Upgrading from the Express to the Standard edition

IBM® Rational® Quality Manager is available in two editions: Express® and Standard.

To upgrade from the Express to the Standard edition, you install the alternate edition of the product, and then copy the appropriate configuration files. Because both editions support the same database configurations, a database migration is not necessary, but can be performed following the Jazz/Rational Team Concert database conversion process. After the alternate product edition has been installed, the configuration files must be upgraded.

Copying configuration files

You should first rename the original files in the upgraded server installation to make backups. Then, copy the following files from the source server to the target server:
  • The teamserver.properties file
  • The full text index directory (The location is the value of the com.ibm.team.fulltext.indexLocation property in teamserver properties.)
  • If you are using Derby, copy the repositoryDB directory tree.
  • If you are using Tomcat and have changed the configuration, copy the tomcat/conf directory.
  • If you are using the Tomcat user database, copy the tomcat-users.xml file.
  • If you are using Tomcat and you have customized the application deployment descriptor, copy the modified web.xml file for the jazz.war file which is located in the RQM_install_dir\server\tomcat\webapps\jazz\WEB-INF directory.

Licensing after upgrading to a new edition

If you are upgrading to the Standard edition, and you have purchased the Quality Manager Client Activation Kit for Express, you will need to purchase and install the Quality Manager Client Activation Kit for Standard Edition in order to use the client licenses. Your Quality Manager license assignments will still be in effect, but the Quality Manager licenses will be deactivated until the correct activation kit is installed.


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