Release notes for Rational RequisitePro 7.0.1.4

This document provides release notes for IBM® Rational® RequisitePro®, version 7.0.1.4 (Fix Pack 4 for 7.0.1). It includes installation information and links to lists of fixes in this fix pack.

Contents

This document contains the following sections:

About this release

This Fix Pack 7.0.1.4 for IBM Rational RequisitePro includes all Interim Fixes (iFixes) and Fix Packs subsequent to version 7.0.1. This Fix Pack is a full product install of Rational RequisitePro. Fix Packs and other maintenance releases are available at IBM Rational Support on the Web.

Installation information

Platform: Windows

Prerequisite: 7.0.1

You can install RequisitePro v. 7.0.1.4 from a software package download from IBM Rational Support on the Web. 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, 7.0.1, which is available at the IBM Publications Center and is installed with Rational RequisitePro by default in the following location: C:\Program Files\Rational\RequisitePro\doc\books\rp_install.pdf. Because this Fix Pack includes all previous maintenance releases for RequisitePro version 7.0.1, you can install it on top of version 7.0.1, with or without subsequent iFix or Fix Pack content. To roll back to a previous version of the product after installing a Fix Pack, you must uninstall the full product. You can then install a previous version of the full product.

Important: Review the following requirement prior to upgrading any version 7.0.0 Rational Team Products to version 7.0.1.4. When more than one of the following products is installed on a system, after one is upgraded to version 7.0.1.4, all the others must be upgraded to version 7.0.1.4 before using any of them.
  • IBM Rational ClearCase
  • IBM Rational ClearQuest
  • IBM Rational ProjectConsole
  • IBM Rational RequisitePro
  • IBM Rational Robot
  • IBM Rational SoDA
  • IBM Rational TestManager

For more information, see the Rational Support technote 1251131.

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 IFIX04.
  3. Verify that all RqProxy.exe processes have been ended in the Task Manager.

This information is also available in the Rational Support technote 1256183.

Information for installing from a release area:

In most cases, a release area created from a 7.0 installation package will support all available languages for a product. 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 available languages a product.

For example: MUI_RA_Console <CD Drive letter><Release Area Location>

where <CD Drive letter> 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 <Release Area Location> is the root directory location of the pre-existing release area created using a Baltic GA product installation CD. For more information, see the Rational Support technote 1239528. (RATLC00991284)

Fixed defects

This Fix Pack release includes fixes from the 7.0.1.3 iFix01 release. See the download page for Rational RequisitePro 7.0.1.3 IFIX01 for a listing of fixed Authorized Problem Analysis Reports (APARs) in this release.

To review details, search for the APAR number (ICxxxx or PKxxxx) at the IBM Rational RequisitePro Support Web site. Paste the APAR number in the Enter search terms field.

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