IBM Rational Insight V1.0.1 iFix 1 Readme

Readme documentation for IBM® Rational® Insight for Version 1.0.1 interim fix 1 including installation instructions, prerequisites, and list of fixes.

Readme file for: IBM Rational Insight.

Product/Component Release: 1.0.1

Update name: iFix 1

Contents

Description

Rational Insight implements standard measurements, reports, and dashboards. It uses Web architecture to extract data from distributed systems to generate live and historical cross-product reports. Data is retrieved from sources using the REST architecture or through direct database access and is presented through a Web-based portal and a reporting tool. Rational Insight can read data from the following products:
  • IBM Rational ClearCase® 7.0.1, 7.1.1, and 7.1.2
  • IBM Rational ClearQuest® 7.1.1 and 7.1.2
  • IBM Rational RequisitePro® 7.0.1, 7.1.1, and 7.1.2
  • IBM Rational TestManager 7.0.1 and 7.0.2
  • IBM Rational Quality Manager 1.0.1.1 and 2.0
  • IBM Rational Team Concert 1.0, 2.0.0.2, and 3.0
  • IBM Rational Focal Point™ 6.4.1.3
  • IBM Rational DOORS® 9.2.0.2
  • Microsoft Project 2003 and 2007

Download location

Download Rational Insight 1.0.1 iFix 1 from the following location:

Rational Insight

Below is a list of products/components names, platforms, and file name(s) that apply to this readme file.
Table 1. Product names with platforms and file names
Product/Component Name: Platform: File Name:
Rational Insight Windows, Linux Insight101_ifix1.zip
Rational Insight Data Service Windows, Linux DS101_ifix1.zip

Prerequisites

For information about hardware and software compatibility, see the detailed system requirements document at IBM Support & downloads page.

Installing Rational Insight 1.0.1

You cannot directly upgrade from a previous version of Rational Insight to Rational Insight 1.0.1. Instead, you first install Rational Insight 1.0.1 and then migrate your data. If you are using versions 1.0. or 1.0.0.1, you must migrate your data to version 1.0.0.2 before you can migrate data to version 1.0.1.

For step-by-step installation instructions for installing Rational Insight, see Installing Rational Insight.

For step-by-step instructions for migrating your customized artifacts to Rational Insight 1.0.1, see Migrating Rational Insight artifacts:
Note: The following IBM Cognos® components are not offered with Rational Insight:
  • IBM Cognos 8 BI Analysis Studio
  • IBM Cognos 8 BI Metric Studio

List of fixes

Known problems are documented in the form of individual technotes in the Support knowledge base. As problems are discovered and resolved, the IBM Support team updates the knowledge base. By searching the knowledge base, you can quickly find workarounds or solutions to problems.

The following link launches a customized query of the live Support knowledge base: View all known problems for Rational Insight 1.0.1.

Following APARs were fixed in V1.0.1 iFix1:
Table 2.
Number Description
PM30269 Java core dump file is generated at every heartbeat time (3600 seconds) when configure the Insight to a RCL8.0 server.
PM25653 Error message appears in ETL console when running ETL for DOORS data
PM11239 Basic Authentication not working for Custom Reporting ETLs

Contacting IBM Rational Software Support

IBM Rational Software Support provides you with technical assistance.

For contact information and guidelines or reference materials that you need when you require support, read the http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/guides/handbook.html.

For FAQs, lists of known problems and fixes, and other support information, visit the product support page for at View all known problems for Rational Insight 1.0.1.

For product news, events, and other information, visit the Rational Insight home page.

Before you contact IBM Rational Software Support, gather the background information that you need to describe your problem. When describing a problem to an IBM software support specialist, be as specific as possible and include all relevant background information so that the specialist can help you solve the problem efficiently. To save time, know the answers to these questions: