Installing Rational® Team Concert client using IBM Installation Manager

Installing the client using the IBM Installation Manager

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1. Download one of the following installation packages.

   There are three methods to install theRational Team Concert client.

   • Client CD Contents .zip file - Installation Manager local install for client: This archive file contains the Installation Manager launchpad program and a local copy of the Rational Team Concert client. The benefit of using the local install package is that it allows the installation to proceed without an Internet connection. This is a .zip file that is not self extracting.
   • Installation Manager Web install for client, server, and optional components: This archive file contains the Installation Manager launchpad program and the predefined installation repository locations. This is a self extracting file that will start the IBM Installation Manager launchpad program after extracting the contents. The benefit of using the Web install package is that it reduces the initial download and the installation process only downloads the resources you choose to install.
     Note:
     The Web install requires an Internet connection during the installation process.
   • Full DVD Contents .zip file: This archive file contains the Installation Manager launchpad program and a local copy of all the installable resources. The benefit of using the local install package is that it allows the installation to proceed without an Internet connection. This is a .zip file that is not self extracting.
2. Start the launchpad program.

   If the Installation Manager is not already running, complete the following steps to start it.

   Note:
   You must have administrator privileges to run the launchpad program.
   Note:
   The Linux commands to start the launchpad program are only for the Rational Team Concert for Eclipse IDE.
   To start the launchpad program file on:
   • If you are using the Client CD Contents .zip file, extract the contents of the archive into a temporary directory and run the launchpad program. To start the launchpad program file on:
     • To run the file on Windows, run this command:

       launchpad.exe

     • To run the file on Linux, run this command:

       sh launchpad.sh

   • If you are using the Installation Manager Web install, run the executable file. The files are extracted to a directory and a launchpad program appears. To start the executable file on:
     • To run the file on Windows, run this command:

       RTC-edition-Full-version-Win-Web.exe

     • To run the file on Linux, run this command:

       sh RTC-edition-Full-version-Linux-Web.sh

   • If you are using the Full DVD Contents .zip file, extract the contents of the archive into a temporary directory and run the launchpad program. To start the launchpad program file on:
     • To run the file on Windows, run this command:

       launchpad.exe

     • To run the file on Linux, run this command:

       sh launchpad.sh

3. You can install the following clients:
   • To install Rational Team Concert client for Eclipse, click Rational Team Concert Client for Eclipse IDE link.
   • To install Rational Team Concert client for Microsoft Visual Studio, click Rational Team Concert Client for Microsoft® Visual Studio IDE link.
   The Installation Manager wizard is displayed. The wizard guides you through to install the client.
4. Start the client by clicking the Rational Team Concert shortcut created by the installation.
5. Connect to the server. The easiest way to connect to a server is using the Team Invitation. If you do not have an invitation you can connect manually.
   1. Click File -> Accept team invitation. The wizard guides you through the process.
      Note:
      If you do not have an invitation you need the URI or URL from your server admin. (an example format is: https://example.com:9443/jazz). Click on the connecting to an existing project area hyperlink that appears in the bottom right corner of the Accept Team Invitation window.
   2. Follow the instructions in the wizard to set up your connection.

Example

Trouble Shooting: Here are some suggested problem management techniques.

• Start with an empty workspace.
• The client and the server builds must match. Make sure the build ID's match for both the client and server distributions.
• Make sure the server is up. Confirm using the status URL: https://example.com:9443/jazz.
• On Linux, if you want to start the client from outside of the directory JazzInstallDir/client/eclipse you must change each file in JazzInstallDir/client/eclipse/links/ and include the absolute path to the named directory. By default, relative paths are used. For example, JazzInstallDir/client/eclipse/links/build.link contains the text "path=jazz/build". If your client is installed in the directory /home/username/teamconcert, edit the file to look like "path=/home/username/teamconcert/jazz/client/eclipse/build".

What to do next

After you have successfully installed the client, you should refer to the following topics to help you get started with Rational Team Concert.

• Getting started with Rational Team Concert
• Tutorial: Explore the Rational Team Concert JUnit example project

Upgrading to Rational Team Concert 2.0

Upgrading a Rational Team Concert Client for Eclipse IDE

If you have 1.0, 1.0.1, or 1.0.1.1 versions of the Client for Eclipse IDE, it is required that you obtain the 2.0 client to connect to your new version 2.0 server. You can install this using a zip file, or you can update your prior IBM Installation Manager installs.

Installing a Rational Team Concert Client for Microsoft Visual Studio IDE

If you have 1.0.1.1 version of the Client for Microsoft Visual Studio IDE, it is required that you obtain the 2.0 client to connect to your new version 2.0 server.

Upgrading a Server from a Trial or Early Access release to a Permanent release

If you are running an Early Access release of Rational Team Concert, first upgrade to the 2.0 Trial release.

From the 2.0 Trial release, you can make your server Permanent by purchasing and installing the Server Activation Kit for your edition, which is available here: http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/rtc/. The activation kit consists of a JAR file containing the Permanent server key. It is installed using the License Key Management page of your server's administrative Web interface.

Upgrading a Server from 1.0, 1.0.1, or 1.0.1.1

You can upgrade directly to the 2.0 release of Rational Team Concert from the previous releases. A database migration is required for 1.x to 2.x updates.

If you installed the previous release from a zip file, then there is no intersection with the previous install. You can install the 2.0 release from a zip in a new location, or you can use the IBM Installation Manager to install an instance of 2.0.

If you used IBM Installation Manager to install the previous release, you can either install 2.0 as a separate instance or update the previous instance to 2.0. If you install a separate instance of the server for the 2.0 release, select Create a new package group on the Install Packages page of the installation wizard.

To complete the upgrade, see Copying the required configuration files from a previous server installation and Installing 2.0 Activation Keys.

Upgrading a Server from one Rational Team Concert edition to another

You can upgrade between Rational Team Concert editions. Typical upgrades include moving from Express-C to Express™, or Express to Standard. You can also downgrade in the opposite direction by following the same process.

Because all Rational Team Concert 2.0 editions support Derby databases, you do not need to migrate from Derby to DB2® or Oracle if you are moving from Express-C to Express or Standard. We recommend that you migrate your server edition first, make sure things work smoothly with the existing database, and then perform a database migration if required. For information on performing a database migration, see Migrating Jazz repository after upgrading Jazz Team Server.

If you have installed a Rational Team Concert 2.0 edition and want to upgrade to another, download and install the new edition, alongside the existing edition, and then copy the required configuration files to run the new edition. The section below describes the configuration files that you require.

If you installed your previous edition from a zip file, then there is no intersection with the previous install. You can install the new edition from a zip in a new location, or you can use the IBM Installation Manager install for the new edition. We recommend that the IBM Installation Manager be used for production servers to enable future updates to be applied.

If you used IBM Installation Manager to perform your previous server install, and want to use IBM Installation Manager to install your new edition, during the new Installation Manager install, do not overlay the previous edition. On the Install Packages page of the installation wizard, select Create a new package group.

This will install the new edition in a different location and create program shortcuts using the new package group name.

If you do not perform this task, the installation will fail with a file collision. This occurs if you see an error dialog titled Installation Failed, and the details show the following text:

Installation failed.
  Error during "install" phase:
    Failed to extract zip standard 1.0.1.I20081018-1820.  File
    D:\JazzTeamServer\server\license-update-site\site.xml already exists.

If this occurs, it is not fatal; you can restart the installation and correctly create a new package group.

WebSphere Application Server configuration updates

The following steps are required to properly configure WebSphere Application Server in Rational Team Concert 2.0.

1. Ensure that the latest fix packs for WAS and WASDK are installed. If deploying in WAS 7.0, it is critical that at least WebSphere Application Server 7.0.0.3 is installed.
2. Remove the old custom JVM properties:
   1. com.ibm.team.repository.provision.profile
   2. com.ibm.team.server.configURL
   3. log4j.configuration
3. Add the new custom JVM property JAZZ_HOME and set the value to:

   file:///<JazzInstallDir>/server/conf

4. Ensure that the WAS security setting "Use available authentication data when an unprotected URI is accessed" is checked. If you are using the WAS Integrated Solutions Console, you can do this by:
   1. Navigating to Security -> Secure administration, applications, and infrastructure -> Web Security - General Settings.
   2. Selecting the checkbox for "Use available authentication data when an unprotected URI is accessed".

Copying the required configuration files from a previous server installation

Copy the following files from the source server to the target server. First, rename the original files in the upgraded server install to create backups. If you used the IBM Installation Manager to update from 1.0, 1.0.1, or 1.0.1.1 to 2.0, a backup directory containing your 1.0.x configuration files was created with a name, such as backup-config-timestamp in the server subdirectory of the installation location.

• workitemindex (directory)
• If you are using Derby, copy the repositoryDB directory tree.
• If you are using Tomcat and have changed the configuration, copy over the tomcat/conf directory.
• If you are using the Tomcat user database, copy over tomcat-users.xml.
• If you are using Tomcat and you have customized the application deployment descriptor, copy the changes from your modified web.xml file for jazz.war, located in \JazzTeamServer\server\tomcat\webapps\jazz\WEB-INF and reapply them to your new 2.0-based web.xml.
  Tip:
  In Rational Team Concert 2.0, the web.xml file has changed significantly. It is recommended that you start with the new 2.0-based web.xml and reapply any changes to the new file rather than copying the old version.

If you are upgrading to Standard or Enterprise edition, and you have purchased the Developer Client Activation Kit for Express, purchase and install the Developer Client Activation Kit for Standard or Enterprise Editions, so that you can use those client licenses. Your Developer license assignments will still be in effect, but the Developer licenses will be deactivated until the correct activation kit is installed.

Installing 2.0 Activation Keys

The 2.0 release uses the 2.0 Activation keys. If a server is upgraded from 1.0.x.x to 2.0, it reverts to a trial license after the upgrade, and you need to obtain the 2.0 activation keys from Passport Advantage®. Below are the names of the applicable keys for each kit:

• IBM Rational Team Concert Express Edition - Server License Activation Kit V2.0 Multiplatform (jazz_team_server_express_release.jar)
• IBM Rational Team Concert Express Edition - Developer Client License Activation Kit V2.0 Multiplatform (rtc_express_developer_unlocked.jar)
• IBM Rational Team Concert - Contributor Client License Activation Kit V2.0 Multiplatform (rtc_all_contributor_unlocked.jar)
• IBM Rational Team Concert Standard Edition - Server License Activation Kit V2.0 Multiplatform (jazz_team_server_standard_release.jar )
• IBMRational Team Concert Developer Client License Activation Kit V2.0 Multiplatform (rtc_standard_developer_unlocked.jar)
• IBM Rational Team Concert Floating Developer Client License Activation Kit V2.0 Multiplatform (rtc_standard_floating_developer_unlocked.jar)
• IBM Rational Team Concert - Floating Contributor Client License Activation Kit V2.0 Multiplatform (rtc_standard_floating-developer_unlocked.jar)
• IBMRational Team Concert Enterprise Edition - Server License Activation Kit V2.0 Multiplatform (jazz_team_server_enterprise_release.jar )

Setting a project timeline

In Rational Team Concert 1.x, projects could have multiple timelines (previously called "development lines") and all of these timelines were considered equal.

In Rational Team Concert 2.0, projects can still have multiple timelines, but one of them can be marked as the "project timeline". When migrating your database to 2.0, the project's primary timeline is not known, so your projects will not have a project timeline set. You can manually update your projects to set the project timeline, after you upgrade to 2.0

Configuring the Source Control snapshot

The Source Control Management (SCM) snapshot for the Data Warehouse collects data on streams, including information about the size of streams and the activity (change set and file/folder changes) within it. In version 1.0, this snapshot automatically collected information about all streams. As this can be a costly operation, in version 2.0, the configurability options are added to the SCM snapshot to let the users decide for which streams the data should be collected. The immediate impact of this change is that, unless you configure it, no data will be collected.

To configure the SCM snapshot:

1. You must have write permissions for the stream that you want to collect data for.
2. Go to the Reports page in Web UI.
3. In the left navigation panel, select Administer SCM Snapshot. A list of streams are displayed.
4. Select the checkbox for one or more streams, and then select Save Changes.

Data will be collected for the selected streams in all subsequent snapshots.

Incompatible changes to BIRT reports

If you have used the BIRT report designer to create your own report templates, you may run into one or more problems when trying to use these reports in version 2.0. You should be aware of the following issues:

• Changes to the order in which Java and JavaScript classes are resolved. If you have written JavaScript code in your BIRT report which uses the importPackage() statement to import the java.lang package, be aware that unqualified references to Object in the code, which used to refer to the Java class, may now refer to the JavaScript class (and as a result won't work properly). Other classes which are identically named between JavaScript and Java, such as java.util.Date, may have the same problem. The solution is to fully qualify your reference to the Java class and remove the importPackage() statement.
• Changes to the processing of data sets. In the past, the simple act of binding an element (such as a Label) to a data sets, caused the data set to be processed in its entirety when the element was rendered. This was handy because it meant one could enforce an ordering to data set processing by using (hidden) labels bound to the data sets in the order they should be processed. Now, such a binding will process only the first row of the data set. To get the previous behavior, use a Dynamic Text element and invoke some JavaScript code which will force processing of the entire data set. Total.count() is a good choice.
• BIRT report designer bugs can cause loss of data. These problems appear when you open a BIRT report design file created in BIRT 2.2.2 (i.e. RTC 1.0) with the BIRT 2.3.2 (i.e. RTC 2.0) report designer. The following issues have been observed:
  • When editing a data set for the first time with BIRT 2.3.2, on the "Parameters" page, the "Default Value" and "Report Parameter" fields may be lost. The workaround is to re-enter the values, or to copy and paste the values from a previous version of the editor. After saving the file with the new values entered, the problem will not recur.
  • When editing a report design file for the first time with BIRT 2.3.2, the default value for report parameters may be lost. This may also occur after the previous problem described. The workaround is to re-enter the values, or to copy and paste the values from a previous version of the editor. After saving the file with the new values entered, the problem will not recur.

  These issues can be very serious if not noticed, as the data gathered by the report could be incorrect. It is a good practice to check each data set and each report parameter when editing a report for the first time with the BIRT 2.3.2 report designer. These problems do not occur for new reports that are created with the BIRT 2.3.2 tools.

  The above changes are made to all Rational Team Concert 2.0 out-of-the-box reports - no action is required on your part. However, if you have manually created report templates in your project area using our out-of-the-box reports, and have not specified an appropriate identifier (consistent with our usage), your report template will not be refreshed when it is migrated. That is, the content will be out of date, and will not work. In that case, you should upload new content for the affected templates, using the appropriate out-of-the-box .rptdesign file.

Import of the Work Items data in the data warehouse

In Rational Team Concert 2.0, there are several schema changes to the work items tables in the data warehouse. As a consequence, when migrating from 1.0 to 2.0, the importer will ignore any warehoused work items data. As a result, when you start the 2.0 server for the first time, your work items reports may not function correctly. The workaround is either to wait for the work items snapshot to run for the first time, or to manually cause it to run after you start the server. On the first run after migration, the work items snapshot will reconstitute the entire historical work items information in the data warehouse. This also means that the first run of the snapshot after migration is likely to take much longer than an average nightly run.

Discovering new reports

In Rational Team Concert 2.0, several new reports are added. While these reports appear in the new process templates that ship with the product, they are not automatically added to the existing project areas on migration. We have added a new action that will help you to discover and deploy these new report templates in your existing project areas after migration. To deploy new report templates:

1. In the rich client, open the Team Artifacts view.
2. Expand your project area, expand Reports.
3. Right-click Report Templates and select Deploy New Templates.

The dialog will help you to discover any report templates which are available but not already deployed to your project area. You may select one or more of them and they will be created. After creation, you may create new reports from those templates using the available menu actions.

Customizations

Changes that you make to work item types, attributes, workflows, roles, and event handlers are preserved when you upgrade from 1.x to 2.0. If you customized a predefined process template (such as Scrum), be aware that if you redeploy the predefined template (in the Process Templates view), you will overwrite your customizations. If you need to redeploy the predefined template, you should first change the name and ID of the predefined template that you customized, so it will not be overwritten.

Installing Rational Team Concert with Security-Enhanced Linux

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If you have setup a machine for the sole purpose of evaluating Rational Team Concert and the SELinux features are not important to you, then the easiest way to proceed is to disable SELinux.

• To disable SELinux do one of the following:
  1. From the windowing system:
     1. Select System -> Administration -> Security Level and Firewall.
     2. Switch to the SELinux tab.
     3. Change the SELinux setting to Disabled.
     4. Click OK to save the new setting.
  2. From the command line:
     1. Run the "setup" command (this is /usr/bin/setup)
     2. Select Firewall Configuration and press Enter
     3. Use the Tab and arrow keys to change the SELinux to Disabled
     4. Select OK and press Enter
• To change the security context of the JREs:
  1. If you are installing directly from DVD media; skip to step 2. Otherwise, change the security context of the installation JRE.
     1. In the installation files directory, locate the directory jre. linux/jre_5.0.2.sr5_20070511/jre. If you extracted the installation files to /tmp/rtc then the directory jre is located at /tmp/rtc/linux/jre_5.0.2.sr5_20070511/jre.
     2. Run the command chcon -R -t textrel_shlib_t against the jre directory. This command recursively processes the files and allows text relocation. For example, if you extracted the installation files to /tmp/rtc run the following command:

     chcon -R -t textrel_shlib_t /tmp/rtc/linux/jre_5.0.2.sr5_20070511/jre 

  2. Install the Rational Team Concert server, client and connectors, but do not start them.
  3. Before you start Rational Team Concert, you must change the security context of the product JREs. For each product you install, run the same command (chcon -R -t textrel_shlib_t) with the appropriate product-specific JRE directory. The default directories are listed below.
     Note:
     The paths are the default if you installed the product as user root. If you installed as a non-root user, look for these directories inside an opt/IBM structure in the installation user's home directory.
     • IBM Installation Manager:
       • /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse/jre_5.0.2.sr5_20070511/jre
     • Jazz Team Server:
       • /opt/IBM/JazzTeamServer/server/linux/ibm-java2-i386-50/jre
     • Rational Team Concert - Client: (run chcon on all 4 directories)
       • /opt/IBM/TeamConcert/jdk/bin
       • /opt/IBM/TeamConcert/jdk/lib
       • /opt/IBM/TeamConcert/jdk/jre/bin
       • /opt/IBM/TeamConcert/jdk/jre/lib
     • Rational Team Concert - Build System Toolkit:
       • not applicable (no JRE included)
     • Rational Team Concert - ClearCase® Connector: (run chcon on all 4 directories)
       • /opt/IBM/ClearCaseConnector/jdk/bin
       • /opt/IBM/ClearCaseConnector/jdk/lib
       • /opt/IBM/ClearCaseConnector/jdk/jre/bin
       • /opt/IBM/ClearCaseConnector/jdk/jre/lib
     • Rational Team Concert - ClearQuest® Connector:
       • /opt/IBM/ClearQuestConnector/gateway/linux/ibm-java2-i386-50/jre