Installing the Rational DOORS client

When you install the IBM® Rational® DOORS® client on Windows, you are given a choice between a Typical Rational DOORS client or a Custom client. This topic provides the instructions for installing the Rational DOORS client selecting the Typical option.

Before you begin

Follow the steps in Before you install.

Procedure

  1. Open the Rational DOORS client installer, and click Next.
  2. Accept the terms of the license agreement, and click Next.
  3. Enter the folder where you want to install Rational DOORS. This screen is only displayed if you have not already installed the database server on this machine. If you already have the database server on your machine, the client files are installed in the same location. When you install the Rational DOORS client in Japan, you must accept the default location.
  4. Click Typical, and then click Next.
  5. Enter the port number the Rational DOORS database server is using in the Database Port field, and the name of the Rational DOORS database server computer in the Database Host field.
  6. Click Next.
  7. Enter the license information, or select Supply license information later, and then click Next.
    • License server

      If you are using a license server, enter the location of the license server in the format port@host, for example 19353@licenseserver.

    • Local license file

      If you are using a local license, type the path to the file, for example: C:DOORS_License\license.dat.

    • If you select Supply license information later, you must enter license information when you start the Rational DOORS client.
    Note: If you are installing as a user who is not an administrator you must supply license information on this screen.
  8. Review the information that is shown and click Back to make any necessary changes. After reviewing, click Install.
  9. When all the files are installed, click Finish to complete the installation.

What to do next

The Rational DOORS client for Windows is now Large Address Aware, which increases the amount of available virtual address space. This enables Rational DOORS to address up to 4 GB of memory on 64-bit versions of Windows and up to 3 GB of memory on 32-bit versions. On 64-bit versions of Windows, no modifications to the operating system are required to benefit from the Large Address Aware capability; however, on 32-bit versions of Windows, the user memory allocation must be increased.

To increase the user memory allocation on 32-bit versions of Windows, edit the C:\boot.ini file and add the text /3GB to the end of the startup line that includes the /fastdetect switch. Restart the computer for the change to take effect.

The /3GB switch changes the way the 4 GB virtual address space is divided. Instead of splitting it as 2 GB of user mode virtual address space and 2 GB of kernel mode (operating system) virtual address space, the split is 3 GB of user mode virtual address space and 1 GB of kernel mode virtual address space. Consider these allocations, if you enable this switch on a server.


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