IBM Rational Asset Manager, Version 7.0 Release Notes

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Contents

1.0 About this release
2.0 Installation information
3.0 Known limitations, problems, and workarounds
4.0 IBM Rational Software Support
5.0 Notices and trademarks

1.0 About this release

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Important: This version of the release notes file contains limited information. For a complete and updated version, see the file available online at: http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/v7/ram/70/docs/readme/readme.html.

IBM® Rational® Asset Manager is a development time asset management repository that utilizes the Reusable Asset Specification to describe and classify assets. An asset is a collection of related artifacts that provide a solution to a reoccurring business need for a specific context. With Rational Asset Manager you can create, govern, find and reuse any type of development asset.

For more information about this product, see the Rational Asset Manager product page at: http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/developer/ram.

2.0 Installation information

For information about installing Rational Asset Manager, version 7.0, see the Installation Guide online at http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/v7/ram/70/docs/install_instruction/install.html.

3.0 Known limitations, problems, and workarounds

For details on known limitations, problems and workarounds for this release, refer to the updated version of this release notes file at: http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/v7/ram/70/docs/readme/readme.html.

4.0 IBM Rational Software Support

IBM Rational Software Support provides you with technical assistance.

For contact information and guidelines or reference materials that you will need when you require support, read the IBM Software Support Handbook at 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 Rational Asset Manager at http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/developer/ram/support/index.html.

For product news, events, and other information, visit the product home page for Rational Asset Manager at http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/developer/ram/.

Before you contact IBM Rational Software Support, gather the background information that you will 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:

5.0 Notices and trademarks

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