS 9.4 client installs to a
new directory. By default, this directory is C:\Program Files\IBM\Rational\DOORS\9.4.
Your previous version is not overwritten, and you can run version
7 or 8 and Rational DOORS 9.4 in parallel on the same
machine.
Note: These defaults do not apply to UNIX.
To upgrade to 9.4, you run the appropriate Rational DOORS installer.
If an existing version of Rational DOORS is found on your machine,
the installer automatically upgrades it to the new version.