Release Notes
Abstract
The release information for IBM Rational Change 5.3.0.1 contains information about fixes, pointers to important documentation and provides a list of known problems.
Content
This release information includes the following content about Rational Change version 5.3.0.1:
- About this release
- Fixed APARs in this release
- Product documentation
- Software and hardware requirements
- Access the software
- Installation information
- Known problems
- IBM Rational Software Support
About this release
Rational Change version 5.3.0.1 addresses a number of issues in 5.3, including a limitation preventing the migration of CRs in a development database into the central server database (central server migration).
APARs that are fixed in this release are in the Fix list document.
Product documentation
For complete documentation, including installation instructions for 5.3, review the Information Center.
For more information, review the following resources:
- Rational Change Integrations Documentation
- Rational Change Customization Reference Guide
- Rational Synergy 7.2 Release Information
Software and hardware requirements
Review the detailed system requirements document at Detailed System Requirements for Rational Change 5.3 (this information is the same for 5.3 and 5.3.0.1).
Access the software
Access the Rational Change 5.3.0.1 Download document.
Prerequisites:
- This fix pack may only be applied to Rational Change 5.3, which must be installed and operational.
- Rational Synergy Interim Fix 1 for 7.2 is required for the central server migration fix.
Installation Instructions:
- Log in to the machine where Rational Change is installed as the user who installed Rational Change.
- Unzip (Windows) or untar (UNIX) the patch file into
<CHANGE_APP_HOME>/WEB-INF/packages. The resultant directory will have the name "rc<patch version>".
For example, on UNIX:
$ cd <CHANGE_APP_HOME>/WEB-INF/packages
$ tar xvf <file path> - Login to Rational Change as Admin, and click the System Administration link in the action panel.
- Install the patch package. Click on the "Package Installer" tab, select the patch package from the "Available Packages" listbox, and click the Install button.
- Stop and start Rational Change.
Uninstalling the Fix Pack:
If it is necessary to remove the patch after it was installed, follow these steps.
- Login to Rational Change as Admin, and click the System Administration link in the action panel.
- Uninstall the patch package. Click on the "Package Installer" tab, select the patch package from the "Installed Packages" listbox, and click the Uninstall button.
- Stop and start Rational Change.
Known problems
Important known problems new to version 5.3 are discussed below. See also known problems from previous releases, as they may still apply.
| ID | Problem/Workaround |
| WI 5675 | Project security feature not working with RDS 5.2 (Tivoli) The new project security feature is not presently working with RDS 5.2 (Tivoli), but will be in a forthcoming RDS fix. If you intend to start using project security soon, use RDS 5.1.1 (Apache) instead. |
| R#38490 | Server registration must be initiated from the central server when mixed releases are used Registration from a pre-5.3 remote server to a 5.3 central server fails if the server encodings are different (which is usually the case unless the remote server is using the Synergy Asian line). The workaround is to perform the registration from the central server. |
| R#38474 | Windows service may not start in a timely fashion when using local help The Rational Change service on Windows may not start in a timely fashion when Rational Change and Help are deployed together on Jetty, resulting in the following message: "Could not start the IBM Rational Change 8600 service on Local Computer. Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion." In fact, the service does start, but not within the 125 seconds expected by the Windows service, hence the message. Possible workarounds include: 1. Ignore this error 2. Install Rational Change and Help separately (on different web servers) 3. Use the public Information Center for help rather than a local help server |
| R#38401 | release.js script removed The example external listbox script "release.js", and the internal APIs it relied on, have been removed in release 5.3. Version 5.3 automatically updates the release listbox when defined as a "Database Listbox" fetching values from "active_releases", so the script is unnecessary. Remove any references to release.js and set release listbox properties to "Database Listbox". |
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Modified date:
17 June 2018
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