IBM Rational Synchronization Server 1.4.0.4 iFix001 readme

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September 16, 2013

 

 

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This file contains last-minute product information and updates to the IBM Rational® Synchronization Server™ 1.4.0.4 iFix001

It is divided into the following sections:

For the latest news and information on Rational Synchronization Server, visit the Web site at http://www.ibm.com/software/rational/support/.

System requirements

To run Rational Synchronization Server, you will need:

  • One of the following operating systems installed on your computer:
    • Windows® 2003
    • Windows XP Pro SP3
    • Windows Vista Enterprise SP1
    • Redhat Linux Enterprise 5.0
    • Solaris 10
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
  • One of the following Web browsers:
    • Internet Explorer® 8 and 10
    • Firefox® ESR 10 and 17
  • JAVA™ 6.

At the time of writing, the third party products tested with Rational Synchronization Server are:

  • Apache Tomcat™ 5.5.x and 6.0.x – 32-bit only if using the Change-ClearQuest synchronizer
  • Java runtime environment (JRE) 6.0

Operating system locales supported by Rational Synchronization Server

The Rational Synchronization Server is certified only in the following locales:

  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • PRC/Simplified/GBK Chinese
  • Traditional/Big-5 Chinese
  • Chinese
  • Taiwanese

IBM supports use in any locale using the Latin-1 character set or the Windows extension CP 1252; however, such locales have not been tested.

Compatible products

Rational Change for Focal Point Interface

  • Rational® Focal Point™ 6.3, 6.4, 6.5.x.x and 6.6
  • Telelogic® Change™ 5.1
  • Rational® Change™ 5.2 and 5.3

Note: Rational Change for Focal Point Interface does not support use of remote Change databases.

Rational Focal Point for Focal Point Interface

  • Rational® Focal Point 6.3, 6.4, 6.5.x.x and 6.6

Rational Focal Point for DOORS Interface

  • Rational® Focal Point 6.3, 6.4, 6.5.x.x and 6.6
  • Rational® DOORS® 9.3, 9.4 and 9.5

Note: Rational Focal Point for DOORS Interface is only supported when Rational Synchronization Server is installed on Windows.

Rational Change for Change Interface

  • Telelogic® Change™ 5.1
  • Rational® Change™ 5.2 and 5.3

Note: Rational Change for Change Interface does not support use of remote Change databases.

Rational Change for Rational Team Concert Interface

  • Telelogic® Change™ 5.1
  • Rational® Change™ 5.2 and 5.3
  • Rational® Team Concert 3.0.1, 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2 and 4.0.3

Note: Rational Change for Rational Team Concert Interface does not support use of remote Change databases.

Rational Change for ClearQuest Interface

  • Telelogic® Change™ 5.1
  • Rational® Change™ 5.2 and 5.3
  • Rational® ClearQuest 7.1.x and 8.0

Note: Rational Change for ClearQuest Interface does not support use of remote Change databases.

Installing Rational Synchronization Server

This Interim Fix requires prior installation of Rational Synchronization Server 1.4.0.4.

·         Download the Interim Fix and extract the contents to a temporary folder.

·         Stop Rational Synchronization Server by stopping tomcat service.

·         Go to the directory <CATALINA_HOME>\webapps\TlogicIntegration\WEB-INF\lib and make a copy of the following jar files:

o         changechangeadapter.jar

o         changefpsync.jar

o         cqapi.jar

o         cqchangeadapter.jar

o         doorsfpsync.jar

o         fpfpsync.jar

o         genericChangeSync.jar

o         RtcApi.jar

o         rtcchangeadapter.jar

o         syncframework.jar

·         Replace the above mentioned jar files with the files from the Interim Fix.

·         Restart Rational Synchronization Server.

Rational Synchronization Server Administration

To configure the Synchronization Server, you can use the web-based admin interface. You can access the admin interface by pointing your web browser at http://localhost:<port>/TlogicIntegration/admin/SyncFramework.html, where <port> is the port number your Tomcat server is running on. You will be required to login to access the admin interface.  Any user that has “administrator” role in Tomcat is valid.  Tomcat users are defined in CATALINA_HOME/conf/tomcat-users.xml.

For more details refer to Rational Synchronization Server Help available from the admin interface.

Uninstalling Rational Synchronization Server

Before uninstalling the integration, you should stop your Tomcat server to ensure that all synchronizers are stopped.

On Windows, open Add/Remove Programs from the Control Panel. Find Rational Synchronization Server and click Remove.

On Linux and Solaris, run the following command: $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/TlogicIntegration/_uninst/Uninstall_IBM_Rational_Synchronization_Server_1.4.x.x

New Features 

Improved Attachment Handling

If an attachment is removed from one of the synchronized objects, then it shall be re-attached again until and unless it is removed from both the objects. This behavior has been changed such that, if an attachment is removed from one of the synchronized objects, instead of re-attaching the attachment, it shall be removed from the other object as well.

Note: If an object has more than one attachment with the same name, than attachments handling does not work properly as there are technical limitations in handling multiple attachments with same name.

Configurable Attachment Cache Path

Attachments shall get copied to a temporary location before it gets attached to the other application’s object. By default this temporary location is the user’s home path where the Rational Synchronization Server is running. This temporary location can be configured by adding the property “attachment.download.location” in the properties file “sync_server.properties”, which can be created under “$CATALINA_HOME/webapps/TlogicIntegration/WEB-INF/conf/etc”. This property shall take a path string as value and uses it as the temporary location for downloading the attachments.

For example:

·         In Windows Platform:

attachment.download.location=C:\\RSS\\downloads

·         In Unix Platform:

attachment.download.location=/vol/RSS/downloads

Stoppable Synchronizers

The synchronizers hosted on the Rational Synchronization Server can stop processing immediately and gracefully exits when a stop signal is received from Tomcat server. The stop signal can be either passed by stopping the Rational Synchronization Server application from Tomcat’s manager page of the Tomcat UI or shutting down the Tomcat server.

If there is a synchronizer actively running and a stop signal is received, then it shall gracefully process the current object completely before stopping the process. The objects which are not processed shall be picked in the subsequent runs, once the synchronizer is started again.

Problems Fixed 

Rational Synchronization Server 1.4.0.4 iFix001 fixes the following problems:

·         PM87289 (R44468): Rational Synch Server Hangs 1.4.0.3 -1.4.0.4

·         PM94800 (R44959): Rational Synchronization Server is not handling rtc_target_date properly resulting in potential incorrect sync.

·         R44501: Request for Enhancement: Attachment Deletion/Recreation

·         R44205: Client would like attachment caching directory configurable.

·         R45072: Support to stop the synchronizers gracefully when a stop request is notified from tomcat.

·         R44233: If sync fails during synchronizing the attachments, then the object is not considered as failed sync.

·         R44751: Attribute values shown for Task links in RTC should be configurable.

·         R45021: Attachment name is prefixed with the temp folder name.

·         R45073: Pending sync list not getting updated for "migrated" records.

·         R45112: Task is not re-associated to Change from RTC, when deleted from Change.

Rational Synchronization Server 1.4.0.4 fixes the following problems:

  • PM71993 (R43548): Loss of mappings during project area change.
  • PM82909 (R44206): Document the behavior of attachment synchronization which downloads the file to user's home directory temporarily.
  • R27560: Change-Change Synchronizer 1.0: Some fields are not visible in Link Settings.
  • R28655: Delete the view rule of the module in Focal Point and perform the synchronization process; displaying exception errors in link log file details.
  • R34484: Update the Synchronizer option (Time Unit) for a sync process, the modifications are not picking up even after the sync process is stopped and restarted.
  • R35078: Can't set a RATLC CR to Fixed in Change.
  • R36360: RTC-Change: 'Rational' is misspelled as ‘Ration’ in link setting configuration page of IBM Rational synchronizer server 1.4
  • R36361: RTC-Change: The CRID and CR URL fields displays other details apart from the ID and URL in RTC work item
  • R36363: RTC-Change: "Release" field displays other details apart from the Release Version in Change CR
  • R36390: Note added to CR repeated thousands of times
  • R40568: Problem Communicating with DOORS 9.3 using Synchronization Server
  • R40790: Rational Synchronizer Server support on SUSE 11
  • R41381: Product version mentioned in help document is wrong
  • R41565: Intermittently encountering error while clicking on "refresh" button.
  • R42090: Upgrade GWT to 2.4.0
  • R42523: There should be a way to limit the size of sync log file.
  • R42553: Update docs to explain RTC server rename issue
  • R43234: Link Synergy tasks associated with CR to the work item
  • R43348: Not able to create a synchronizer through Mozilla Firefox browser.
  • R43787: Associated text/images missing for multiple pushbuttons.
  • R43789: Rendering issues in IE and FF browsers.
  • R43803: Support OSLC-url instead of HTTP-url on URL mapping attribute of adapter-items.
  • R43808: Synchronization does not handle the associated tasks.
  • R43828: RSS application name needs to be displayed in the web-server where it is hosted.
  • R43830: RTC related jar file is missing in the build.
  • R43834: Rational Synchronization Server fails to connect to DOORS.
  • R43839: Include the jar file in RSS which is related to Synergy-RTC integration.
  • R43843: Rational Synchronization Server fails to connect to DOORS 9.5 release.
  • R43844: Rendering issue on Focalpoint related synchronizers.
  • R43885: Rational Synchronization Server fails to connect to FP.
  • R43905: Using OSLC url instead of http url of a change request should be restricted to Change-RTC synchronizer.
  • R44049: After RSS is installed, tomcat startup reports some warnings.
  • R44069: Not able to choose/select the template or links in the change-fp integration.
  • R44111: Change-FP sync fails when no query is given
  • R44120: Error reported in log when Sync State is turned off in RTC Change state mapping.
  • R44156: Update readme document with specific information about synchronizing synergy tasks.
  • R44260: Add more debug messages to RTC api layer.

Rational Synchronization Server 1.4.0.4 also includes all fixes from Rational Synchronization Server 1.4.0.3 iFix001

  • R42720: Synchronization and migration fail when a mapped attribute in Rational Change contains unicode characters and has more data than the allowable number of bytes for the attribute in Rational Team Concert
  • R43322: Synchronization and migration fail when transition-log in Rational Change has huge data than the allowed number of bytes for the comment history in Rational Team Concert.
  • R43347: Only half of 32kb (transition-log) data is getting migrated/synchronized.
  • R43516: Failed objects should be picked up by next immediate run of synchronization.
  • R43564: Not able to migrate existing workitems from RTC to Change if the id map attribute is created newly.

Rational Synchronization Server 1.4.0.4 also includes all fixes from Rational Synchronization Server 1.4.0.3

  • PM49155 (R41508): Not all failed updates are recorded as failures to be synchronized again
  • R41402: New Change database is not listed on Change-RTC synchronizer.
  • R41509: Mechanism to selectively synchronize record/field changes that would not be normally be identified by the sync process
  • R41563: Change-RTC synchronizer Shows null pointer exception when login to Change fails
  • R41574: User logs should mention that user has no admin privileges when mirating between Change and RTC
  • R41583: Sync server log does not say that Change or RTC servers are stopped
  • R41616: Mapping of RTC attribute "Type" must not be allowed.
  • R41923: Change-RTC sync fails if there is an attribute of type 'boolean' included in the attribute mapping.
  • R42013: Update docs to explain filtered attribute behavior
  • R42030: Change-RTC synchronizer throws NotLoggedInException when multiple synchronizers are created and run concurrently
  • R42039: Focal Point 6.5.1.0 and DOORS 9.4 synchronizer seems broken.
  • R42170: The synchronizer is not able to pick up new Work Item changes made to the Process Template without requiring a synchronization server restart.
  • R42678: Migration fails with Out of memory exception.
  • R42720: Attribute value truncation fails if the value contains unicode characters which is more than a byte in length.

Rational Synchronization Server 1.4.0.4 also includes all fixes from Rational Synchronization Server 1.4.0.2:

  • PM49096 (R41487): Uppercase state ID after mapping causes sync failures
  • PM49098 (R41488): Having a state label in Change that contains parenthesis causes issues during mapping in sync server
  • PM49100 (R41491): The RTC Planned For attribute cannot be set properly during sync
  • PM49101 (R41493): Tomcat does not exit cleanly on linux when sync server is installed
  • PM49104 (R41494): NullPointerException happens in ChangeGenericSync when login to Change fails
  • PM49147 (R41503): RTC has 32K limit on attributes and comments which breaks sync
  • PM49148 (R41504): CR comments don't get migrated if CR matches migrate query after first sync
  • PM49149 (R41505): Sync stops working due to file handles being left open
  • PM49151 (R41506): There is no way to refresh the attribute lists in the Change-RTC synchronizer UI
  • PM49153 (R41507): Attribute lists in the Change-RTC synchronizer UI are not updated when you change project area
  • R41502: Sync server Start button can timeout and make the UI non-responsive
  • R41186: Change-RTC synchronizer UI does not let users select preferred Change database
  • R41492: CATALINA_HOME environment variable should not be hardcoded inside Sync Server
  • R41443: Link file is shown under link name column on the synchronization server

Rational Synchronization Server 1.4.0.4 also includes all fixes from Rational Synchronization Server 1.4.0.1:

  • R33492: Change-FP- Drop down boxes appear bigger in size
  • R33497: Change-FP- No Alert Message for invalid FP connection details
  • R33696: 2 different error messages appearing when attempting to an empty URL Change server
  • R33698: The 'Map' button remains active even if no RTC attribute is available in the listbox
  • R33740: Incorrect info in the help document about the retention of the xml files when a synchronizer is deleted
  • R33736: Change-RTC : The State mapping must mention that the default submit states are being used for creating Work Item as well.
  • R33735: The attributes shouldn't be removed from the list of available attributes once they have been mapped.
  • R33742: CR's attribute overwrites WI's mapped attribute when WI's attribute value was changed last and another attribute mapping direction has been set to ’changetoadapter'
  • R33761: The installer name is "sync_server_install" whereas it has been documented as “setupwin32”
  • R33785: Sync fails when sync interval is not set
  • R39603: Change-RTC – CRs are not getting migrated from Change to RTC Server
  • R40126: Uninstallation steps for uninstalling sync server on Unix are not documented in the sync server help
  • R40428: Change-ClearQuest – Cannot connect to CQ server from Synchronization Server
  • R40305: URL with incorrect syntax is able to open the sync server login interface
  • R40418: Multiple attachments of same file are synchronized from Change to ClearQuest multiple times.
  • PM01574 (R38018): DOORS_HOME in the installation guide should be changed to DOORSHOME
  • PM36851 (R40308): Rational Synchronization Server to RTC integration does NOT support custom enumeration
  • PM36852 (R40309): Rational Synchronization Server to RTC integration only supports RTC workitem

 

  • Synchronizer picks wrong CR if there are several Crs with same number but different dcm delimiters.
  • Fix the condition when sync fails because of no comments were supplied.
  • Update the comment sync feature to sync comments without state change. Capture the comments passed during WaitingInfo. In this mode, the state of the CR is not changed.
  • Synchronize transition log comment
  • Add feature to prevent circular state transitions
  • Fix for sync un-mapped state. It should not cause sync to fail
  • Fix for synchronizing attributes that have sync direction changetoadapter.
  • Increase timeout to 2 minutes when calling Change API
  • Add feature to prevent double sync state transitions
  • Add feature to Change-Change adapter to preserve changes made to CR during sync
  • Add feature to GenericChangeSync to preserve changes made to CRs during sync
  • Add feature to CQ adapter to preserve changes made to CQ Records during sync
  • Change the CCS to pass all mapped attributes when submitting Crs during migrate
  • Fix the CCS problem of synchronizing null attributes
  • Modify GenericChangeSynchronizer to handle out of memory errors coming from adapter
  • Create synchronization direction persistency in case of tomcat shutdown in the middle of sync
  • Improve sync performance by fetching record mapped attribute values on modified sync query
  • Ensure that mappings labeled adaptertochange are never considered for updating the adapter side
  • Remove warning if CR attribute doesn't have an adapter mapping

 

Known problems

General

  • If you install additional Synchronizers or uninstall any of the installed Synchronizers, Rational Synchronization Server may not display the pages properly unless you restart your Tomcat server.
  • If you update any of the Synchronizer options (Sync Time Interval, Time Unit, or Server Startup) for a sync process, the sync process may not pick up any modifications unless the sync process is stopped and restarted.
  • After starting the Rational Change server, you must login to Rational Change at least once before attempting to synchronize or create a template using the Rational Focal Point for Rational Change Synchronizer.
  • If you delete an attachment, the Rational Change for Change Interface will re-attach it unless you delete it from both Change Requests.
  • If you delete an attachment, the Rational Focal Point for Change Interface will re-attach it unless you delete it from both Change Request and Element.
  • If you disassociate an associated task, the Rational Team Concert for Change Interface will associate the task again unless you delete it from both Change Request and WorkItem.
  • The Rational DOORS for Focal Point Interface requires that the Rational DOORS server, the Rational Focal Point server, and the Rational Synchronization Server be located in the same time zone.
  • Asian characters cannot be used in the name of a link in the Rational DOORS for Focal Point Interface.
  • When Starting or Stopping a Synchronizer from the Start/Stop page, the Status may not get updated.  When this happens, click on the Refresh button to update the Status displayed on the page.
  • The Rational Change for ClearQuest Interface limits the number of records that can be migrated at a time from Rational ClearQuest to Rational Change to 50. It also limits the number of change requests that can be migrated at a time from Rational Change to Rational ClearQuest to 50.
  • The Change for Focal Point interface does not get loaded properly in Internet Explorer due to some rendering issues. The same gets loaded properly in Firefox browser.

Contacting Support

Please visit our Telelogic support overview site at: http://www.ibm.com/software/rational/support/telelogic/

You will find a one-sheet reference guide about how to best contact support in you geography.

 

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