Servers for the Rational Insight Data Services adapters

You can install an IBM® Rational® Insight Data Services adapter on an existing application server, or set up a new Rational Insight Data Services server. You can install several Rational Insight Data Services adapters on the same server. The deployment depends on the version and the configuration of the product.

Consider deploying the adapters on the systems where the products you want to report on are installed. If you do not have an application server on which to deploy Rational Insight Data Services, you can use the Rational Insight Data Services installation program to install IBM WebSphere® Application Server, and deploy the Rational Insight Data Services adapters to IBM WebSphere Application Server

Rational Insight includes adapters that support:

Additionally, with Rational Insight you can use the RESTful interface of the following products but these products do not need adapters:

You can install more than one adapter on the same Rational Insight Data Services server; however, there might be performance issues with the server if more than one adapter is installed on it. If you plan to install more than one adapter on a server, coordinate the ETL collection times so that the system is not overloaded. For details about ETL customization, see the IBM Cognos® Data Manager documentation.

If more than one Rational product is installed on a system, all products must have the same version. For example, if you have an application server for Rational ClearQuest 7.1 data, you can use the same system to install the 7.1 clients of Rational ClearCase and Rational RequisitePro, but not a 7.0 version of Rational ClearCase or Rational RequisitePro.

The following tables show the configuration for deploying the Rational Insight Data Services adapters.

Table 1. Systems for installing the Rational ClearQuest adapter
Rational product Existing scenario Systems for installing the Rational ClearQuest adapter
ClearQuest 7.0, 7.0.1 All cases A new system to be configured as the Rational Insight Data Services server, with Rational ClearQuest 7.1 installed.

For optimum performance, the Rational ClearQuest adapter should be on the same local area network as the Rational ClearQuest database.

ClearQuest 7.1 ClearQuest Web is not installed Any supported operating system, with Rational ClearQuest 7.1 installed. Either of the following systems can be used as the server:
  • An existing application server, with Rational ClearQuest 7.1 installed.
  • A new server, with Rational ClearQuest 7.1 installed.

For optimum performance, the Rational ClearQuest adapter should be on the same local area network as the Rational ClearQuest database.

ClearQuest 7.1 ClearQuest Web is installed Either of the following options:
  • An existing instance of WebSphere Application Server that is used by Rational ClearQuest Web.
  • A new Rational Insight Data Services server, with Rational ClearQuest Web.

For optimum performance, the Rational ClearQuest adapter should be on the same local area network as the Rational ClearQuest database.

Table 2. Systems for installing the Rational ClearCase adapter
Rational product Existing scenario Systems for installing the Rational ClearCase adapter
ClearCase 7.0, 7.0.1 All cases The same system where the Rational ClearCase command line tool (cleartool) is deployed. During the installation of Rational Insight Data Services, a new WebSphere Application Server instance must be created for deploying Rational Insight Data Services.
ClearCase 7.1 ClearCase Remote Client is not installed A new system to be configured as the Rational Insight Data Services server, with the current version of Rational ClearCase installed.
ClearCase 7.1 ClearCase Remote Client is installed The same WebSphere Application Server where Rational ClearCase Remote Client is installed.
Table 3. Systems for installing the Rational RequisitePro adapter
Rational product Existing scenario Systems for installing the Rational RequisitePro adapter
RequisitePro 7.0, 7.0.1 All cases An existing system with Rational RequisitePro, with a new WebSphere Application Server instance.
RequisitePro 7.1 RequisiteWeb is not installed Either of the following options:
  • An existing application server with Rational RequisitePro installed.
  • A new server with Rational RequisitePro installed.
RequisitePro 7.1 RequisiteWeb is installed Either of the following options:
  • An existing Rational RequisitePro server, with an existing WebSphere Application Server instance of RequisitePro.
  • A new Rational Insight Data Services server, with Rational RequisitePro installed.
Table 4. Systems for installing the Rational TestManager adapter
Rational product Existing scenario Systems for installing the Rational TestManager adapter
TestManager 7.0.1, 7.0.2 All cases Either of the following options:
  • An existing application server with Rational TestManager installed.
  • A new server with Rational TestManager installed.

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