Release notes - IBM Rational DOORS, version 9.4
IBM® Rational® DOORS®, version 9.4 is available.
Important compatibility, installation, upgrading, and other getting-started issues are addressed.
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System requirements
Before you can install the Rational DOORS database server, your system must meet the following requirements:
- One of the following operating systems must be installed on your computer:
- Windows® Server 2003 (Standard or Enterprise) 32-bit or 64-bit.
- Windows Server 2003 R2 (Standard or Enterprise) 32-bit or 64-bit.
- Windows Server 2008 (Standard or Enterprise) 32-bit or 64-bit.
- Windows Server 2008 SP1 (Standard or Enterprise) 32-bit or 64-bit.
- Windows Server 2008 R2 (Standard or Enterprise) 64-bit.
- Solaris 10 32-bit or 64-bit (SPARC only).
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux® 5 (AS, ES or WS) 32-bit or 64-bit
(where 32-bit runtime support libraries are available).
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 (AS, ES or WS) 32-bit or 64-bit
(where 32-bit runtime support libraries are available).
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 (AS, ES or WS) 32-bit or 64-bit
(where 32-bit runtime support libraries are available).
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11.0 x86 32-bit or 64-bit.
- All supported platforms running on VMware ESX Server 3.5.
- All supported platforms running on VMware ESX Server 4.0 (future releases, mod levels, and fix packs).
- All supported platforms running on VMware ESXi Server 3.5.
- All supported platforms running on VMware ESXi Server 4.0 (future releases, mod levels, and fix packs).
- All supported platforms running on VMware vSphere 4.0 (future releases, mod levels, and fix packs).
- All supported platforms running on VMware Workstation v6.0.
- All supported platforms running on VMware Workstation v7.0.
- The minimum system requirements for all operating systems are:
- At least 3.5 GB of disk space during installation and 300 MB after the installation.
- At least 1 GB of RAM.
- A pentium-compatible PC with at least a 2 GHz processor, and, for Solaris,
an equivalent machine specification.
- TCP/IP.
Before you can install the Rational DOORS client, your system must meet the following requirements:
- One of the following operating systems must be installed on your computer:
- Windows XP Professional SP2 32-bit or 64-bit.
- Windows XP Professional SP3 32-bit.
- Windows Vista (Business or Enterprise) SP2 32-bit or 64-bit.
- Windows 7 (Professional or Enterprise) 32-bit or 64-bit.
- Windows 7 SP1 (Professional or Enterprise) 32-bit or 64-bit.
- Windows Terminal Server for Windows Server 2003 (Standard or Enterprise) 32-bit or 64-bit.
- Windows Terminal Server for Windows Server 2003 R2 (Standard or Enterprise) 32-bit or 64-bit.
- Windows Terminal Server for Windows Server 2008 (Standard or Enterprise) 32-bit or 64-bit.
- Windows Terminal Server for Windows Server 2008 R2 (Standard or Enterprise) 64-bit.
- Citrix XenApp 5.0 (Advanced, Enterprise or Platinum) for Windows Server 2003 (Standard or Enterprise) 32-bit or 64-bit.
- Citrix XenApp 5.0 (Advanced, Enterprise or Platinum) for Windows Server 2003 R2 (Standard or Enterprise) 32-bit or 64-bit.
- Citrix XenApp 5.0 (Advanced, Enterprise or Platinum) for Windows Server 2008 (Standard or Enterprise) 32-bit or 64-bit.
- Citrix XenApp 6.0 (Advanced, Enterprise or Platinum) for Windows Server 2003 (Standard or Enterprise) 32-bit or 64-bit.
- Citrix XenApp 6.0 (Advanced, Enterprise or Platinum) for Windows Server 2003 R2 (Standard or Enterprise) 32-bit or 64-bit.
- Citrix XenApp 6.0 (Advanced, Enterprise or Platinum) for Windows Server 2008 (Standard or Enterprise) 32-bit or 64-bit.
- Citrix XenApp 6.5 (Advanced, Enterprise or Platinum) for Windows Server 2003 (Standard or Enterprise) 32-bit or 64-bit.
- Citrix XenApp 6.5 (Advanced, Enterprise or Platinum) for Windows Server 2003 R2 (Standard or Enterprise) 32-bit or 64-bit.
- Citrix XenApp 6.5 (Advanced, Enterprise or Platinum) for Windows Server 2008 (Standard or Enterprise) 32-bit or 64-bit.
- All supported platforms running on VMware Workstation v6.0.
- All supported platforms running on VMware Workstation v7.0.
- The minimum system requirements are:
- At least 3.5 GB of disk space during installation and 300 MB after the installation.
- At least 1 GB of RAM.
- A pentium-class PC with at least a 2 GHz processor.
- TCP/IP.
You must also consider the following requirements for your system:
- In order to download and install Rational DOORS 9.4, your organization must have a license
with valid maintenance and be running Rational License Key Server 8.1.2.
For information about how to obtain a license, and about the Rational License Server TL,
see the Rational License Server TL Licensing Guide in the
Rational License Server TL information center.
For information about the Rational License Key Server, see the
Rational Common Licensing information.
- If you are running the Rational Directory Server, you must be running version 5.1.0.2, 5.2, 5.2.0.1 or version 5.2.0.2.
For information about the Rational Directory Server, see the user documentation that is supplied with it.
- The computer where you install the Rational DOORS database server must be running TCP/IP.
- The computer where you are running the Rational DOORS client should have a super VGA monitor
with the screen resolution set to at least 800 x 600, small fonts setting.
- Network-attached storage (NAS)
Storing Rational DOORS data on a NAS storage device is unsupported. If you need to store your data in a
location separate from the Rational DOORS database server machine, SAN devices using block-level storage
are supported.
At the time of writing, the following independent products have been tested with Rational DOORS
- SunOne Directory Server 5.2
- Microsoft® Active Directory for Windows 2003
- Office 2003 SP1, including PowerPoint for Windows XP
- Office 2007
- Office 2010
- FrameMaker 7.2
For current information about system requirements, see the
System Requirements page
on the Support website.
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Operating system locales supported by Rational DOORS 9.4
Any Windows locale.
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Compatible Rational products
- IBM Rational DOORS for HP Quality Center Interface 3.4.0.x and 3.5.0.x
- IBM Rational DOORS Analyst Add On 4.3.0.3
- IBM Rational Rhapsody® for DOORS Interface 7.6
- IBM Rational Statemate® for DOORS Interface 4.6
- IBM Rational Synchronization Server 1.4
- IBM Rational System Architect for DOORS Interface 11.4
- IBM Rational Systems Tester for DOORS Interface 3.3
- IBM Rational DOORS Requirements Management Framework Add On 6.0 and 6.1
- IBM Rational Publishing Engine 1.1.x
- IBM Rational Directory Server Tivoli® 5.1.x and 5.2.0.x
- IBM Rational License Key Server 8.1.2
The following integrations are built into the Rational DOORS client installer:
- IBM Rational DOORS for ClearCase® Interface 2.1.1
- IBM Rational DOORS for Rational Rose Interface 2.10.1
The following Rational products are compatible using the Rational solution
for Collaborative Lifecycle Management:
- IBM Rational Change 5.3.0.1, when using the DOORS Change-Management Integration
- IBM Rational ClearQuest® 7.1.2.4 and 8.0, when using the DOORS Change-Management Integration
- IBM Rational Team Concert 3.0.1.0 and 4.0
- IBM Rational Quality Manager 3.0.1.0 and 4.0
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Installing Rational DOORS 9.4.
If you already have Rational DOORS, the version that you have does not affect the way in which
Rational DOORS 9.4 is installed. In all cases Rational DOORS 9.4 is installed into a new
directory named Program Files\IBM\Rational\DOORS\9.4 by default. After successful installation, if
your current version of Rational DOORS is version 9.0 or after, it is removed from your system. If
your current version is prior to version 9.0, it remains on your system.
Important: If you have customized the addins.idx file, back it up
before you upgrade. When you upgrade to Rational DOORS 9.4, the current version of addins.idx
is overwritten.
Note: When you install the Rational DOORS client on a Japanese language operating system,
you must accept the default location.
If you are upgrading from 9.0, 9.1, 9.2 or 9.3 you cannot install Rational DOORS 9.4 into the same directory as your
current Rational DOORS installation. If you try to do this the installation will fail.
Upgrading your integrations
When you upgrade from version 9.0, 9.1, 9.2 or 9.2, and you want to run your integrations with Rational DOORS 9.4,
you need to uninstall and then reinstall them. There are a number of changes to the process you need to follow:
- IBM Rational DOORS for ClearCase Interface
This integration is no longer available as a separate
installer. It has now been added to the Rational DOORS client installer, and is a Custom option during the
installation procedure. Select the option, and the integration is installed automatically.
- IBM Rational DOORS for Rational Rose Interface
This integration is no longer available as a separate
installer. It has now been added to the Rational DOORS client installer, and is a Custom option during the
installation procedure. Select the option, and the integration is installed automatically.
- IBM Rational DOORS for HP Quality Center Interface
This integration is available as a separate installer; the latest version is version 3.5.0.1,
which is available from Fix Central. The installation procedure for the integration has not
changed. However, please note that when you upgrade the integration to run with Rational DOORS 9.4,
you can no longer use or create data connections to 8.3 databases.
- Change Management for Rational DOORS
This integration is now installed automatically when
you install the Rational DOORS client.
For information about installing and upgrading Rational DOORS 9.4, see the Installation information in the
Rational DOORS information center.
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Installing the Rational DOORS example data
If you already have a Rational DOORS example data for a previous version of Rational DOORS installed on your machine,
remove it before you install the Rational DOORS 9.4 example data.
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Installing the Rational Directory Server
For information about installing the Rational Directory Server, see the Rational Directory Server installation information.
Note: If you install the Rational Directory Server and the Rational DOORS client on the same machine, you
cannot use the Rational Directory Server in secure mode.
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Obtaining a license for Rational DOORS
If this is your first installation of Rational DOORS, you need to obtain a license from
IBM. You also need to install version 8.1.2 of the Rational License Key Server.
For information about how to obtain a license from IBM, and how to install the Rational
License Server TL, see the Rational License Server TL Licensing Guide in the
Rational License Server TL information center. For information about the Rational License Key Server,
see the
Rational Common Licensing information.
If you are already running Rational DOORS, the action you need to take depends on the version of Rational DOORS
you are running, and whether you have a valid maintenance agreement:
- If you are upgrading from Rational DOORS 8.2 or 8.3, and you have a valid maintenance agreement,
you do not need a new license to install and run Rational DOORS 9.4.
- If you are upgrading from Rational DOORS 8.2 or 8.3, and do not have a valid maintenance agreement,
a message is displayed:
The FEATURE name Rational DOORS with version 2010.0913 cannot be found.
License server does not support this version of the feature
If this message is displayed, you need to obtain a new license.
- If you are upgrading from a version of Rational DOORS earlier than 8.2, you need a new license
to run Rational DOORS, and you also need to install version 8.1.2 of the Rational
License Key Center.
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What's new in 9.4
- Overview
Rational DOORS makes additional use of Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC) to improve product integrations and team collaboration across job roles and engineering and development domains. This release extends OSLC integrations to Change Management, Quality Management, Design Management, and other Requirement Management systems.
Responding to the need for higher quality publication of requirements and related documentation, this release enhances reporting capabilities built in to Rational DOORS. When documents are generated within Rational DOORS based on templates created with the Rational Publishing Engine, a Rational Publishing Engine license is no longer required.
This release offers a higher degree of serviceability in helping deployment and management of installations while also providing usability enhancements for both the DOORS rich client and the web client (DWA).
- Enhanced OSLC Support
- Provision of OSLC-RM 2.0 services: Enhanced server-side integration capabilities including module-level search/query and the ability to initiate DXL, and ability to act as an OSLC-RM consumer.
- Serviceability Improvements
- Serviceability improvements: Multi-level server-side logging without the need to restart the DOORS server. Improved error messages that more closely tie in to the IBM Rational support systems and Rational DOORS InfoCenter. For direct customer feedback for support, visit
Rational DOORS information center.
- Server Side Security feature
- The authentication in Rational DOORS is performed primarily on the client side. Rational DOORS 9.4 now allows you to increase Rational DOORS security by carrying out authentication on the server. You need to install Rational DOORS Web Access 1.5; this functionality uses the latest Rational DOORS Web Access components.
- Server logging
- A new logging capability has been added to the Rational DOORS server to allow more control over logging. You can set limits on the size of log files and set up automatic cleanup of old files. If you want, you can still enable your current server logging functionality.
- Quality Management integration with Rational Quality Manager now supported using OSLC
With the provision of OSLC-RM 2.0 services and the consumption of OSLC-QM 2.0 services Rational DOORS comes with a built-in integration to Rational Quality Manager.
- Simplified user experience: The DOORS-Rational Quality Manager integration offers consistent OSLC-style user interactions, making it easier to learn and use.
- No further need for a data synchronization: OSLC integrations are based on "linked lifecycle data" rather than data synchronization. The data is always up to date; no data refreshing is needed.
- Core product support for integration analysis: With the ability to display and analyze trace columns that include OSLC information it is now possible to combine live test data with requirements in a single display.
- Automatic test generation from requirements: test engineers can now use built-in tools within Rational Quality Manager to generate test cases on any requirements that are not currently covered.
- Link individual test steps to requirements: It is now possible to link individual test steps to requirements in Rational DOORS.
- Requirements in multiple test plans: It is now possible to link a Rational DOORS view to more than one test plan in Rational Quality Manager.
- Updated integration with Rational Team Concert and other Change Management systems
Rational DOORS is an OSLC-CM 2.0 consumer and uses these interfaces with Rational Team Concert.
- New modeling integrations using OSLC, starting with Rational Software Architect Design Manager Beta
With the provision of OSLC-RM 2.0 services and the consumption of OSLC-AM 2.0 services Rational DOORS comes with a built in integration to modeling systems. DOORS 9.4 initially offers support for Rational Software Architect Design Manager interim release milestones available for download on jazz.net.
- Simplified user experience: New bi-directional OSLC linking enables traceability scenarios for requirements engineers and engineers doing modeling.
- No data synchronization: Linked lifecycle data is always up to date; no data refreshing is needed.
- Core product support for integration analysis: With the ability to display and analyze trace columns that include OSLC information it is now possible to combine live test data with requirements in a single display in Rational DOORS.
- New integrations between Rational DOORS and Rational DOORS Next Generation beta
In support of the Rational DOORS Next Generation initiative ( https://jazz.net/projects/rational-doors/ ) it is now possible to use Rational DOORS and Rational DOORS Next Generation beta together in the following ways:
- Exchanging requirements data using ReqIF 1.0.1
- Document generation supporting custom templates
Improvements in document generation capabilities include the following:
- Support for user defined document templates designed using Rational Document Studio (part of Rational Publishing Engine).
- It is now possible to produce high-quality documentation from DOORS without the need for a license of Rational Publishing Engine. A Rational Publishing Engine license is required to create the initial templates or modify them.
- Usability improvements for rich and web clients
- Interoperation with other RM systems:
- Direct linking between multiple DOORS databases using OSLC.
- Support for ReqIF 1.0.1 to exchange data across the supply chain.
- Traceability columns showing OSLC information: The ability to display and analyze (filter) traceability columns spanning different tools using OSLC.
- Shared editing experience: The ability to define and manage shared sections within a module can now be more easily reset and configured.
- Rational DOORS Web Access enhancements include improved multi-module editing experience in a web environment and the ability for reviewers to electronically sign a baseline.
- Multicultural support and translation information for IBM software can be found online at:
- Additional new features
Filtering on OSLC link types has been added. This is an extension to the current filter dialog with a new tab called External Links. You need to set the minimum client version to Rational DOORS 9.4 to enable this functionality.
It is now possible to create layout or attribute DXL columns to display OSLC link information. Currently, this is only supported for Rational Quality Manager links. Additional items have been added to the layout column and attribute DXL pre-defined lists to allow these to be created.
When managing views, an option has been added to allow you to delete multiple views in a single operation.
You can now resize the Edit User dialog.
The maximum number of columns that you can create in Rational DOORS 9.4 has been extended to 128. You need to set the minimum client version to Rational DOORS 9.4 to enable this functionality.
You can now set the background colour when you are configuring columns using the Column Properties dialog. It is set in the same way as the column text colour.
When you export to Excel, you can now set an option to export the rich text formatting such as bold, italics, and strikethrough.
When you create sections in a module, you can now create sections for all the objects in the current view. An additional extension to this functionality is the ability to “turn off” sections in the current view.
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Defects fixed in the 9.4
For details of the fixed defects in the Rational DOORS 9.4, see the
Fix List for IBM Rational DOORS 9.4.
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Known problems in 9.4
To learn about the known problems in this update and any
workarounds that are available, see
Known problems in Rational DOORS 9.4.
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Limitations
Spelling checker
There may be some languages supplied with the spelling checker, for example
Russian that do not supply alternative text when errors are detected during
a spelling check.
When you set up the options for checking spelling in certain languages, a
Modes panel is displayed on the Options dialog box. In some languages the
modes that are available are meaningless. For example, if the selected language
is Russian, the modes Je and Jo are displayed.
These issues are a result of limitations in the third party software used
by Rational DOORS to provide spelling checker capabilities.
Hidden text
Rational DOORS does not support hidden text. For example, if you copy text including
hidden text from Microsoft Word and paste it into a Rational DOORS module, the text
that is displayed in the module explorer is different to that displayed in
the object.
Rich text tables
You cannot copy a rich text table from a Word document into a Rational DOORS attribute.
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Contacting support
Please visit our Telelogic support overview on the Rational software support website at:
http://www.ibm.com/software/rational/support/telelogic/.
You will find a one-sheet reference guide about how to best contact support in your geography.
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