Installation package

The IBM® Rational® Insight installation package has two components: IBM Rational Insight Data Services and IBM Rational Insight. This topic lists the components of Rational Insight and Rational Insight Data Services installation packages, and the environment these components can be installed on.

Rational Insight Data Services needs to be installed on the systems that host the product data sources. Although all the components of Rational Insight can be installed on a single system, in a business environment these components are usually installed on separate systems.

Installation package for Rational Insight Data Services

You need to install Rational Insight Data Services only if you want to read product data from product sources that do not have a built-in XML data service or a RESTful interface. Examples of such products are IBM Rational ClearCase® and IBM Rational ClearQuest®. When you install Rational Insight Data Services, you install the adapters for the products you want to report on. The adapters are needed to expose the data inside the product sources in a format that can be consumed by Rational Insight. If your product sources already have a built-in XML data service, you do not need to use adapters or install Rational Insight Data Services for such product sources. Examples of such products are IBM Rational Quality Manager, IBM Rational Team Concert™, and Microsoft® Project.

During the installation of Rational Insight Data Services, you can choose to install the adapters for the following products:
  • IBM Rational ClearCase
  • IBM Rational ClearQuest
  • Windows IBM Rational RequisitePro®
  • Windows IBM Rational TestManager
While installing Rational Insight Data Services, you can also choose to install IBM WebSphere® Application Server 6.1.0.21.
Note: If you do not want to install WebSphere Application Server through the installer, you can use an existing instance of WebSphere Application Server.

Installation package for Rational Insight

During the installation of Rational Insight, you install the following components:
  • Data warehouse
    • Data warehouse
    • Data warehouse with sample data
  • XML Data Configuration, and the following data source configuration files:
    • IBM Rational ClearCase
    • IBM Rational ClearQuest
    • IBM Rational Quality Manager
    • IBM Rational RequisitePro
    • IBM Rational TestManager
    • Microsoft Project
  • Rational Insight server
    • Report server
    • Database for the content store
    • Data Manager
      Note: IBM Cognos® 8.4 Data Manager has two parts - a server and a client. The client can be used only in a Windows® environment.
  • Windows Report development tools
    • Data Manager
    • Framework Manager
Note: If you have an existing installation of Cognos, you may choose to not install the Cognos components through the Rational Insight installer, in which case you need to perform some manual steps during the installation procedure.

If you do not want to install WebSphere Application Server through the installer, you can use an existing instance of WebSphere Application Server.


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