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Installing
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Deploy DevOps Code ClearCase®
Read these topics for information about planning, installing, and configuring your DevOps Code ClearCase® deployment.
Install DevOps Code ClearCase® clients and servers
The method that is used to install DevOps Code ClearCase® depends on the target platform and on your installation strategy.
Installing the ClearCase® integration for Microsoft Visual Studio
Use Installation Manager to install the ClearTeam® Explorer integration for Microsoft Visual Studio (CCRC_VSI), and select the appropriate option to match the version of Visual Studio installed in your environment.

Overview
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Installing
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- DevOps Code ClearCase® Release Notes
  The release notes provide you with information that you might want to know before you install the product.
- Deploy DevOps Code ClearCase®
  Read these topics for information about planning, installing, and configuring your DevOps Code ClearCase® deployment.
  - Requirements
    Review the requirements information to identify system requirements, prerequisite tasks, and other information needed to successfully install or upgrade DevOps Code ClearCase® and DevOps Code ClearCase MultiSite
  - Plan your deployment
    Review a checklist of required and optional tasks with links to additional information for planning the installation and deployment process for DevOps Code ClearCase® and DevOps Code ClearCase MultiSite.
  - Install DevOps Code ClearCase® clients and servers
    The method that is used to install DevOps Code ClearCase® depends on the target platform and on your installation strategy.
    - User privilege requirements for installing the product
      You must have a user ID that meets the following requirements before you can install the product.
    - Verifying and extracting electronic images
      If you download the installation files from IBM® Passport Advantage®, you must extract the electronic image from the compressed files before you can install the product.
    - Increasing the number of file handles on Linux™ workstations
    - Installing License Key Administrator
      On Windows platforms, download and install License Key Administrator for managing licenses with IBM Common Licensing.
    - Installation Manager install methods
      You can install and manage product installations with Installation Manager by using any of these methods: silently from a response file, from the Linux or UNIX console, or from the Installation Manager wizard.
    - Prepare the WebSphere® Application Server environment
      Before you install or upgrade DevOps Code ClearCase® web features, install or upgrade to a supported version of IBM® WebSphere Application Server, IBM HTTP Server, and Web Plug-ins for IBM WebSphere.
    - Installing CCRC WAN server
      Install CCRC WAN server to provide support for ClearCase® web views.
    - Installing the ClearTeam® Explorer
      ClearTeam® Explorer technology provides access to DevOps Code ClearCase® from various network connections, including wide area network (WAN). This technology is available in the ClearTeam Explorer in various forms.
    - Installing the ClearCase® integration for Microsoft Visual Studio
      Use Installation Manager to install the ClearTeam® Explorer integration for Microsoft Visual Studio (CCRC_VSI), and select the appropriate option to match the version of Visual Studio installed in your environment.
    - Integrating DevOps Code ClearCase® with Cadence Virtuoso
      The DevOps Code ClearCase® Cadence Virtuoso Integration is available as a separate extension offering and can be independently installed and uninstalled using IBM Installation Manager. This mechanism allows you to upgrade the integration bits without the need to upgrade the underlying ClearCase.
    - Uninstalling ClearCase®
      You can use the IBM Installation Manager to uninstall ClearCase®.
  - Configuring your environment after deploying
    For some types of DevOps Code ClearCase® and DevOps Code ClearCase MultiSite hosts, you must complete some configuration tasks after you have installed the products.
- Use IBM® installation and packaging utilities
  Use IBM installation and packaging utilities to download and install IBM® software.
- Installing and using z/OS® Extensions
  z/OS® Extensions is a component of IBM® Rational® ClearCase® that enables mainframe users to perform select DevOps Code ClearCase operations. z/OS Extensions include Remote Build, TSO Client, and ClearCase RAM (CCRAM).
Upgrading and migrating
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Administering
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Developing
Learn how to develop software with DevOps Code ClearCase® and ClearCase Remote Client.
Managing change and releases
Learn how to manage change and release in the product.
Integrating
Learn how to integrate DevOps Code ClearCase® with other products.
Tutorials
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Extending product function
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Reference
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Glossary

Installing the ClearCase® integration for Microsoft Visual Studio

Use Installation Manager to install the ClearTeam® Explorer integration for Microsoft Visual Studio (CCRC_VSI), and select the appropriate option to match the version of Visual Studio installed in your environment.

You can set up an integration between ClearCase® Remote Client and Microsoft Visual Studio to manage ClearCase® operations from the Visual Studio IDE. The integration is available for these components:

ClearTeam Explorer web client
ClearCase® for Visual Studio is only available supported for web views.
ClearCase® Client for Windows

Before setting up the integration, Microsoft Visual Studio must be available on the system where you are installing the feature.

For information about the versions of Microsoft Visual Studio supported by the ClearCase® for Visual Studio extension, run a Prerequisities of a specific product report from the Software Product compatibility reports web site.