System requirements
The following are basic hardware and software requirements for IBM Rational Business Developer V7.5.1.
| Operating System | Software | Hardware |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Linux Desktop 4 Update 4, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP Professional SP2 |
Rational Business Developer generates COBOL code that can be deployed to the following environments: z/OS V1.6, or later: CICS Transaction Server for z/OS version 2.3 or later. For EGL services support, version 3.1 or later is required. IMS Transaction Manager version 8 or later IBM i5/OS V5.R3. or IBM i operating system . V5.R4 or later Note: Generated COBOL programs deployed to System z require the IBM Rational COBOL Runtime for zSeries V6.0.1 product IBM Rational Business Developer generates Java code that can be deployed to the following environments: z/OS V1.6, or later: Web applications require WebSphere Application Server for z/OS 5.1.2, or later. IBM i V5.R3 or later: Web applications require WebSphere Application Server 6.0, or later, Apache Tomcat 5.5, or later, or the IBM i Integrated Application Server. AIX V5.2: Web applications require WebSphere Application Server V6.0, or later or Apache Tomcat 5.5, or later. Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista: Web applications require WebSphere Application Server V5.1.2, or later or Apache Tomcat 5.5, or later. Linux (RedHat 3, or higher, SUSE 9) : Web applications require WebSphere Application Server V6.0, or later or Apache Tomcat 5.5, or later. HP UNIX 11iv2: Web applications require WebSphere Application Server v6.0 or later or Apache Tomcat 5.5, or later. Solaris 9, or later: Web applications require WebSphere Application Server v6.0, or later or Apache Tomcat 5.5, or later. Portlet applications require WebSphere Portal Server V6.0.* Supported databases: IBM DB2 V7, and later IDS 7.3, and later Oracle 8, and later SQL Server 2000 Derby 10 IMS Database Manager V8 or later Note: The VisualAge Generator migration tool -- Requires Microsoft Windows 2000 or Microsoft Windows XP |
For Linux: An additional 500 MB of disk space is required in the /tmp directory. Processor: Minimum 800 MHz Pentium III (or higher for best results) Memory: Minimum 1 GB RAM, 2 GB works well Disk space: Minimum 3 GB of disk space is required for product package installation. Additional disk space is required for the resources that you develop. Note. Disk space requirements can be reduced or increased depending on the features that you install. Additional disk space is required if you download the product package to install this product. For Windows: Additional disk space is required if you use FAT32 instead of NTFS. For Windows: An additional 500 MB of disk space is required in the directory pointed to by your environment variable TEMP. Display: 1024 x 768 display minimum using 256 colors (or higher for best results). Other hardware: Microsoft mouse or compatible pointing device. |
*Note: To create EGL portlets, you must have Rational Application Developer with the Portal tool feature installed.
