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Administering
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Administering Rational® ClearQuest®
Learn how to administer the Rational® ClearQuest®.
Managing databases
Describes the different types of databases that the administrator can create and manage
Vendor databases

IBM ClearQuest 10.0.9
Overview
Learn general information about the product.
Installing
Learn how to install the product.
Upgrading and migrating
Learn how to upgrade and migrate data for the product.
Administering
Learn how to administer the product.
- Administering Rational® ClearQuest®
  Learn how to administer the Rational® ClearQuest®.
  - Reconfiguring ClearQuest® to use a different JRE
    When you change the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Rational® ClearQuest®, you must reconfigure the product to make it work with the new JRE.
  - Managing databases
    Describes the different types of databases that the administrator can create and manage
    - Tools for managing databases
    - Database backup procedures and schedules
    - Vendor databases
      - Supported vendor database character sets
        Each Rational® ClearQuest® data code page has a corresponding character set for each supported vendor database: Oracle, DB2®, and SQL Server.
      - Vendor database properties
      - Moving or restoring Rational® ClearQuest® databases using independent software vendor utilities
        When Rational® ClearQuest® databases are moved or cloned using independent software vendor tools, additional steps must be performed to ensure successful operation.
    - Schemas and schema repositories
    - User databases
    - Connections and database sets
    - Connection profiles
    - Modifiable master properties
      You can modify several master properties in a Rational® ClearQuest® database set if your account has the Super User privilege.
    - Code pages and national language support
  - Managing user accounts
    Use the User Administration tool to set up and administer users and user groups. Rational® ClearQuest® stores information about users and user groups in the user database and schema repository.
  - Configuring query limits on result sets
    You can configure query limits on the size of result sets to improve system performance, availability, and scalability.
  - Using LDAP with Rational® ClearQuest®
    Overview of user authentication methods available with Rational® ClearQuest®.
  - Workspace folder permissions overview
    Rational® ClearQuest® uses a role-based access control (RBAC) model for enforcing workspace folder permissions. The workspace folder permissions feature requires that your schema repository and user databases are at feature level 6 or later.
  - Optimistic and pessimistic record locking
    Overview of optimistic and pessimistic locking implementations in Rational® ClearQuest®.
  - Configuring ClearQuest® core logging and tracing
    This section describes how to configure logging and tracing for ClearQuest® core.
- Administering Rational® ClearQuest® Web
  This section discusses how to administer Rational® ClearQuest® Web.
- Administering Rational® ClearQuest® Multisite
  Administering Rational® ClearQuest® Multisite
Reporting
Learn how to generate reports for the product.
Developing
Learn how to develop schemas by using the Rational® ClearQuest® Designer.
Managing change and releases
Learn how to manage change and release in the product.
Integrating
You can integrate Rational® ClearQuest® with other software by adding packages to existing schema.
Extending product function
Learn how to extend the product.
Reference
Review reference information for the product.
Tutorials

Vendor databases

Rational® ClearQuest® schema repositories and user databases must be physically managed by a database management system.

The following database management systems are supported:

Microsoft™ Access
Microsoft™ SQL Server
Oracle RDBMS
IBM® DB2®and IBM® DB2® UDB components for Rational® Products

An empty database container must be created before creating a schema repository or user database. Administrators must create these empty databases with tools provided by the database vendor before using Rational® ClearQuest®. To configure vendor databases, see the Installing and upgrading section of the help.

Microsoft™ Access is an exception. With Microsoft™ Access, empty databases are created at the same time that new schema repositories and user databases are created.