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This document discusses the prerequisites and corequisites of IBM Rational Developer for System z Version 7.6.1. The following names are used in this manual:
For earlier releases, including IBM® WebSphere® Developer for System z®, IBM WebSphere Developer for zSeries® and IBM WebSphere Studio Enterprise Developer, use the requisite information found in the documentation for those releases.
This document is intended for system planners and system administrators installing and configuring IBM Rational Developer for System z Version 7.6.1 on their systems. It has lists of prerequisite software that must be installed and operational before Developer for System z will work. There are also lists of corequisite software to support specific features of Developer for System z. These requisites must be installed and operational at runtime for the corresponding feature to work as designed.
This document includes the following sections:
IBM Rational Developer for System z (Developer for System z) is a licensed program to support users who wish to write large-scale business applications.
There are prerequisites and corequisites for using this software.
This is the most current listing of the client prerequisites and corequisites and supersedes the requirements listed in the IBM Rational Developer for System z Installation Guide.
The products listed in this section are all available at the time of publication for this manual. See the IBM Software Support Lifecycle Web site (http://www.ibm.com/software/support/lifecycle/), to see whether a selected IBM product is still available at the time that you want to use the related Developer for System z function.
The most current listing of prerequisites and corequisites is available in the Developer for System z Prerequisites Guide (SC23-7659). This document is available on the IBM Rational Developer for System z Web site library page (http://www-01.ibm.com/software/awdtools/rdz/library/) and supersedes the requirements listed in this document.
Verify that you meet the minimum hard disk space requirements to install the product. The following table provides an account of space requirements according to each aspect of the installation process:
Hardware | Requirements |
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Processor | Intel® Pentium® III 800 MHz or compatible
processor is the minimum requirement.
A more powerful processor is recommended. |
Memory | 1.5 GB RAM
Recommended: 2 GB RAM |
Disk space | 1.1 GB of disk space is required to install
the IBM Rational Developer for System z traditional developer role.
1.8 GB of disk space, plus 210 MB of temporary space, is required for a full installation of IBM Rational Developer for System z. This includes Installation Manager and IBM Rational Developer for System z. 5 GB of disk space is recommended when installing other bundled software.
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Display | 1024 x 768 resolution using 256 colors
A higher resolution and color palette is recommended, such as 1280 x 1024. |
Other hardware | Microsoft® mouse or compatible pointing device |
Before you can install the product, verify that your system meets the software requirements.
The following operating systems are supported for this product:
Product Name | PTFs or Service Levels Required |
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Microsoft Windows® XP Professional | Service Pack 2 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | Service Pack 1 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | Service Pack 1 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition | No Service Level Required |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition | No Service Level Required |
Microsoft Windows Vista Business | No Service Level Required |
Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise | No Service Level Required |
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate | No Service Level Required |
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Edition | No service level required |
Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise Edition | No service level required |
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Edition | No service level required |
Product Name | Version | PTFs or Serice Levels required |
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Windows Terminal Services | Windows 2008 and later | all available maintenance |
Citrix® (32 bit and 64 bit) | Presentation Server 4.X | all available maintenance |
VMware® | Server version 2.0, Workstation | all available maintenance |
VMware® | vSphere 4.0 ESXi | all available maintenance |
For additional information about Software support services for IBM SWG products in a virtualization environment, see Software support for IBM SWG products in a VMware environment.
Developer for System z requires the software listed in this section to be installed as a prerequisite to installation depending on the Developer for System z functions you select to install.
One of the following levels must be installed to support applications with embedded CICS® statements:
Program Number | Product Name | PTFs or Service Levels Required |
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5655-M15 | TXSeries for Multiplatforms v 7.1 | all available maintenance |
5655-M15 | TXSeries for Multiplatforms v 6.2 | all available maintenance |
5655-M15 | TXSeries for Multiplatforms v 6.1 | IZ00893 |
The related product Web site is as follows:
To support applications with embedded SQL statements, one of the following levels must be installed:
Program Number | Product Name | PTFs or Service Levels Required |
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5765-F35 | DB2® Workgroup Server Edition v 9.5 | Fix pack 3a or higher |
5724-B55 | DB2 Connect Personal Edition v 9.5 | Fix pack 3 |
5765-F41 | DB2 Enterprise Server Edition v 9.5 for Windows | Fix pack 3a or higher |
The related product Web site is:
To use the COBOL Generation from UML feature, the following application must be installed:
Program Number | Product Name | PTFs or Service Levels Required |
---|---|---|
5724-V88 | Rational® Software Architect v 7.5.5.1 |
The related product Web site is:
For Jazz-based source control using Developer for System z remote projects, the following level must be installed:
Program Number | Product Name |
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5724-V82 | Rational Team Concert™ for System z Client v 2.0 |
The related product Web site is:
To view the readme files and the installation guide, one of the following Web browsers must be installed:
Product Name | PTFs or Service Levels Required |
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later | all available maintenance |
Firefox 1.5.x or later | all available maintenance |
The following software must be installed to properly view product documentation PDFs:
Product Name | PTFs or Service Levels Required |
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Adobe® Acrobat Reader Version 7.0 or later | all available maintenance |
You must have a user ID that meets the following requirements before you install IBM Rational Developer for System z.
The products listed in this section are all available at the time of publication for this manual. See the IBM Software Support Lifecycle Web site (http://www.ibm.com/software/support/lifecycle/), to see whether a selected IBM product is still available at the time that you want to use the related Developer for System z function.
The most current listing of prerequisites and corequisites is available in the Developer for System z Prerequisites Guide (SC23-7659). This document is available on the IBM Rational Developer for System z Web site library page (http://www-01.ibm.com/software/awdtools/rdz/library/) and supersedes the requirements listed in this document.
Use of Developer for System z requires that you have the following environment with the appropriate prerequisites:
One of the following levels must be installed on the host:
Program Number | Product Name | PTFs or Service Levels Required |
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5694-A01 | z/OS v 1.11 |
ISPF:
TCP/IP:
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5694-A01 | z/OS v 1.10 |
ISPF:
TCP/IP:
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5694-A01 | z/OS v 1.9 |
ISPF:
TCP/IP:
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5694-A01 | z/OS v 1.8 |
ISPF:
TCP/IP:
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The related product Web site is:
In order to install Developer for System z, one of the following levels must be installed:
Program Number | Product Name | PTFs or Service Levels Required |
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5655-G44 | IBM System Modification Program Extended (SMP/E) for z/OS v 3.5 | No PTF or Service Level required |
5655-G44 | IBM System Modification Program Extended (SMP/E) for z/OS v 3.4 | No PTF or Service Level required |
The related product Web site is:
In order to support applications that use Remote Systems Explorer (RSE), one of the following levels must be installed on the host:
Program Number | Product Name | PTFs or Service Levels Required |
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5655-R32 | IBM 64-bit SDK for z/OS, Java 2 Technology Edition, v 6.0 | service release 7 |
5655-R31 | IBM 31-bit SDK for z/OS, Java 2 Technology Edition, v 6.0 | service release 7 |
5655-N99 | IBM 64-bit SDK for z/OS, Java 2 Technology Edition, v 5.0 | service release 11 |
5655-N98 | IBM 31-bit SDK for z/OS, Java 2 Technology Edition, v 5.0 | service release 11 |
The related product Web site is:
The products listed in this section and other stated software are required to support specific features of Developer for System z. The Developer for System z workstation client can be successfully installed without these requisites. However, a stated host requisite must be installed and operational at runtime for the corresponding feature to work as designed.
Program Number | Product Name | PTFs or Service Levels Required |
---|---|---|
5694-A01 | z/OS v 1.11 |
HLASM No PTF or Service Level required
XL C/C++ No PTF or Service Level required
SCLM No PTF or Service Level required
LE (PL/I) No PTF or Service Level required
TN3270 No PTF or Service Level required |
5694-A01 | z/OS v 1.10 |
HLASM No PTF or Service Level required
XL C/C++ No PTF or Service Level required
SCLM No PTF or Service Level required
LE (PL/I) No PTF or Service Level required
TN3270 No PTF or Service Level required |
5694-A01 | z/OS v 1.9 |
HLASM No PTF or Service Level required
XL C/C++ No PTF or Service Level required
SCLM
LE (PL/I) No PTF or Service Level required
TN3270 No PTF or Service Level required |
5694-A01 | z/OS v 1.8 |
HLASM No PTF or Service Level required
XL C/C++ No PTF or Service Level required
SCLM
LE (PL/I)
TN3270 No PTF or Service Level required |
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To compile COBOL programs developed or edited within Developer for System z , one of the following levels must be installed on the host:
Program Number | Product Name | PTFs or Service Levels Required |
---|---|---|
5655-S71 | IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS v 4.2 | No PTF or Service Level required |
5655-S71 | IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS v 4.1 | No PTF or Service Level required |
5535-G53 | IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS v 3.4 | No PTF or Service Level required |
The related product Web site is:
To compile PL/I programs developed or edited within Developer for System z, one of the following levels must be installed on the host:
Program Number | Product Name | PTFs or Service Levels Required |
---|---|---|
5655-H31 | IBM Enterprise PL/I for z/OS v 3.9 | No PTF or Service Level required |
5655-H31 | IBM Enterprise PL/I for z/OS v 3.8 | No PTF or Service Level required |
5655-H31 | IBM Enterprise PL/I for z/OS v 3.7 | No PTF or Service Level required |
5655-H31 | IBM Enterprise PL/I for z/OS v 3.6 | No PTF or Service Level required |
The related product Web site is:
To support remote debugging from Developer for System z, one of the following levels must be installed on the host:
Program Number | Product Name | Programming Language | APARs, PTFs, or Service Levels Required |
---|---|---|---|
5655-V50 | IBM Debug Tool for z/OS V10.1 | COBOL, PL/I, C/C++, assembler, and additional features | all available maintenance |
5655-U27 | IBM Debug Tool for z/OS V9.1 | COBOL, PL/I, C/C++, assembler, and additional features | all available maintenance |
5655-S16 | IBM Debug Tool Utilities and Advanced Functions for z/OS V8.1.0 | COBOL, PL/I, C/C++, assembler, and additional features | all available maintenance |
5655-S17 | IBM Debug Tool for z/OS V8.1.0 | COBOL, PL/I, Assembler, C/C++ | all available maintenance |
The related product Web site is:
Starting with version 9, Debug Tool for z/OS and Debug Tool Utilities and Advanced Functions have been merged into a single offering.
To support applications with embedded CICS statements, one of the following levels must be installed:
Program Number | Product Name | PTFs or Service Levels Required |
---|---|---|
5655-S97 | IBM CICS Transaction Server for z/OS v 4.1 | No PTF or Service Level required |
5697-E93 | IBM CICS Transaction Server for z/OS v 3.2 | UK34221 |
5697-E93 | IBM CICS Transaction Server for z/OS v 3.1 | UK15767, UK15764, UK11782, UK11294, UK12233, UK12521, UK15261, UK15271, UK34221, UK34078 |
The related product Web site is:
For the complete list of specifics on runtime requirements refer to the Enterprise Service Tools documentation the IBM Rational Developer for System z Information Center at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ratdevz/v7r6/.
To support applications using IMS™ database and data communications, one of the following levels must be installed on the host:
Program Number | Product Name | PTFs or Service Levels Required |
---|---|---|
5635-A02 | IBM IMS v 11.1 | No PTF or Service Level required |
5635-A01 | IBM IMS v 10.1 | No PTF or Service Level required |
5655-J38 | IBM IMS v 9.1 | No PTF or Service Level required |
The related product Web site is:
To support DB2, one of the following levels must be installed on the host:
Program Number | Product Name | PTFs or Service Levels Required |
---|---|---|
5635-DB2 | IBM DB2 for z/OS v 9.1 | No PTF or Service Level required |
5625-DB2 | IBM DB2 Universal Database™ for z/OS v 8.1 | No PTF or Service Level required |
The related product Web site is:
For Jazz-based source control using Developer for System z remote projects, the following level must be installed.
Program Number | Product Name | PTFs or Service Levels Required |
---|---|---|
5724-V82 | Rational Team Concert for System z Server v 2.0 |
FMID HAHA200 - Team Server
FMID HAHB200 - Toolkit
FMID HAHC200 - Job Monitor
FMID HAHD200 - BuildForge Agent
|
The related product Web site is:
To support File Manager integration, one of the following levels must be installed on the host:
Program Number | Product Name | PTFs or Service Levels Required |
---|---|---|
5655-U29 | IBM File Manager for z/OS v 10.1 |
|
The related product Web site is:
To support Fault Analyzer integration, the following levels must be installed on the host:
Program Number | Product Name | PTFs or Service Levels Required |
---|---|---|
5655-V51 | IBM Fault Analyzer v 10.1 | No PTF or Service Level required |
5655-U28 | IBM Fault Analyzer v 9.1 | No PTF or Service Level required |
5655-S15 | IBM Fault Analyzer v 8.1 | No PTF or Service Level required |
The related product Web site is as follows:
To use SCLM Developer Toolkit, one of the following levels must be installed on the host:
Program Number | Product Name | PTFs or Service Levels Required |
---|---|---|
5695-014 | IBM Library for REXX on zSeries v 1.4 | No PTF or Service Level required |
5695-014 | IBM Library for REXX on zSeries Alternate Library v 1.4.0 (FMIDs HWJ9143, JWJ9144) | No PTF or Service Level required |
A version of the REXX/370 Alternate Library is available from the product Web site:
IBM Ported Tools for z/OS must be installed (in z/OS UNIX) to use sftp or scp to do secure deployment in SCLM Developer Toolkit.
A version of IBM Ported Tools for z/OS is available from the product Web site:
Apache Ant must be installed (in z/OS UNIX) to do JAVA/J2EE builds in SCLM Developer Toolkit.
Apache Ant is an open-source, Java-based build tool that you can download from the product Web site:
CA Endevor® Software Change Manager Release 12 must be installed to use the Developer for System z Interface for CA Endevor® SCM.
CA Endevor® SCM is a product from CA. The related product web site is:
http://www.ca.com/us/products/product.aspx?ID=259
The products listed in this section are all available at the time of publication for this manual. See the IBM Software Support Lifecycle Web site (http://www.ibm.com/software/support/lifecycle/), to see whether a selected IBM product is still available at the time that you want to use the related Developer for System z function.
The most current listing of prerequisites and corequisites is available in the Developer for System z Prerequisites Guide (SC23-7659). This document is available on the IBM Rational Developer for System z Web site library page (http://www-01.ibm.com/software/awdtools/rdz/library/) and supersedes the requirements listed in this document.
One of the following levels must be installed:
Program Number | Product Name |
---|---|
5765-G62 | AIX® 6.1 Standard Edition |
5765-G03 | AIX 5L™ version 5.3 |
The related product Web site is:
To use Remote Systems Explorer (RSE) on AIX, one of the following levels must be installed:
Program Number | Product Name |
---|---|
6207-001 | IBM 32 bit Runtime Environment for AIX, Java 2 Technology Edition, Version 6 |
6205-001 | IBM 32 bit Runtime Environment for AIX, Java 2 Technology Edition, Version 5 |
The related product Web site is:
One of the following levels must be installed:
Product Name |
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Red Hat Linux® Enterprise Server 5 (s390x) |
Red Hat Linux Enterprise Server 4 (s390x) |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (s390x) |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (s390x) |
The related product Web site is:
To use Remote Systems Explorer (RSE) on Linux on System z, one of the following levels must be installed:
Program Number | Product Name |
---|---|
6207-001 | IBM 64 bit Runtime Environment for Linux on System z, Java 2 Technology Edition, Version 6 |
6205-001 | IBM 64 bit Runtime Environment for Linux on System z, Java 2 Technology Edition, Version 5 |
The related product Web site is:
One of the following levels must be installed:
Product Name |
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Red Hat Linux Enterprise 5 |
Red Hat Linux Enterprise 4 |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 |
To use Remote Systems Explorer (RSE) on Intel Linux, one of the following levels must be installed:
Program Number | Product Name |
---|---|
6207-001 | IBM 32 bit Runtime Environment for Linux on Intel architecture, Java 2 Technology Edition, Version 6 |
6205-001 | IBM 32 bit Runtime Environment for Linux on Intel architecture, Java 2 Technology Edition, Version 5 |
The related product Web site is:
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