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.
Before you install ClearCase client and
servers, make sure that you are prepared:
- Plan the installation: Complete prerequisite tasks, select an installation strategy, and review the processes that are required to complete the installation. See Enterprise software installation strategies.
- Understand how to install and use IBM® technologies for product installation. See Use IBM installation and packaging utilities.
The following table helps you plan all the requirements and configuration for installing DevOps Code ClearCase.
| Requirements | Component | Information | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| On Windows™ systems, disable Terminal services | Disabling Terminal Services before you install, upgrade, or modify IBM products | ||
| Confirm that your user ID meets the required access privileges for installing the product | Client Server |
User privilege requirements for installing the product | There are different requirements for different operating systems. Be sure that your user ID meets the requirements of the operating system where you are installing the product. |
| For Linux or the UNIX systems: Set the umask so users who do not have root permission can use the product. Complete this step before you install or upgrade your product. | Client Server |
On Linux or the UNIX systems, set the umask variable to 0022 before you install the product. This setting enables the product for users other than root. To set this variable, log in as root user, start a terminal session, and type umask 0022. | |
| For Linux™ systems: Increase the number of file handles before you install or upgrade DevOps Code ClearCase | Client Server |
Increasing the number of file handles on Linux workstations | On most Linux computers,
the default file handle setting can be too low for obtaining best
results with DevOps products.
Check the setting and adjust it if required. CAUTION: Setting limits too high can affect system-wide performance. |
| After you download the product installation files with IBM Passport Advantage®, verify the download and extract the electronic image | Client Server |
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. Note: You must have an IBM Passport Advantage user ID with entitlement to download the
product files. The download operation is often completed by administrators who then make the
extracted files available to users for installation. |
| Use the IBM Packaging Utility if you want to install multiple DevOps products in the same repository | IBM Packaging Utility | You can use the Packaging Utility to complete
the following tasks:
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| For Windows systems: Determine a path for package groups and shared resources that allows users who do not have Administrator privileges to use the product | Client Server |
User privilege requirements for installing the product | To enable users without Administrator authority to work with the product, do not use the C:\Program Files directory path for package groups or shared resources. |
| Install and manage IBM Installation Manager | Client Server |
IBM Installation Manager tasks | Information for installing and managing Installation Manager on Windows, Linux and the UNIX systems. |
| Install a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) | Client Server |
Hardware, software, file system, and compatibility information | For the ClearCase installation, you must have a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) specifically for Java 11 installed before you install ClearCase. |
| Configure licensing for ClearCase | Client Server |
Configuring the License Key Server | This link opens the IBM Common Licensing documentation. For information specific to configuring licensing for ClearCase, see Managing licensing for DevOps Code ClearCase. |
| Windows Only: Install IBM License Key Administrator (LKAD) |
Client Server |
Installing License Key Administrator | |
| Install the client and server software | Client Server |
If the DevOps Code ClearCase administrator copied the Installation Manager package and an associated response file to a shared location, you can download Installation Manager and install silently without any additional configuration. | |
| Install IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM HTTP Server | Server | Prepare the WebSphere Application Server environment for DevOps Code ClearCase web servers | Beginning with version 8.0 of DevOps Code ClearCase, you must have IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM HTTP Server installed before you install web components for DevOps Code ClearCase. For information about supported IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM HTTP Server configurations, see IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM HTTP Server installation overview |
| Install CCRC WAN server | Server | Installing CCRC WAN server | Install CCRC WAN server to provide support for ClearCase web views. |
| Install ClearTeam Explorer | Client | Installing the ClearTeam Explorer | Provides access to DevOps Code ClearCase from various network connections, including broadband (WAN) and local area networks (LAN). |
| Optional. Install DevOps Code ClearCase MultiSite | Server | Implementation planning | MultiSite is installed as an optional product component during the DevOps Code ClearCase installation. |
| Optional. Install ClearCase integration with Cadence Virtuoso | Client | Integrating DevOps Code ClearCase with Cadence Virtuoso | Optional feature that allows custom chip designers to complete ClearCase actions while in Cadence Virtuoso. |
| Optional. For Linux, Solaris, and AIX systems: Configure automounting of VOBs | Client Server |
Automounting VOBs | Beginning with version 9.0.1.5 of ClearCase, you can configure the automounting of VOBs. |