Planning the deployment and installation
Before installing Rational® ClearQuest®, complete planning tasks to determine what ClearQuest® components to install, review system requirements, and complete required and optional configuration tasks to prepare your environment for the ClearQuest® installation process.
Installation planning tasks provides an overview of installation planning and configuration tasks to complete before installing the Rational® ClearQuest® software.
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| Task | Client and/or Server | Information | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Select your clients |
Client |
Select Rational ClearQuest clients to deploy | |
| Decide on the feature level for schemas and user databases |
Server |
Decide on the feature level for schema repositories and databases | Feature level 7 supports Full-text search, Pessimistic record locking, and FIPS 140-2 compliant data encryption. |
| Determine the number of schema repositories and user databases |
Client Server |
Plan your Rational ClearQuest database set architecture | |
| If you are using Rational® ClearQuest® MultiSite to replicate databases to multiple locations, you must implement a MultiSite configuration. |
Server |
Administering Rational® ClearQuest® MultiSite | A MultiSite configuration includes the DevOps Shipping Server and synchronization servers at a master site and at one or more replica sites. |
| Determine method of authentication. |
Server |
Manage user accounts and Using LDAP with Rational® ClearQuest® | You can use traditional Rational® ClearQuest® authentication or use the industry standard Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) to authenticate using an LDAP directory server. |
| Planning to integrate Rational® ClearQuest® with other products. |
Server |
Integrating Rational® ClearQuest® with other products | |
| Check that your environment has the supported Vendor databases and platforms. |
Client Server |
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| Perform any platform configuration requirements depending on the platforms you are deploying to. |
Server |
Prerequisite tasks by platform | |
| Determine whether you will enable full-text search |
Server |
Full-text search is a Rational® ClearQuest® server feature. When full-text search is installed and configured, users can run full-text search operations to find information in the Rational® ClearQuest® client applications. | |
| Determine your reporting strategy with the Rational® ClearQuest® reporting capabilities. |
Server |
Planning and configuring the reporting environment | |
| Configure your vendor databases |
Server |
Vendor database configuration | |
| Configure your license servers |
Server |
Licensing requirements |