Upgrading to a new release of Rational DOORS from an earlier release of version 9

When you upgrade to a new version of the Rational® DOORS® database server from an earlier release of version 9, you install the new components and then copy the data directory from the earlier installation to the new installation.

Before you begin

  • Back up your database according to the instructions in the Data backups topic. When you upgrade to a new version of the client or database server, the earlier version is removed from your computer.
  • If you customized the menus in the existing installation, back up the addins.idx file and any custom scripts that you created.

About this task

  • If you are upgrading the Rational DOORS client, you must uninstall the previous client before you install the new client.
  • You can upgrade an existing Rational DOORS database server by running the new server installer. By default, the product is installed into a new directory that includes the version number, such as \IBM\Rational\DOORS\9.6. You cannot install a new version into the same directory as your previous installation. The database server application files are removed from the previous installation directory. The upgrade does not remove an existing data directory.
  • Client installations that are an earlier release of version 9 can be used to connect to the latest server version.
    • Later versions of the client can connect to a database server for an earlier release of version 9.
    • Earlier release 9 versions of the client can connect to a later version of the database server.
    Important: If you are running the client and database server on the same computer, you must upgrade them to the same version.
  • If you are running an earlier version 9 product and have a valid maintenance agreement, you do not need a new license for a later version 9 release.

Procedure

  1. If you are upgrading to Rational DOORS client version 9.6.1 or later, you must uninstall the previous client by using Windows Control Panel Programs and Features.
  2. Install the new version of Rational DOORS.
    For information about installing the client and database server, see:
  3. Stop the Rational DOORS database server and copy the Rational DOORS data directory from the previous installation to the new Rational DOORS installation.
  4. If you customized the menus in the previous installation, copy the addins.idx file and any custom scripts and folders from your backup files and add them to the new installation.
  5. Start the new Rational DOORS database server.
  6. To verify that the upgrade was successful, start the Rational DOORS client.
    If you cannot log in and access the data, verify that you copied the data to the location that you specified in the new database server installation. The default location is install_path\IBM\Rational\DOORS\9.version\data.

What to do next

After the upgrade of the database server is complete, other team members can upgrade their Rational DOORS client installation, as described in Installing the Rational DOORS client.