Client and server version compatibility
You can connect to a newer version server by using an older version client, but you cannot connect to an older version server by using a newer version client.
The same principle applies between servers. Jazz® Team Server must be at the same level as or newer than the applications that are registered with it, but the applications cannot have a newer version than Jazz Team Server.
- Client for Eclipse IDE
- Client for Microsoft Visual Studio IDE
- SCM command line
- ISPF client
- Jazz Build Engine
- Windows shell
Clients are also compatible across fix packs for a release. When combined with N-1 compatibility, this means that client R works with all future fix packs for server R in addition to server R+1 and all future fix packs for server R+1. Note that servers must always be at the same level as or newer than clients. For example, client 6.0 can connect to server 6.0.5, but if client 6.0.5 attempts to connect to server 6.0 a message informs you that the versions do not match.
Rational® Team Concert® repository workspaces are compatible from version 2. This means that if you have a version 2 repository workspace, you can still use it with your upgraded Eclipse client.
The following table shows the client and server compatibility for version 4.0 and later. The table applies to the clients that are listed earlier in this topic.
Compatibility between version 4.x to 6 is not supported. You must first upgrade your version 4.x server to the latest release of version 5, then upgrade to version 6.
Client version | Server version | ||||||||||||||||||||
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4.0 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.1.1 | 4.0.1.2 | 4.0.2 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.4 | 4.0.5 | 4.0.6 | 4.0.7 | 5.0 | 5.0.1 | 5.0.2 | 6.0 | 6.0.1 | 6.0.2 | 6.0.3 | 6.0.4 | 6.0.5 | 6.0.6 | 6.0.6.1 | |
4.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
4.0.1 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
4.0.1.1 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
4.0.1.2 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
4.0.2 | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
4.0.3 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
4.0.4 | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
4.0.5 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
4.0.6 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
4.0.7 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
5.0 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
5.0.1 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
5.0.2 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
6.0 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
6.0.1 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
6.0.2 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
6.0.3 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
6.0.4 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
6.0.5 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
6.0.6 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
6.0.6.1 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Jazz Reporting Service (JRS) which includes Data Collection Component, Lifecycle Query Engine, and Report Builder first became available in version 5.0, so the compatibility for those products begins with that version. You can install JRS and the JTS at a higher level than the CLM applications themselves, but JRS and the JTS must be at the same level. For example, JRS 6.0.2 and JTS 6.0.2 works with RTC 5.0.2.
Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager became available in version 4.0.3, so the compatibility for that product begins with that version.
As of version 5.0, IBM® Rational Requirements Composer is renamed to IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation. For more details, read this Jazz.net blog post.
Rhapsody Model Manager first became available in version 6.0.5, so the compatibility for that product begins with that version.
Server version | |||||||||||||||||||
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JTS 4.0.0.x | JTS 4.0.1.x | JTS 4.0.2.x | JTS 4.0.3.x | JTS 4.0.4.x | JTS 4.0.5.x | JTS 4.0.6.x | JTS 4.0.7.x | JTS 5.0 | JTS 5.0.1.x | JTS 5.0.2.x | JTS 6.0 | JTS 6.0.1 | JTS 6.0.2 | JTS 6.0.3 | JTS 6.0.4 | JTS 6.0.5 | JTS 6.0.6 | JTS 6.0.6.1 | |
RTC, RQM, RRC, DM 4.0.0.x | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
RTC, RQM, RRC, DNG, DM 4.0.1.x | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
RTC, RQM, RRC/DNG, DM 4.0.2.x | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
RTC, RQM, RRC, DNG, DM, RELM 4.0.3.x | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
RTC, RQM, RRC, DNG, DM, RELM 4.0.4.x | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
RTC, RQM, RRC, DNG, DM, RELM 4.0.5.x | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
RTC, RQM, RRC, DNG, DM, RELM 4.0.6.x | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
RTC, RQM, RRC, DNG, DM, RELM 4.0.7.x | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
RTC, RQM, DNG, DM, JRS, RELM 5.0 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
RTC, RQM, DNG, DM, JRS, RELM 5.0.1.x | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
RTC, RQM, DNG, DM, JRS, RELM 5.0.2.x | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
RTC, RQM, DNG, DM, JRS, RELM 6.0 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
RTC, RQM, DNG, DM, JRS, RELM 6.0.1 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
RTC, RQM, DNG, DM, JRS, RELM 6.0.2 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
RTC, RQM, DNG, DM, JRS, RELM 6.0.3 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
RTC, RQM, DNG, DM, JRS, RELM 6.0.4 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
RTC, RQM, DNG, DM, JRS, RELM, RMM 6.0.5 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
RTC, RQM, DNG, DM, JRS, RELM, RMM 6.0.6 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
RTC, RQM, DNG, DM, JRS, RELM, RMM 6.0.6.1 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Server compatibility for distributed Source Control Management (SCM)
Future releases might not support backwards compatibility with respect to distributed SCM, if there are significant changes to how SCM manages its data.
If you need to perform distributed SCM operations between a server that is running Rational Team Concert 4.0.4 or earlier and a server that is running Rational Team Concert 4.0.6 or higher, you must upgrade your version 4.0.4 server to version 4.0.6 or higher.
Acronyms used in this topic
- JTS: Jazz Team Server
- RTC: Rational Team Concert
- RQM: Rational Quality Manager
- RRC: Rational Requirements Composer
- DNG: Rational DOORS Next Generation
- DM: Design Management
- JRS: Jazz Reporting Service
- DCC: Data Collection Component
- LQE: Lifecycle Query Engine
- RELM: Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager
- RMM: Rhapsody Model Manager