Checklist of administrator tasks on Windows

After IBMRational® ClearQuest® is installed on the administrative host computer, the administrator must perform a series of tasks to create a Rational ClearQuest environment. There are both required and optional tasks. Required tasks such as creating the database set and connection profiles must be performed before deploying the product to the users. The optional tasks such as applying integration packages can be performed at any time.

Table 1 identifies the required and optional post-installation tasks for the administrator.

Tasks not marked as optional must be performed before the product is deployed to the users.

Table 1. Required and optional post-installation tasks for the Rational ClearQuest administrator
Step	Tasks	Information
1	Create a schema repository and user databases After you install Rational ClearQuest and create the necessary empty database containers, you must create the Rational ClearQuest schema repository and user databases.	For information about creating schema repositories and user databases, visit the following topics: Schemas and schema repositories User databases
2	Create a connection to the database set. After installing Rational ClearQuest, users must connect to the schema repository.	Connections and database sets Connection profiles
3 (optional)	Apply packages for integrations To integrate Rational ClearQuest with other software, you add Rational ClearQuest packages to existing schemas.	Overview of Rational ClearQuest integrations
4 (optional)	Configure the Rational ClearQuest Server and web Application The Rational ClearQuest Server can be deployed on one or more hosts.	Administering Rational ClearQuest web
5 (optional)	Configure Reporting	Reporting deployment planning
6 (optional)	Configure Full-text search.	Configuring and maintaining full-text search
7 (optional)	Install and configure the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server	Using LDAP with ClearQuest
8	Create users, and user groups Rational ClearQuest stores information about users and user groups in the user database and in the schema repository.	Manage user accounts
9 (optional)	Configure the Rational E-Mail Reader The Rational E-Mail Reader takes specially formatted email messages, converts the information in them into a form understood by Rational ClearQuest, and submits the information to a Rational ClearQuest database. This capability allows users to submit and modify records by email, without using a Rational ClearQuest client.	Administering Rational E-Mail Reader
10 (optional)	Configure Rational ClearQuest MultiSite	Rational ClearQuest MultiSite administration