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Rational Developer for i


Operating SystemSoftwareHardware
Windows 2003 Enterprise SP1, Windows 2003 Standard SP1, Windows 2008, Windows XP Professional, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows Vista Ultimate • Support - i5/OS V5R3, i 5.4, or 6.1.

• Program temporary fixes (PTFs) information - Some components need additional PTFs that can be viewed online at

http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/iseries

More information about any required i server PTFs - Can be found by:

• Opening the Remote System Explorer perspective if it is not already open by selecting Window > Open Perspective > Other and select Remote System Explorer. The name of the current perspective is shown in the top left corner of the title bar for the Window

• Creating a connection to your IBM i (i5/OS) server by expanding New Connection > IBM i (i5/OS). Expanding your new connection and right click on Objects.

• Selecting Verify Connection from the menu. This displays a dialog that shows which required PTFs are already installed on the system and which ones are missing.

• Compiling RPG, COBOL, C, C++, CL, or DDS on i using the Remote System Explorer (RSE), the compilers must be installed on the IBM i (i5/OS).

Operating systems, supported in 32-bit mode, that support all of the languages are supported by IBM Rational Developer for i:

• Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 or later

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition with Service Pack 1

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 1

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition

• Microsoft Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Enterprise, and Windows Vista Ultimate with Service Pack 1

IBM Rational Developer for i is developed for use with Eclipe IDE V3.4.1. You can only extend an existing Eclipse IDE of V3.4.1 with latest updates from the open source community.

Extension of an existing Eclipse IDE. A JRE is required from the following Java development kits:

IBM 32-bit SDK for Windows Java 2 Technology Edition, Version 6.0 service release 1; Sun Java 2 Standard Edition 6.0 Update 4 for Microsoft Windows

• Installation of updates: You might need to update your Eclipse version in order to install updates. Refer to the update's release documentation for information on changes to the prerequisite Eclipse version.

Eligibility requirements: To enable users who do not have administrator privileges to work with IBM Rational Developer for i on a Windows Vista system, do not install Eclipse inside the Program Files directory (C:\Program Files\).

One of the following Web browsers to view the readme files and the installation guide, and to support the Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) browser widget:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 with Service Pack 1, or later

Mozilla 1.6, or later

Firefox 1.0.x, 1.5, 2.0, or later

The launchpad that does not support Mozilla 1.6. If your browser is Mozilla, you need V1.7, or later, to run the launchpad.

Viewing multimedia user assistance, such as tours, tutorials, and demonstration viewlets. You must properly install Adobe Flash Player, Version 6.0 release 65, or later

NOTES:

On the Windows Vista operation system, the Samples Gallery and Tutorials Gallery do not support the new high resolution display setting "Larger scale (120DPI) - make text more readable". The gallery content does not display if this option is set. If you changed to the new high resolution display option, you must change in to a lower resolution setting, for example, the default 90 DPI setting.

On the Japanese version of the Windows Vista operating system, the Samples Gallery and Tutorials Gallery require Mozilla Firefox as the Web browser preference; the gallery content does not display on other Web browsers. To run the galleries, install Mozilla Firefox, and then set the Web Browser preference to Mozilla Firefox (In the main product menu, click Window > Preferences > General > Web Browser.

The Program's specifications and specified operating environment information may be found in documentation accompanying the Program, if available, such as a read-me file, or other information published by IBM, such as an announcement letter. Documentation and other Program content may be supplied only in the English language.

IBM Rational Business Developer generates COBOL code that can be deployed to i5/OS V5R3, IBM i 5.4, or later.

IBM Rational Business Developer generates Java code that can be deployed to the following environments:

i5/OS V5R3, i 5.4, 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 application requires WebSphere Application Server V6.0, or later, or Apache Tomcat 5.5, or later.

Windows XP, 2003, 2008, Vista. Web application requires WebSphere Application Server V6.0, or later, or Apache Tomcat 5.5, or later.

Linux (Red Hat 4, or higher, SUSE 9, or higher). Web application requires WebSphere Application Server V6.0, or later or Apache Tomcat 5.5, or later.

HP Unix 11iv2. Web application requires WebSphere Application Server V6.0, or later, or Apache Tomcat 5.5, or later.

Solaris 10 or later. Web application requires WebSphere Application Server V6.0, or later, or Apache Tomcat 5.5, or later.

*Portlet applications require WebSphere Portal Server V6.0.

Supported relational databases:

• IBM DB2 V7, and later

• IDS 7.3, and later

• Oracle 8, and later

• SQL Server 2000

• Derby 10

For more details on Rational Business Developer System requirements:

See the developers page

For more details on Rational Developer for i System Requirements:

See the developers page


*Note: To create EGL portlets, you must have Rational Application Developer with the Portal tool feature installed.

Intel(R) Pentium(R) III 800 MHz processor minimum (higher is recommended) 512 MB RAM; 1 GB RAM recommended

Minimum: 800 MB of disk space is required for product package installation. Additional disk space is required for the resources that you develop.

• 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.

1024 x 768 resolution minimum using 256 colors (or higher for best results)

Microsoft mouse or compatible pointing device

CD-ROM drive

HATS toolkit


Operating SystemSoftwareHardware
Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP Professional One of the following:

Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Packs 1 and 2

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional with Service Packs 3 and 4

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server with Service Packs 3 and 4

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server with Service Packs 3 and 4

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition

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Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition

Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate

Microsoft Windows Vista Business

Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise

And one of the following software delivery platforms:

Rational Application Developer V7.0.0.5

Rational Software Architect V7.0.0.5

WebSphere Developer for System z V7.0.1.2

Rational Developer for System z V7.1

Rational Developer for System i SOA V7.1

WebSphere Integration Developer V6.1

Rational Business Developer V7.1

For more details on Host Access Transformation Service (HATS) System Requirements:

http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/hats/sysreqs/
Intel Pentium III 800 MHz processor minimum (Higher is recommended)

1 GB RAM minimum (2 GB RAM is recommended)

Disk space: 500 MB DASD above what the requisite software delivery platform requires

Additional disk space will be required for Web or rich client application resources developed

Display resolution: 1024 x 768 or higher

HATS Rich Client Platform


Operating SystemSoftwareHardware
Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP Professional Lotus Expeditor Client deployment

Lotus Expeditor V6.1 or later- Client for Desktop

Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Packs 1 and 2 or

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4 or

RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS with GIMP Toolkit (GTK) support - Update 4 with Mozilla 1.7, GTK 2

Novell Linux Desktop 9 (NLD9) Service Pack 2 with Mozilla 1.7 and compat-libstd-++lsb

Lotus Expeditor V6.1 or later - Toolkit

Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Packs 1 and 2 or

RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS with GIMP Toolkit (GTK) support - Update 4 with Mozilla 1.7, GTK 2

One of the following software delivery platforms: IBM Rational Application Developer V7.0 or IBM Rational Software Architect V7.0

Lotus Expeditor V6.1 or later - Device Runtime Environment (DRE)

Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Packs 1 and 2 or

RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS with GIMP Toolkit (GTK) support - Update 4 with Mozilla 1.7, GTK 2

One of the following software platforms: Lotus Expeditor V6.1 - Client for Desktop or Lotus Expeditor V6.1 - Toolkit

Eclipse Rich Client Platform deploymen

Eclipse V3.2 with EMF/SDO V2.2.0 or Eclipse V3.3 with EMF/SDO V2.3.0 on one of the following platforms:

Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Packs 1 and 2 or

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition with Service Packs 1 and 2 or

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4 or

RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.0 WS with GIMP Toolkit (GTK) support - Update 3 with Mozilla 1.7, GTK 2

Novell Linux Desktop 9 (NLD9) Service Pack 2 with Mozilla 1.7 and compat-libstd-++lsb

One of the following Java Runtime Environment (JRE):

IBM 32-bit SDK for Windows, Java 2 Technology Edition 5.0 service release 4

IBM 32-bit SDK for Windows, Java 2 Technology Edition 1.4.2 service release 7

IBM 32-bit SDK for Linux on Intel architecture, Java 2 Technology Edition 5.0 service release 4

IBM 32-bit SDK for Linux on Intel architecture, Java 2 Technology Edition 1.4.2 service release 7

Sun Java 2 Standard Edition 5.0 Update 11 for Microsoft Windows

Sun Java 2 Standard Edition 1.4.2_14 for Microsoft Windows

Sun Java 2 Standard Edition 5.0 Update 11 for Linux x86

Sun Java 2 Standard Edition 1.4.2_13 for Linux x86

HATS Supported Browsers

Windows requires *Netscape 7.1 or later, Internet Explorer 6.0 with SP1 or later, Mozilla 1.6 or later, Firefox 1.5 or later, Opera 7.6 or later

AIX requires *Netscape 7.1 or later

Solaris requires Mozilla 1.6, Firefox 1.5, Opera 7.6 or later

Linux requires *Netscape 7.1 or later, Opera 7.6, Konqueror 3.2, Mozilla 1.6, Firefox 1.5 or later

Macintosh requires Safari 1.2, *Netscape 7.1 or later, Firefox 1.5, Opera 7.6 or later

Windows Mobile requires Internet Explorer Mobile 5.0 or later

*Netscape is end-of-life, support for Netscape will be eliminated in the next release of HATS

5250 Print support requires IBM iSeries Access for Web V5.2, or later (Note: this is available as part of the iSeries Access Family).

WebSphere Portal V5.1.0.x or V6.0.x is required for deployment of HATS V7 portlets.

Tivoli Access Manager V5.1 or V6.0 is required for Web Express Logon support.

The following i5/OS V5R4 PTFs are required to support HATS/Webfacing runtime interoperability: SI25893, SI25894, SI25747

HATS Limitations:

BIDI support is available only with Internet Explorer 6.0 with SP 1 or later, or Mozilla 1.8 or later.

BIDI support is not available for web applications targeted for browsers on mobile devices.

Rich Client Platform support requires that the JRE included in the Lotus Expeditor V6.1 DRE be installed to the software delivery platform.

In HATS rich client applications, if you use ATOK2006 with Roman input mode, the input mode changes to Kana input mode using the AutoIME function. This is a limitation in the Eclipse environment.

Rational Business Developer


Operating SystemSoftwareHardware
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0 Note: The VisualAge Generator migration tool -- Requires Microsoft Windows 2000 or Microsoft Windows XP

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack 4

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server with Service Pack 4

Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1 or 2

Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Ed (AMD)

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition with Service Pack 1

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 1

Microsoft Vista (Business, Enterprise, Ultimate editions) V6.0 SP1

Note: The VisualAge Generator migration tool -- Requires Microsoft Windows 2000 or Microsoft Windows XP
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 Linux: An additional 500 MB of disk space is required in the /tmp directory.

Display: 1024 x 768 display minimum using 256 colors (or higher for best results).

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 Linux: An additional 500 MB of disk space is required in the /tmp directory.

Display: 1024 x 768 display minimum using 256 colors (or higher for best results).

Other hardware: Microsoft mouse or compatible pointing device.

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.

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