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Installing
Learn how to install the product.
Deploy HCL VersionVault
Read these topics for information about planning, installing, and configuring your HCL VersionVault deployment.
Plan your deployment
Review a checklist of required and optional tasks with links to additional information for planning the installation and deployment process for HCL VersionVault and HCL VersionVault MultiSite.
VersionVault for Microsoft Visual Studio installation planning
VersionVault for Visual Studio can be deployed with the VersionVault for Windows™ client or with the VersionVault Explorer. After deployment, HCL VersionVault for Visual Studio provides an interface to complete HCL VersionVault operations from the Microsoft™ Visual Studio IDE.

Installing
Learn how to install the product.
- HCL VersionVault Release Notes
  To learn about the changes in the product, see the release notes.
- Deploy HCL VersionVault
  Read these topics for information about planning, installing, and configuring your HCL VersionVault deployment.
  - Requirements
    Review the requirements information to identify system requirements, prerequisite tasks, and other information needed to successfully install or upgrade HCL VersionVault and HCL VersionVault 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 HCL VersionVault and HCL VersionVault MultiSite.
    - Enterprise software installation strategies
      HCL VersionVault can be installed by using an enterprise strategy.
    - HCL VersionVault Explorer installation planning
      Install the HCL VersionVault Explorer web client to access and modify resources under HCL VersionVault source control through dynamic views or web views.
    - HCL VersionVault MultiSite installation
      Review requirements and other considerations to consider when planning the installation of the HCL VersionVault MultiSite.
    - VersionVault for Microsoft Visual Studio installation planning
      VersionVault for Visual Studio can be deployed with the VersionVault for Windows™ client or with the VersionVault Explorer. After deployment, HCL VersionVault for Visual Studio provides an interface to complete HCL VersionVault operations from the Microsoft™ Visual Studio IDE.
    - Selecting the HCL VersionVault registry server
      Before running any of the installation programs, you must select a host to be your HCL VersionVault registry server. As the installation prompts you for this information, you must prepare this host beforehand.
    - Planning VersionVault support for ACL-enabled VOBs and VOB objects
      If you plan to include ACL-enabled VOBs in your HCL VersionVault 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.
    - Managing licensing for HCL VersionVault
      Products in the HCL VersionVault product family implement an active-user floating-license scheme.
    - Specifying the default registry region
      An HCL VersionVault 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.
    - Preparing shared locations for an enterprise deployment
      If you are using an enterprise deployment strategy, you must prepare your shared locations before users can install the product packages.
    - Verify that the required Linux™ software packages are installed
      Instructions for verifying whether the required software packages are installed on your system depend on which version of Linux™ you are running.
  - Install HCL VersionVault clients and servers
    The method that is used to install HCL VersionVault depends on the target platform and on your installation strategy.
  - Configuring your environment after deploying
    For some types of HCL VersionVault and HCL VersionVault 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 software.

VersionVault for Microsoft™ Visual Studio installation planning

VersionVault for Visual Studio can be deployed with the VersionVault for Windows™ client or with the VersionVault Explorer. After deployment, HCL VersionVault for Visual Studio provides an interface to complete HCL VersionVault operations from the Microsoft™ Visual Studio IDE.

When you install and configure VersionVault for Visual Studio on a system where Microsoft™ Visual Studio is available, users can complete VersionVault operations such as file checkin and checkout, version compare, and view updates from the Microsoft™ Visual Studio IDE. HCL VersionVault for Visual Studio is provided in two formats:

VersionVault for Visual Studio
- Installed and updated by using Installation Manager.
- Installed as part of the HCL VersionVault for Windows™ client installation.
- Installed on a system with HCL VersionVault.
VersionVault Explorer for Visual Studio
- Installed and updated by using Installation Manager.
- Installed as part of the HCL VersionVault Remote Client installation.
- Installed separately on client systems without HCL VersionVault, for HCL VersionVault Remote Client use.

Note: If Microsoft™ Visual Studio is upgraded or reinstalled, the VersionVault for Visual Studio integration must be installed again.

Prerequisites

Microsoft™ Visual Studio must be installed on the system before you install VersionVault for Visual Studio.

Run a custom installation for Microsoft™ Visual Studio.
During the installation process, do not install Visual Source Safe or make Visual Source Safe the source control program.

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