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Rational DOORS and Rational DOORS Web Access 9.6.1

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Abstract

IBM Rational DOORS and DOORS Web Access 9.6.1 has been made generally available and contains new capabilities as well as fixes for client-reported and internally found defects.

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Table of Contents
Sections Description

The Change history section provides an overview on what is new in this release with a description of any new functions or enhancements when applicable.

The How critical is this fix section provides information related to the impact of this release to allow you to assess how your environment may be affected.

The Prerequisites section provides important information to review prior to the installation of this release.

The Download package section provides the direct link to obtain the download package for installation in your environment.

The Installation instructions section provides the installation instructions necessary to apply this release into your environment.

The Known side effects section contains a link to the known problems (open defects) identified at the time of this release.

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Document Description


Click to review the detailed system requirements information for a complete list of hardware requirements, supported operating systems, prerequisites and optional supported software, with component-level details and operating system restrictions.

Click to review the detailed system requirements information for a complete list of hardware requirements, supported operating systems, prerequisites and optional supported software, with component-level details and operating system restrictions.

IBM Knowledge Center provides an entry point to product documentation. You can view, browse, and search online information related to the product.

Click to review a complete list of the defects (APARs) resolved in this release including a list of resolved defects for the entire version family.

Find technical developer content and resources.

Prerequisites

Prerequisites include:

Review the Version compatibility for Rational DOORS Web Access, interoperation server, Rational DOORS database server and client document prior to installation to ensure the client and server compatibility requirements are met in your environment.

Installation Instructions

Review the Installing section of the IBM Knowledge Center for details.

The Rational DOORS 9.6.1 client and interoperation server now support 64-bit Windows. There is no support for 32 bit.

The Rational DOORS Web Access 9.6.1 server now supports 64-bit Windows and Linux. There is no support for 32 bit.

All other Rational DOORS components are 32 bit. You can install 32-bit Rational DOORS components on a supported 64-bit Windows platform. See system requirements for a list of supported platforms.

Rational DOORS 9.6.1 and Rational DOORS Web Access 9.6.1 do not support Solaris.

The Rational DOORS kit for ISO 26262 and IEC 61508 has been updated for Rational DOORS 9.6.1.

The integrations with IBM Rational Rose and IBM Rational ClearCase and not supported in Rational DOORS 9.6.1.

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Access type Description

Passport Advantage and Passport Advantage Express clients are required to sign in to download the software package.

If you are entitled for Rational DOORS and need to download your software from Passport Advantage, perform the following steps:

  1. Logon to Passport Advantage.
  2. Select Software Downloads and Media Access.
  3. Select the Download Finder.
  4. Select Find by description or part number.
  5. Select the Product Description and All radio buttons and enter Rational DOORS in the description field.
  6. Select Continue.
  7. Expand the eAssemblies and you will see your entitled software.

IBM Software Group OEM offerings are designed for partners who develop and sell business solutions with embedded or bundled IBM middleware software. Clients with Flexible Contract Type (FCT) license purchases and IBM Business Partners must sign in to download the software package.

How critical is this fix?

Impact Assessment
Impact Description

This is a service release. It contains new features as well as fixes for client-reported and internally found defects.

Review Security Bulletin: Security vulnerabilities in the JRE in Rational DOORS Web Access (CVE-2014-6457, CVE-2014-3566) for details about the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) vulnerability in DOORS Web Access.

Test Results

Definitions

Regression: An error in the Maintenance Delivery Vehicle (MDV) that produces incorrect or unexpected behavior causing a supported feature to stop functioning as designed.
This includes:

  • Coding errors that cause a regression
  • Documentation or packaging problems that cause a regression
  • Errors reported in a new function delivered in a MDV that cause a regression

Incomplete: An error in the MDV has not regressed, but does not work as designed.
This includes:

  • Fixed APARs which did not solve the original problem but did not break anything new
  • APARs reporting documentation errors, such as readme errors, that cause problems applying an MDV but do not lead to a regression


Notes:
  • Regression and incomplete APARs are considered fix-in-error or MDV-in-error
  • Definitions above apply only to valid APARs that result in product fixes (APARs returned as working-as-designed are not assessed for being fix-in-error)
  • Issues in major releases due to new functionality do not apply in this definition

There are no known regressions to report.

Problems Solved

Defects resolved

Click the Fix List link in the table of contents above to review a list of the problems solved in this release.

Known Side Effects

Review the following list of known issues and open defects:

Review the following technotes for details regarding known issues.

Technote Description
1677957 HP Quality Center Interface 3.5.1.1 connection to Rational DOORS 9.6 fails with "DOORS Home not found" error
1677409 Rational DOORS Team Foundation Server addon does not work with the Microsoft Visual Studio Shell
1675914 Sample keystore security certificate for testing SSL communications with Rational DOORS Web Access
1676983 After upgrading to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Rational DOORS interoperation server fails to start
1676983 Exporting Microsoft Word to Rational DOORS bullet lists have extra bullets in printed output
1676983 Errors occur if Rational DOORS TFS Addon is installed with an install path that includes non-English Unicode characters

Open defects

Review the following list of open defects for Rational DOORS and DOORS Web Access on the IBM Support Portal.

Review technote 1461170: Open APARs for Rational products available on the Web for information on how to configure your MyNotifications subscription account and subscribe to the APARs you are interested in following.

Change History

What's new
Rational DOORS version 9.6.1 includes the following new capabilities and enhancements:

Rational DOORS and Rational DOORS Web Access

PKI Cerficate Revocation Lists
  • Both Rational DOORS and Rational DOORS Web Access now support Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs). A CRL is a list of certificates (identified by serial numbers) that have been revoked. A CRL is found in the operation of some cryptosystems, such as Public Key Infrastructures (PKI).

Rational DOORS

  • DOORS 9-to-DOORS 9 checksum verification utility.
    • Create and compare checksum files for modules and views.
  • Support for Microsoft Word macros during document generation in RRDG.
  • Separate login configuration options in the database properties interface.
  • Increased auditing capabilities of login history
    • Full user names.
    • IP addresses of client machines.
    • Invalid user names.
  • Other
    • Users can now set a minimum size for a DXL dialog box.
    • The columns in the Manage Locks dialog box can now be sorted.
  • Platforms
    • Support for Windows 8.1.

Rational DOORS Web Access

  • Optimized loading of the Rational DOORS delegated user interface.
  • Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) checks are now enabled by default.
  • Interoperation servers now tolerate environments with configured system user names. The user name and password still require a login.
  • Platforms and browsers
    • Support for Windows 8.1.
    • Support for Microsoft IE11.
    • Support for Mozilla Firefox 31 ESR.

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Problems (APARS) fixed
PI08028;PI08086;PI10994;PI13655;PI16969;PI17220;PI17223;PI17523;PI18990;PI19072;PI19594;PI19687;PI19699;PI20008;PI20309;PI21034;PI21306;PI21533;PI21755;PI21911;PI22037;PI22320;PI22381;PI22597;PI23320;PI23702;PI23992;PI24522;PI24774;PI25614;PI25892;PI26178;PI26501;PI26805;PI27164;PI27437;PI27624;PI28256;PI28634;PI28712;PI28863;PI29490;PI29614;PI29615;PI29616

Document Information

Modified date:
01 May 2020

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