Level: Intermediate Paul Boustany (pboustan@us.ibm.com), Software engineer, IBM
31 Oct 2006 This tutorial is intended to serve as a guide for an online demonstration of IBM® Rational® ClearCase®. Part 1 of this series is intended to help you through an online demonstration of Unified Change Management, IBM Rational's change and configuration management solution, while Part 2 guides you through an online demonstration of IBM Rational ClearQuest®.
Before you start
In this tutorial, you will learn some of the basic tasks for using Rational ClearCase for software configuration management. You will learn how to create views to team artifact repositories (VOBs), see the history of changes to the files and display version trees, and compare and merge differences. Additionally, we'll touch on some of the basic concepts of how Rational ClearCase is used as part of an comprehensive software change and configuration management solution: Unified Change Management.
About this series
This series is for users interested in trying some of the change and configuration management capabilities of Rational ClearCase and Rational ClearQuest without installing or configuring the tools. This evaluation provides both tools in a ready to use state from inside a single Eclipse-based shell. By the end of the evaluation, you should have a feel for how Rational ClearCase and Rational ClearQuest work together to provide a complete change and configuration management solution.
About this tutorial
This tutorial provides a basic introduction to using IBM Rational ClearCase for software configuration management. Part 1, presents an overview of the Rational Unified Change Management (UCM) solution and how it uses Rational ClearCase and Rational ClearQuest to manage the software development lifecycle. Part 2 describes how to perform the basic change management tasks in IBM Rational ClearQuest.
Objectives
In this tutorial you will be fulfilling the role of a software developer, Alex, to connect to a ClearCase server, create a private copy area (view) and development stream for your working copies of team artifacts. You will then learn how to compare and merge your changes, and deliver the changes back to team's integration stream. Additionally, we'll provide a brief introduction to Unified Change Management.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of Rational ClearCase or software version control concepts is helpful, but not required. Once you start the trial, you have three hours to explore the application. We recommend that if you are new to Rational ClearCase, you use our evaluation guide to explore some core features.
System requirements
The online trial program uses the Citrix® Access Gateway™ platform to provide you a connection from your workstation to a remote server running the IBM product you are evaluating. You will need to download Citrix client software before using the online trial program. You can download the Citrix MetaFrame® Presentation Server™ client at no charge from the Citrix site; many versions, including versions for Windows® and Linux® platforms, are available. After you install the client, you will be asked to restart your browser. If you do not have the Citrix client installed when you attempt to access the online trial, you will be prompted to install the client.
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