Rational® ClearQuest® MultiSite licensing

Rational® ClearQuest® MultiSite requires a license for both Rational® ClearQuest® and Rational® ClearQuest® MultiSite. Any access to a replicated database also requires both licenses.

You can calculate the number of Rational® ClearQuest® MultiSite licenses your site needs by determining how many developers will access replicated databases. If all developers will access replicated databases, you need the same number of Rational® ClearQuest® MultiSite licenses and Rational® ClearQuest® licenses. If some developers will not access replicated databases, you can purchase fewer Rational® ClearQuest® MultiSite licenses.

For example, a company has two sites, with 20 developers at site A and 5 developers at site B. The company has three databases at site A; two of them will be replicated to site B and one will not be replicated. Five developers at site A will access only the unreplicated database, and the remaining 15 developers will work in all databases. All of the developers at site B will access replicated databases. Therefore, the company needs to purchase the following numbers of licenses:
Site Number of Rational® ClearQuest® Licenses Number of Rational® ClearQuest® MultiSite Licenses
A 20 15
B 5 5

This example assumes that you purchase a Rational® ClearQuest® license for each user. If you have fewer Rational® ClearQuest® licenses than users, you can purchase a proportional number of Rational® ClearQuest® MultiSite licenses. For example, if site B purchased three Rational® ClearQuest® licenses, it would also purchase three Rational® ClearQuest® MultiSite licenses.