The Rational® DOORS® client runs on Windows systems only. After you have read
the prerequisites for Rational DOORS, install the Rational DOORS client.
Procedure
- Open the Rational DOORS client
installer, and click Next.
- Accept the terms of the license agreement, and click Next.
- If the database server is not already installed, you are
prompted to enter the folder where you want to install Rational DOORS.
If the database server is installed, the client files are installed
where the database server is installed.
Important: If
you are installing the Japanese version of the client, you must accept
the default location.
- Click Typical, and then click Next.
- In the Database Port field, enter
the port number that the Rational DOORS database
server is using. In the Database Host field,
enter the name of the Rational DOORS database
server computer. Then, click Next.
- Either enter the license information or select Supply
license information later, and then click Next.
Important: If you are installing as a user who is
not an administrator, you cannot supply license information later.
- If you are using a license server, enter the location of the license
server in this format: port@host.
For example: 19353@licenseserver.
- If you are using a local license, type the path to the file; for
example, C:DOORS_License\license.dat.
- If you select Supply license information later,
you must enter license information when you start the client.
- Review the information that is displayed. If the information
is correct, click Install.
- When all of the files are installed, click Finish to
complete the installation.
- Optional: Increase the virtual address space. The Rational DOORS client
for Windows systems is now large
address aware, which means that it has more virtual address
space. Because it is large address aware, the client can address up
to 4 GB of memory on 64-bit versions of Windows systems and up to 3 GB of memory
on 32-bit versions. On 64-bit versions of Windows systems, no modifications to the
operating system are required to benefit from the large address aware
capability. However, on 32-bit versions, you must increase the user
memory allocation.
- On 32-bit versions of Windows Vista
and later versions of Windows systems,
increase the user memory allocation to greater than 2 GB by using
the bcdedit command and setting the IncreaseUserVA parameter:
- Run the command prompt as an administrator:
Click Start,
and in the Search field, enter cmd.exe.
Right-click cmd.exe, and select Run
as administrator.
- At the command prompt, type bcdedit /set IncreaseUserVa
3072.
- Restart the computer.
- On 32-bit versions of Windows systems
that are earlier than Windows Vista, increase the user memory allocation
by editing the C:\boot.ini file. In that file,
type /3GB to the end of the startup line that
includes the /fastdetect switch. Restart the computer.
The
/3GB switch changes the way that the 4 GB virtual address space is
divided. Typically, the virtual address space is divided as 2 GB of
user mode virtual address space and 2 GB of kernel mode (operating
system) virtual address space. When you use the /3GB switch, the space
is divided into 3 GB of user mode virtual address space and 1 GB of
kernel mode virtual address space.
What to do next
Start Rational DOORS. When you start the product
for the first time, you must enter a new password for the administrator
user, and then create a database manager account.
- Click .
- Click OK.
- In the New password and Confirm
new password fields, enter the password for the administrator.
The password must be at least 6 characters long.
- Click OK, and then close the Welcome screen.
- Create a database manager account:
- Click .
- On the Users tab, click New.
- Type a user name.
- For the user type, select Database Manager.
- Click OK, and then click OK again.
- Exit Rational DOORS. Do not remain logged on
as the administrator user.