This section explains in detail some things you might need to do after your upgrade is complete.
If you use Rational Change with this database, install Rational Change 5.2. Earlier releases of Rational Change are not compatible with Rational Synergy 7.1. For detailed instructions, see the Rational Change Installation Guide for UNIX.
You must create or upgrade at least one database before you install Rational Change 5.2, because Rational Change requires access to a Rational Synergy database.
If you use Rational Change, and if you saved a modified copy of the previous ptcli configuration file as described in 2, merge it at this time. The ptcli file is:
/usr/local/ccm71/etc/ptcli.cfg
Rational Synergy 7.1 supports DCM transfers to and from releases 6.4 SP1, 6.5 SP2, 6.5a, 6.6a, and 7.0. Patches to these releases are required for DCM compatibility. For additional information, see the Rational Synergy Readme for Release 7.1 and the product README files for patches to the earlier releases.
For complete information about upgrading a DCM database, see "Upgrading Synergy Distributed clusters" on page 71.
If you moved the database to a new path (perhaps on a new machine) as part of the upgrade, update existing work areas so that they refer to the new path. This information is true for both copy-based and link-based work areas. Each user of a moved database must run the command to update their working projects:
$ ccm wa -dbpath old_database_path
Build managers must also update their prep projects. Also, update shared or static projects, using the appropriate -scope options to the ccm wa -dbpath command.
In Release 6.5, process rules replaced the objects previously known as update templates and reconfigure templates. Release 6.5 also introduced the concept of a process, which is a collection of process rules, and renamed some existing purposes. For more information, read the "Updating scripts to work with Synergy 7.1" on page 57, the Rational Synergy Help, and the Build Manager’s Guide.
Upgrading to 7.1 creates or renames the standard purposes. If you have modified any of the standard purposes, your modified copy is renamed, starting with a prefix "Saved".
When you no longer need your old release, use the following commands to remove it.
$ su - root# rm -rf /usr/local/ccm70 root# exit
If needed, install Windows clients for Rational Synergy Release 7.1. You do not need to uninstall clients for previous releases. However, you can do so if there is no need to access any databases still using the previous release.
For detailed instructions, see the Rational Synergy Installation Guide for Windows.