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IBM Rational Change 5.3.1.1_iFix014 has been made generally available and contains fixes to version 5.3.1.1.
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The Change history section provides an overview on what is new in this release with a description of any new functions or enhancements when applicable. |
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The How critical is this fix section provides information related to the impact of this release to allow you to assess how your environment may be affected. |
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The Prerequisites section provides important information to review prior to the installation of this release. |
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The Download package section provides the direct link to obtain the download package for installation in your environment. |
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The Installation instructions section provides the installation instructions necessary to apply this release into your environment. |
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The Known side effects section contains a link to the known problems (open defects) identified at the time of this release. |
Installation Instructions
Review also the Upgrading page in the IBM Knowledge Center for additional details. |
Procedure:
- 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>
- Install the Interim Fix
- Login to Rational Change as Admin, and click the System Administration link in the action panel.
- Click on the Package Installer tab, select this interim fix from the Available Packages listbox, and click the Install button.
- Add below tags to "WEB-INF\web.xml" just before the commented line "<!-- The encoding filter needs to be first to correctly commit the"
<filter> <filter-name>ParamFilter</filter-name> <filter-class>com.telelogic.cs.filters.ParamFilter</filter-class> <init-param> <param-name>excludeParams</param-name> <param-value>(.*\.|^|.*|\[('|"))(c|C)lass(\.|('|")]|\[).*</param-value> </init-param> </filter> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>ParamFilter</filter-name> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> </filter-mapping> |
6. Installing changehelp.war
- Stop the Help server.
- Take the backup of existing changehelp.war file.
- Replace the changehelp.war with the one provided with the interim fix.
If it is necessary to remove the interim fix 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 interim fix.
Click on the Package Installer tab, select the interim fix from the Installed Packages listbox, and click the Uninstall button. - Delete below tags from "WEB-INF\web.xml" just before the commented line "<!-- The encoding filter needs to be first to correctly commit the"
- Stop and start Rational Change.
<filter> <filter-name>ParamFilter</filter-name> <filter-class>com.telelogic.cs.filters.ParamFilter</filter-class> <init-param> <param-name>excludeParams</param-name> <param-value>(.*\.|^|.*|\[('|"))(c|C)lass(\.|('|")]|\[).*</param-value> </init-param> </filter> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>ParamFilter</filter-name> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> </filter-mapping> |
- Stop the Help server.
- Replace the changehelp.war with the back up version of war file (see point #2 of "Installing changehelp.war" section)
- Start the Help server.
No Customizable components affected.
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The following sections provide detailed information related to this release.
Click the FC link below to obtain the release from Fix Central.
How critical is this fix?
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<td><p>This is a maintenance release. This interim fix addresses issues pertaining to Admin summary section..</p></td>
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<p><strong>Regression:</strong> An error in the <a href="http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27008656" TARGET="_blank">Maintenance Delivery Vehicle</a> (MDV) that produces incorrect or unexpected behavior causing a supported feature to stop functioning as designed.
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<li>Errors reported in a new function delivered in a MDV that cause a regression</li></ul></p>
<p><strong>Incomplete:</strong> An error in the MDV has not regressed, but does not work as designed.
<br>This includes:
<ul><li>Fixed APARs which did not solve the original problem but did not break anything new</li>
<li>APARs reporting documentation errors, such as readme errors, that cause problems applying an MDV but do not lead to a regression</li></ul></p>
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<ul><li>Regression and incomplete APARs are considered fix-in-error or MDV-in-error</li>
<li>Definitions above apply only to valid APARs that result in product fixes (APARs returned as <i>working-as-designed</i> are not assessed for being fix-in-error)</li>
<li>Issues in major releases due to new functionality do not apply in this definition</li></ul></strong></p>
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<td><p><strong>There are no known regressions to report.</strong></p></td>
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Problems Solved
Click the Fix List link in the table of contents above to review a list of the problems solved in this release. |
Known Side Effects
No known issues. |
Open defectsReview the following list of open defects for Rational Change on the IBM Support Portal. Review technote 1461170: Open APARs for Rational products available on the Web for information on how to configure your MyNotifications subscription account and subscribe to the APARs you are interested in following. |
Change History
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Document Information
Modified date:
15 June 2018
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