Rational Change 5.3.2

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Release Date

30 June 2020

Abstract

IBM Rational Change 5.3.2 has been made generally available and contains new features as well as fixes for client-reported and internally found defects.

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*Table of Contents*
Sections	Description
What's new	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.
Impact assessment	This section provides information related to the impact of this release to allow you to assess how your environment may be affected.
Prerequisites	This section provides important information to review prior to the installation of this release.
Download package	This section provides the direct link to obtain the download package for installation in your environment.
Installation instructions	This section provides the installation instructions necessary to apply this release into your environment.
Known problems	The Known side effects section contains a link to the known problems (open defects) identified at the time of this release.

*Supporting Documentation*
Document	Description
Detailed System Requirements	Click to review the detailed system requirements information for a complete list of hardware requirements, supported operating systems, prerequisites and optional supported software, with component-level details and operating system restrictions.
Information Center	The information center provides you with user assistance for the product. You can view, browse, and search online information related to the product. You can also visit IBM Product information page to browse for additional information centers.
Fix List	Click to review a complete list of the defects (APARs) resolved in this release including a list of resolved defects for the entire version family.

Prerequisites

**Prerequisites include:**
Rational Synergy 7.2.2
Rational License Key Server 8.1.1 or any later versions
Rational Directory Server 5.1.1.2 (Apache) or Rational Directory Server 5.2.1 (Tivoli)
A supported application server (or use the bundled one) on the server machine.
A supported browser on each of the client machines.

Installation Instructions

**Review the installation guide:**
Rational Change 5.3.2 comes bundled with Japanese and Simplified Chinese language packs.
Click the link to the Install instructions provided below.

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Download Package

*Download options*
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IBM OEM software	IBM Software Group OEM offerings are designed for partners who develop and sell business solutions with embedded or bundled IBM middleware software. Clients with Flexible Contract Type (FCT) license purchases and IBM Business Partners must sign in to download the software package.

How critical is this fix?

*Impact Assessment*
Impact	Description
Recommended	This is a service release of Rational Change. It contains new features as well as fixes for client-reported and internally found defects.
Test Results Close [x] Definitions Regression: An error in the Maintenance Delivery Vehicle (MDV) that produces incorrect or unexpected behavior causing a supported feature to stop functioning as designed. This includes: Coding errors that cause a regression Documentation or packaging problems that cause a regression Errors reported in a new function delivered in a MDV that cause a regression Incomplete: An error in the MDV has not regressed, but does not work as designed. This includes: Fixed APARs which did not solve the original problem but did not break anything new APARs reporting documentation errors, such as readme errors, that cause problems applying an MDV but do not lead to a regression Notes: Regression and incomplete APARs are considered fix-in-error or MDV-in-error *Definitions above apply only to valid APARs that result in product fixes (APARs returned as working-as-designed* are not assessed for being fix-in-error) Issues in major releases due to new functionality do not apply in this definition**	There are no known issues to report.

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

**The following defects were not resolved in this release:**
Important known problems new to version 5.3.1 are described below. Review the known problems from previous release, as they may still be applicable.
Review the following list of open defects.

Known Issues in Rational Change 5.3.2 on Linux platform

Known Issue	Problem/Workaround
Change calendar for assigned date for a CR appears in English after changing the OS locale to Japanese.	Not Available
After Rational Change switch to https CR email notifications are not getting triggered.	Not Available

Known Issues in Rational Change 5.3.2 on Windows platform

Known Issue	Problem/Workaround
Change calendar for assigned date for a CR appears in English after changing the OS locale to Japanese.	Not Available
After Rational Change switch to https CR email notifications are not getting triggered.	Not Available

Known Issues in Rational Change 5.3.2 on AIX platform

Known Issue	Problem/Workaround
Change calendar for assigned date for a CR appears in English after changing the OS locale to Japanese.	Not Available
After Rational Change switch to HTTPS , CR email notifications are not getting triggered.	Not Available
On Firefox, after running report its not getting saved. It can be done with IE7 or later.	Refer: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/unable-use-save-function-rational-change-reporting

Change History

**What's new**
Review the Rational Change 5.3.2 announcement for the following information: Detailed product description, including a description of new functions Product-positioning statement Packaging and ordering details International compatibility information End of Support Solaris platform is being deprecated from Change 5.3.2.

Rational Change 5.3.2 which comes bundled with Japanese and Chinese language packs includes the following enhancements:

Dynamic required attribute
The dynamic required attributes feature allows users to mark some of the attributes to be required dynamically when a particular value is selected for another attribute.

Treating numeric fields as integers
Treating numeric fields as integers allows CCM_NUMBER attribute types to be set as integers. They can hold only integer values and users can query on them using mathematical operators. This can be used for queries which need to filter and sort based on criteria.

Database specific Home Pages
Database specific Home Pages allows the users to manage their home page content that is relevant to the database that they log in to.

Replatform of the following O/S and S/W upgrades

Operating System Upgrades:

Windows Server 2012 (32-bit and 64-bit) Standard and Above.
Windows Server 2016 (32-bit and 64-bit) Standard and Above.
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux Server 6.10 and 7.6 (32-bit or 64-bit)
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
AIX 7.2 TL4

Software Upgrades:

Jetty is upgraded to version 9.4.14
IBM Java and JRE is upgraded to 8.0

Change-Plugin integration

Synergy and Change Integrations	Eclipse	Visual Studio	Rational Doors	PowerBuilder	Rational Team Concert
Change 5.3.1	N/A*	N/A*	9.5, 9.5.1 9.5.2, 9.6 9.6.1	N/A	N/A
Change 5.3.2	N/A*	N/A*	Deferred	N/A	N/A

DOORS-Change integration is developed by Persistent and supported by IBM (DOORS Support Team)

N/A* : We are not directly integrating Change alone with Eclipse/Visual Studio, But ‘Change view’ is tested in Eclipse/Visual Studio.
N/A : Not Applicable

Other Enhancements

Collapsible and expandable home page reports
Cryptographic functionality is enhanced to meet “NIST SP800-131a” standards.
Documentation updates for installation in a Windows secure environment
Documentation updates on security rules for lifecycle customization
Rational Change now has Jetty 8.1.3 embedded.
Upgraded dojo version to 1.8.4 and Birt version to 4.1.2
Supports browser versions IE 10 and FF 17
Redesigned user interface URLs and action links - user tokens are no longer displayed.

Below are some of the new Prerequisite:

For Windows

Obtain the required licenses.
JRE 1.8 should be installed and it should be in the system path.
By default, Rational Change is installed in English.

To install the software in a language other than English:

From IBM Fix Central, download one of the available language packages (a.zip file).
Copy the file to the change\windows directory.
Ensure that you have set the system locale to support the language package installation. If the system locale is not set, the dialog boxes might not show the proper characters.

For Linux

Obtain the required licenses.
JRE 1.8 should be installed.
By default, Rational Change is installed in English. To install the software in a language other than English:

From IBM Fix Central, download one of the available language packages (a .zip file).
Copy the file to the change\windows directory.
Ensure that you have set the system locale to support the language package installation. If the system locale is not set, the dialog boxes might not show the proper characters.

export IBM_JAVA_OPTIONS=-Djdk.crypto.KeyAgreement.legacyKDF=true
Add below entries in /etc/pam.d/cmsynergy
auth required /lib/security/pam_env.so
auth required /lib/security/pam_unix2.so
auth required /lib/security/pam_warn.so
account required /lib/security/pam_unix2.so

Support for Compatibility mode in Internet Explorer 11 and Classloader Manipulation Vulnerability (CVE-2014-0114)

To configure Rational Change server with Internet Explorer 11, refer the Do I need to edit the $CHANGE_HOME\WEB-INF\web.xml file in Rational Change 5.3.2?.

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Problems (APARS) fixed
PM43215;PM62150;PM64888;PM66266;PM70692;PM73590;PM74510;PM75217;PM84635;PM95358

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