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Read these topics for information about planning, installing, and configuring your DevOps Code ClearCase® 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.
Products in the DevOps Code ClearCase® product family implement an active-user floating-license scheme.
Licensing information for DevOps Code ClearCase®
Learn general information about the product.
The release notes provide you with information that you might want to know before you install the product.
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
DevOps Code ClearCase® can be installed by using an enterprise strategy.
Install the ClearTeam® Explorer web client to access and modify resources under DevOps Code ClearCase® source control through dynamic views or web views.
Review requirements and other considerations to consider when planning the installation of the DevOps Code ClearCase® MultiSite.
ClearCase® for Visual Studio can be deployed with the ClearCase for Windows client or with the ClearTeam Explorer. After deployment, DevOps Code ClearCase for Visual Studio provides an interface to complete DevOps Code ClearCase operations from the Microsoft Visual Studio IDE.
Before running any of the installation programs, you must select a host to be your DevOps Code ClearCase® registry server. As the installation prompts you for this information, you must prepare this host beforehand.
If you plan to include ACL-enabled VOBs in your DevOps Code ClearCase® environment, review important information about planning installation and upgrade for clients and servers, preparing VOBs, cross-version compatibility, and operating in a mixed version environment.
Use IBM Common Licensing, powered by FLEXlm, to manage ClearCase® licenses on supported Windows, Linux, and UNIX platforms.
In the ClearCase Licensing model, a set of DevOps Code ClearCase® and DevOps Code ClearCase MultiSite licenses is defined in a license database file. The license database file is stored on a license server host.
My HCLSoftware (MHS) is a web application for HCLSoftware customers and partners that provides a new and improved way to find and quickly download the latest HCLSoftware product releases and supported older releases.
You can select the Asynchronous License Acquisition component during the installation process for DevOps Code ClearCase®. It only needs to be installed on the client as it alters the way the client handles obtaining a license.
IBM Common Licensing, ClearCase® Atria licensing and My HCLSoftware (MHS) licensing are supported for use with DevOps Code ClearCase.
When you generate a classic license key for DevOps Code ClearCase®, the IBM License Key Center gives you the license key that you generated plus all other DevOps Code ClearCase keys that you have previously generated for that host using the IBM License Key Center.
An DevOps Code ClearCase® registry region (or network region) is a conceptual partition of a local area network required to install the product. During the installation process, you must specify a default region name for your site.
If you are using an enterprise deployment strategy, you must prepare your shared locations before users can install the product packages.
Instructions for verifying whether the required software packages are installed on your system depend on which version of Linux™ you are running.
The method that is used to install DevOps Code ClearCase® depends on the target platform and on your installation strategy.
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 to download and install IBM® software.
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).
Learn how to upgrade and migrate data for the product.
Learn how to administer the product.
Learn how to develop software with DevOps Code ClearCase® and ClearCase Remote Client.
Learn how to manage change and release in the product.
Learn how to integrate DevOps Code ClearCase® with other products.
Complete tutorials with specific learning objectives for the product.
Learn how to extend the product.
Review reference information for the product.
