Release notes - IBM Rational DOORS, version 9.4.0.1

IBM® Rational® DOORS®, version 9.4.0.1 is now available. These release notes contain important information about compatibility, installation, upgrades, and getting started.

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For the latest news and information on Rational DOORS, visit the Rational Software Support website.


System requirements

Before you can install the Rational DOORS database server, your system must meet the following requirements:

Before you can install the Rational DOORS client, your system must meet the following requirements:

Also consider the following requirements for your system:

At the time of writing, the following independent products have been tested with Rational DOORS

For current information about system requirements, see the System Requirements page on the Support website.

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Operating system locales supported by Rational DOORS 9.4.0.1

Any Windows locale.

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Compatible Rational products

The following integrations are built into the Rational DOORS client installer:

The following Rational products are compatible with the Rational solution for Collaborative Lifecycle Management:

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Installing Rational DOORS 9.4.0.1

If you already have Rational DOORS, the version that you have does not affect the way in which Rational DOORS 9.4.0.1 is installed. In all cases Rational DOORS 9.4.0.1 is installed into a new directory named Program Files\IBM\Rational\DOORS\9.4 by default. After successful installation, if your current version of Rational DOORS is version 9.0 or after, it is removed from your system. If your current version is prior to version 9.0, it remains on your system.

Important: If you have customized the addins.idx file, back it up before you upgrade. When you upgrade to Rational DOORS 9.4.0.1, the current version of addins.idx is overwritten.

Note: When you install the Rational DOORS client on a Japanese language operating system, you must accept the default location.

If you are upgrading from 9.0, 9.1, 9.2,9.3, or 9.4 do not install Rational DOORS 9.4.0.1 into the same directory as your current Rational DOORS installation. Otherwise the installation will fail.

Upgrading your integrations

When you upgrade from version 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, or 9.4, and you want to run your integrations with Rational DOORS 9.4.0.1, you must uninstall and then reinstall the integrations. Before you run an integrating product with V9.4.0.1, be aware of these changes to the integration process:

For information about installing and upgrading Rational DOORS 9.4.0.1, see the Installation information in the Rational DOORS information center.

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Installing the Rational DOORS example data

If you already have a Rational DOORS example data for a previous version of Rational DOORS installed on your machine, remove it before you install the Rational DOORS 9.4.0.1 example data.

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Installing the Rational Directory Server

For information about installing Rational Directory Server, see the Rational Directory Server installation information.

Important: If you install Rational Directory Server and the Rational DOORS client on the same machine, you cannot use Rational Directory Server in secure mode.

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Obtaining a license for Rational DOORS

If this is your first installation of Rational DOORS, you must obtain a license from IBM and install version 8.1.2 of the Rational License Key Server.

For information about how to obtain a license from IBM and how to install the Rational License Server TL, see the Rational License Server TL Licensing Guide in the Rational License Server TL information center. For information about the Rational License Key Server, see the Rational Common Licensing information.

If you are already running Rational DOORS, the action you need to take depends on the version of Rational DOORS you are running and whether you have a valid maintenance agreement:

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What's new in 9.4

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What's new in 9.4.0.1