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This file contains
last-minute product information and updates to Telelogic® Focal Point 6.3.0.3.
It is divided into the
following sections:
For the latest news and
information on Telelogic Focal Point, visit the web site at http://www.ibm.com/software/rational/support/.
Focal Point is a Web server
application. Users access the application by using a standard Web browser.
Focal Point cannot be installed on Windows 95/98/ME/NT/Vista. Focal
Point supports Windows 2003 Server, but it this not an optimal solution,
because of slow performance.
Do not use file system compression on the installation server.
This may slow down the database access, and a Microsoft hot fix has been
reported to make data corrupt.
Server
Hardware recommendations
1-10 concurrent users (x86 platform)
Pentium IV running at 3.0 GHz
10 GB HD free space
1 GB RAM
10-50 concurrent users (x86
platform)
Pentium IV running at 3.0 GHz
20 GB HD free space
2 GB RAM
50-150 concurrent users (x86 platform)
Application Server:
Pentium IV running at 3.0 GHz
20 GB HD free space
4 GB RAM
Database
Server:
2x Xeon running at 2.4 GHz
80 GB HD free space
4 GB RAM
10-50 concurrent users (SPARC
platform)
Fujitsu-Siemens 1 SPARC64 1.1 GHz
20 GB HD free space
2 GB RAM
or
Sun
UltraSPARC IIi 1.28 GHz
20 GB HD free space
2 GB RAM
50-150 concurrent users (SPARC
platform)
Application Server:
Fujitsu-Siemens 1 SPARC64 1.1 GHz
20 GB HD free space
4 GB RAM
Database
Server:
Fujitsu-Siemens 1 SPARC64 2 x 1.1 GHz
80 GB HD free space
4 GB RAM
or
Application
Server:
Sun UltraSPARC IIi 1.28 GHz
20 GB HD free space
4 GB RAM
Database
Server:
Sun UltraSPARC IIi 2 x 1.28
GHz
80 GB HD free space
4 GB RAM
It
is not optimal to use Windows for large installations. In those cases we
recommend Solaris (SPARC) or Linux (x86). Please
contact Support for information about larger installations.
For additional information
on system requirements, including recommended configurations, visit the Rational Software Support site.
Focal Point
supports use in any locale using the UTF-8 character set (on Unix)
or CP 1252 (on Windows). Use in locales using other character sets is not
supported. Focal Point provides configurable date formats that are independent
of locale; it does not adapt messages, numeric formats, or sorting orders
according to the locale.
To download
the Telelogic Focal Point Installation Guide 6.3.0.3,
follow the links at Fix Central, select Product Group Rational and Product
Telelogic Focal Point.
There is a
major difference between Telelogic Focal Point version 5.4 and 6.3. It is
therefore recommended to test your configuration in a 6.3 pre-production environment
before you decide to upgrade your production environment to 6.3.
Upgrading
from Focal Point 6.x to 6.3 is done by removing the 6.x installation and
installing the new version. On Unix, a backup of the configuration files is
required before installing the new version of Focal Point. Note: For
installations running on Oracle, you must download the latest version of focalpoint_grant.sql and run it according to the
instructions in Focal Point Installation Guide before the upgrade.
To obtain a
license for Telelogic Focal Point, you need to provide Customer Support with
the hostname and hostid of the computer on which the
license server is to be run. How to proceed is described in detail in the
Installation Guide.
Telelogic Focal Point 6.3.0.3 includes no new
functionality.
|
ID |
Description |
Work around |
Category |
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1 |
Importing very large workspaces may
trigger an out of memory error. |
For example keep files on a separate
server and link to the files from Focal Point. |
Export/Import |
|
2 |
Exporting a workspace (or a module)
logs out all other users in the workspace. This is not a bug, but necessary
to protect information integrity |
None |
Export/Import |
|
3 |
The access control is too strict in
rare cases, which results in an error message: Access denied. (Since this is
extremely difficult to replicate, we appreciate any information that may help
tracing this problem) |
None |
General |
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4 |
Large relational graphs or Gantt
views may cause client-side out of memory error in the applet |
Use smaller
views |
Performance |
|
5 |
The Web browser navigation
(Back/Forward) in the application may not work. |
None |
Web Browser |
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6 |
PostgreSQL 8.0 on Windows has performance issues. Focal Point
occasionally gets long response times. |
Upgrade to PostgreSQL 8.1. |
Performance |
|
7 |
PostgreSQL do not support the so-called supplementary
characters. That is the characters whose codepoints
are greater that U+FFFF. Oracle do support them. |
Change to Oracle |
Database |
|
8 |
Several fields in Focal Point are
now truncated to 3800 characters when using the Oracle database. Affected
areas are choice item names and descriptions, filter names, metadata names
and values, module names and descriptions, pairwise
comparisons comments, report names and descriptions, report template names
and descriptions, attribute setup values, and workspace names and
descriptions. |
This is usually not a problem |
Database |
|
9 |
The Web Services API is not fully
tested for performance and scalability. General performance benchmarks
are not provided. |
We strongly recommend testing the
Web Services API in a test environment before using it in a production
environment. |
Web Services |
|
10 |
When starting Focal Point on a
Windows server, Tomcat may start before PostgreSQL
has been started. An error message is displayed when trying to login and
Focal Point is not available. (This problem may occur only when Focal Point has
been set up to start automatically.) |
Start Tomcat manually when PostgreSQL is running. This is set in Start Menu >
Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services. Right-click Apache
Tomcat, select Properties > General tab and select Startup
type: Manual. |
Installation |
|
11 |
The Excel 2007 file format is not
supported when importing to Focal Point. |
Save the file in Excel 2003 format
and import again. |
Export/Import |
|
12 |
Installing Dashboard 3.0 Portal on
a machine with Focal Point and PostgreSQL generates
a conflict. PostgreSQL stops working. |
Dashboard 3.0 Portal and PostgreSQL use the same dll
file - but not the same version. Replace the file LIBEAY32.dll (which has been
changed by Dashboard) with the same file from a working Focal Point
installation. |
Database |
|
13 |
Notification mail format issue:
When Application Settings > Mail Format is set to Mixed or Text and you
use the notification feature, the e-mails will contain first Id: Title and
then Id: Title as a link (i.e. double information) for each element. |
None |
Notification |
|
14 |
On a normal size workspace, a
notification can take tens of seconds. With a large workspace with a lot of history,
a notification can take up to a minute. When there are many notifications,
the server doesn't have time to finish all of them before the next run
starts, further impeding performance. |
Avoid using lots of notifications
and simultaneous execution. |
Notification |
|
15 |
In Review > Action List,
attribute values don't get saved when an element is edited. |
None |
Review |
|
16 |
Danish date format is not supported
when running Java 1.6 on the server. More information: http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4842276 |
Use Portuguese date and number
format. |
General |
|
17 |
Expressions and Business Rules are
not fully tested. For example all customer specific business rules might not
work properly. There are several misbehaviours and error messages might not
always appear or display correct information. |
Contact support |
Expressions |
|
18 |
Errors when reviewing elements: If
consequence estimation is used and several attributes are included for the reviewed
elements. |
Filter too a small amount of attributes
before consequence estimations. |
Review |
|
19 |
Baseline migration fails because of
a MultiChoice attribute. Baseline migration is a
FP6.1 feature that enables users to do separate migrations of old baselines. |
Avoid using MultiChoice attributes |
Baseline |
|
21 |
The MS Word integration
performance: Import of elements takes longer time than expected. |
None |
Integration |
|
22 |
A Single Sign-On user is able to login
when Web Single Sign-On is disabled in the database. The Login page is not
displayed and instead the SSO user is logged into
the application directly |
None |
Web SSO |
|
23 |
Doors URL generated after sync in FP
URL attribute does not link to the Doors object. |
None |
Integration |
|
24 |
Stricter parenthesis evaluation implemented
in 6.2 03 can affect expressions currently in operation in Focal Point. The
interpretation of expressions containing boolean
expressions, such as (1>2)?3:4+5 has been
corrected. |
Update expressions with parenthesis
as needed if the previous, incorrect evaluation gave the intended result. |
Expressions |
|
27 |
Stricter expression validation
implemented in 6.2 03 can affect expressions currently in operations in Focal
Point. Expressions that previously were run and displayed as successfully
completed although some subtasks could not be completed,
must now be corrected before they can be started. |
Correct each expression according
to the displayed message |
Expressions |
|
28 |
When decreasing the maximum file
size restriction in the File attribute it is possible to exceed the file size
restriction if there already is a file larger than the new value. |
None |
Files |
|
29 |
Select All and Deselect All item is
not working in the MultiChoice attribute. |
Select all manually. |
General |
|
38 |
Importing a Workspace containing
Link attributes within a Module as well as some Mirror attributes may result in
broken links and no link values. |
None |
Export/Import |
|
39 |
A Business Rule (in this case LinkbyText) does not work after importing the Workspace. This problem occurs when importing
to another server. |
Always verify Business Rules after importing
the Workspace containing the Business Rule. |
Export/Import |
|
42 |
Old business rules, from 5.X, can
be uploaded to Focal Point 6.X - but they should not, because they do not
work properly. |
1) Identify old business rules on the
file system. 2) Remove all old business rules. 3) If Focal Point has been
started after the upgrade, make the SQL query ""delete from
expressions"". 4) Restart Focal Point. |
Business rules |
|
43 |
A filter cannot be defined on the
basis of Inherit From for a Members view as the option Inherit From is
removed in the filter configuration. |
Filter on Inherit From in Display
> Attribute Statistics by using the choices in the bottom frame. |
Filter |
|
44 |
Apache Tomcat version 5.5.27 is not
compatible with Focal Point 6.3.0.3. |
Use Apache Tomcat
version 5.5 25. |
Installation |
|
ID |
Fix |
Category |
|
10575 |
Resource links are now updated when
assigning requirements to resources in plan views. |
Link |
|
11508 |
Case-sensitivity in view rules and
filters is now optional. |
Filters |
|
116115 |
The handling of filters when
creating and migrating baselines has been improved. |
Baselines |
|
11673 |
Failed scheduled expressions are
now run at the next opportunity. |
Expressions |
|
11763 |
Now, incoming link attributes based
on views do not apply
filters. |
Filters |
|
11825 |
Changes made in views based on the
rule “Owner is Current user” are now displayed in What's new. |
Views |
|
11826 |
Now, members who are logged in in a workspace that is being deleted are directed to the
navigation bar with no workspace opened. |
Users |
|
11859 |
The message is now only displayed
to users with permission to delete members. |
Users |
|
11901 |
All users can now be added as
members to a workspace regardless of the number of folders. |
Users |
|
11958 |
LDAP updating of user data now works as intended. |
Users |
|
11959 |
Attribute identification during
export and import has been improved. |
Expressions |
|
11987 |
Attributes with expressions as
default allues are now evaluated when creating
elements in Add views. |
Expressions |
|
12039 |
The user lookup displayed when
there are more than 50 users in an imported workspace is now described in the
online help. |
Import |
|
12051 |
The attribute access in the
workflow definition can now be set to “As view” after setting workflow
attribute access to “Read-only” or “Hidden”. |
Workflow |
|
12053 |
State transitions can now be
assigned in the workflow configuration. |
Workflow |
|
12060 |
When importing a workspace with
more than 50 users, the lookup option (magnifying glass) can now be activated
in Internet Explorer. |
Import |
|
12092 |
Templates can now be uploaded in
both Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers. |
Reports |
|
12095 |
Element comparisons are now
displayed. |
Attributes |
|
12099 |
Column names are automatically
assigned when imporing a workspace with matrix
attributes. |
Import |
|
12100 |
The view definition logic has been
corrected. |
Views |
|
12110 |
The history graph now displays the
overall number of elements as well as the different values of the choice
attribute. |
Display |
|
12125 |
Missing user names are now handled
gracefully when displaying choice attribute history. |
Database |
|
12171 |
The table view no longer displays a
blank screen if a filter that causes brokens links is applied. |
Display |
Support and information for
Telelogic products is currently being transitioned from the Telelogic Support
site to the IBM Rational Software Support site. During this transition phase,
your product support location depends on your customer history.
·
If
you are a heritage customer, meaning you were a Telelogic customer prior to
November 1, 2008, please visit the Telelogic
Focal Point Support site.
Telelogic customers will be redirected automatically to the IBM Rational
Software Support site after the product information has been migrated.
·
If
you are a new Rational customer, meaning you did not
have Telelogic-licensed products prior to November 1, 2008, please visit the IBM
Rational Software Support site.