Release Notes for Rational Requirements Composer, Version 2.0

This document contains information about system requirements, installation, and known issues for IBM® Rational® Requirements Composer Version 2.0.

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Description

Rational Requirements Composer helps teams to define requirements more effectively and manage them efficiently across the project life cycle. Stakeholders in the requirements process can use intuitive textual and visual notations in a collaborative on-line environment.

Note: For more information see the Rational Requirements Composer Information Center.

System requirements

For more information about hardware and software requirements, see System requirements.

Installing Rational Requirements Composer, Version 2.0

For complete documentation, including step-by-step instructions for installing Rational Requirements Composer, see the installation road map in the "Installing and upgrading" section of the information center.

Electronic image downloads

If you download the electronic images of your product from IBM Passport Advantage®, follow the instructions available in the Rational Requirements Composer download document.

APARs fixed in this release

For information about the APARs fixed in Rational Requirements Composer, Version 2.0, see http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=3499&uid=swg27017425.

Migration Hotfix

If you want to migrate data from Rational Requirements Composer 1.0 Server, you must first apply a Migration Hotfix. Instructions on applying this hotfix and migrating your data are available in the following technote:

Instructions for migrating data to Rational Requirements Composer, Version 2.0
Note: For information on how to migrate to v2.0.0.1 refer to the upgrading information at Rational Requirements Composer 2.0.0.1

Known problems

Known problems are documented as individual technotes in the Support knowledge base. As issues are discovered and resolved, the IBM Support team updates the knowledge base. Search the knowledge base to quickly find workarounds or solutions to problems. The following links launch customized queries of known problems in this release of Rational Requirements Composer, which can alert you to usage limitations and outstanding issues.

Updates and fixes to this release

For information on how to find updates or fixes that might be available for this release, see the topic Getting fixes. For information on how to find details about a specific update or fix, see the topic Accessing release information.

IBM Rational Software Support

For FAQs, lists of known problems and fixes, and other support information, visit the product support page for Rational Requirements Composer at http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/rrc/support/.

For contact information and guidelines or reference materials that you will need when you require support, read the IBM Software Support Handbook at http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/guides/handbook.html.

Before you contact IBM Rational Software Support, gather the background information that you will need to describe your problem. When describing a problem to an IBM software support specialist, be as specific as possible and include all relevant background information so that the specialist can help you solve the problem efficiently. To save time, know the answers to these questions:
  • What software versions were you running when the problem occurred?
  • Do you have logs, traces, or messages that are related to the problem?
  • Can you reproduce the problem? If so, what steps do you take to reproduce it?
  • Is there a workaround for the problem?
  • If so, be prepared to describe the workaround.

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