........................................................................... PATCH DESCRIPTION FOR PATCH 7.0.1.2-RATL-RRP-IFIX01 Product: IBM Rational RequisitePro Release: 7.0.1.2 iFix01 Platform: Windows Prerequisite: 7.0.1.2 ........................................................................... This document contains the following sections: - About this Interim Fix (iFix) - What's new in this iFix - Installing this iFix - Installation limitation - Prerequisites to installation on the RequisiteWeb server - Information on installing from a release area - Fixed defects ........................................................................... About this Interim Fix (iFix) This IBM Rational RequisitePro Interim Fix01 (iFix01) is a patch for version 7.0.1.2. Version 7.0.1.2 is required for this update. The iFix download contains content for upgrading only RequisitePro; it can be installed independent of other Rational products. This iFix does not include the entire product, but rather a subset of fixed components and files. iFixes, Fix Packs, and other maintenance releases are available for IBM Rational Support on the Web at http://www.ibm.com/software/rational/support/upgrades/. ........................................................................... What's new in this iFix This iFix contains fixes to customer-reported problems (APARs - Authorized Program Analysis Reports). See the "Fixed defects" section below. ........................................................................... Installing this iFix You can install RequisitePro version 7.0.1.2 and this iFix01 from a software package download from IBM Rational Support on the Web (http://www.ibm.com/software/rational/support/upgrades/). You can perform a single client or server installation using the Windows Installer service, or create a release area for performing multiple installations. For details on installing Rational software, see the IBM Rational RequisitePro Installation and Upgrade Guide v. 7.0.1, which is available at the IBM Publications Center (http://www.elink.ibmlink.ibm.com/publications/servlet/pbi.wss). You must install this iFix on a computer that has RequisitePro v. 7.0.1.2 installed. To roll back to previous version of the product after installing an iFix, you must uninstall the full product. You can then install a previous version that includes the full product. ........................................................................... Installation limitation: When installing RequisitePro, do not use non-ASCII or double-byte characters for the installation path. (RATLC01005677) ........................................................................... Prerequisites to installation on the RequisiteWeb server Prior to upgrading the installation of the RequisiteWeb components, perform the following steps: 1. Verify that all RequisiteWeb users are logged out of RequisiteWeb. 2. Reboot the RequisiteWeb server before installing iFix01. 3. Verify that all RqProxy.exe processes have been ended in the Task Manager. This information is also available in technote #1256183 (http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21256183). ........................................................................... Information for installing from a release area: RATLC00991284: In most cases, a release area created from a Baltic installation package will support all languages that a product is available in. However, when a release area is created from CD media or ISO files, and the product spans more than one CD/ISO, the release area will support only the language that the release area was created with. For example, if a release area is created on a Japanese operating system, in Japanese, then the release area will support only the Japanese language. The following two workarounds are available to create a multi-language release area with CD media or ISO files: 1. Create the release area using an image that was downloaded as a Web download. The problem that occurs when spanning CD/ISO files is not encountered when a Web download is used to create a release area. 2. Create the release area using CDs or ISO files. Place the IBM/Rational Product CD Disc 1 in the CD drive ~or~ mount the IBM/Rational Product CD Disc 1 ISO image. Run the MUI_RA_Console.exe tool that will update the release area with information to support all languages a given product is available in. For example: MUI_RA_Console where is the letter of the CD drive that contains IBM/Rational Product CD 1 or the drive mapped to IBM/Rational Product CD 1 ISO image, and is the root directory location of the pre-existing release area created using a Baltic GA product installation CD. For more information, please see technote #1239528, available at http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?&uid=swg21239528. ........................................................................... Fixed defects This iFix01 release includes all fixes from the previous v. 7.0.1.2 release, as well as the new fixes for the following software defects and APARs. * PK66552 (RATLC01169702, RATLC01259526) - RequisiteWeb users were unable to bring an offline document online using Word 2007. * PK67343 (RATLC01066723) - On the Korean operating system, document-based requirements included an unexpected character (a square symbol) at the end of each requirement text. * PK69625 (RATLC01261769) - The requirement revision history was not updated when changes were made to traceability relationships to external requirements. * RATLC1258748 - Users encountered slow performance when opening packages in projects based in Oracle version 10g. To search for information on these and other APARs, see the Web site: http://www-950.ibm.com/search/SupportSearchWeb/SupportSearch?pageCode=SBD&brand=rational ...........................................................................