Configuring your environment after installing

After installing IBM Rational® ClearQuest®, there are series of tasks to perform to verify that the installation has completed successfully and to configure the installation for your site.

To determine what you must configure, review the decisions you made when Planning the deployment and installation.

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Table 1. Post-upgrade workflow
Task	Client and/or Server	Information	Comments
Windows checklist	Client Server	Checklist of administrator tasks on Windows Checklist of user tasks on Windows
Linux and UNIX systems checklists	Client Server	Checklist of administrator tasks on Linux and UNIX systems Checklist of user tasks on Linux and UNIX system
Start servers to verify a successful upgrade	Server	Restart and verify servers
Upgrade feature levels	Server	Changing the feature level and metaschema version
Configure the features that are part of the feature level you have upgraded to	Server	Revisit the section, Decide on the feature level for schema repositories and databases to determine which features require configuration.
Configure ClearQuest Web server to use secure sockets	Client Server	Configuring secure connections
Configure the Rational E-Mail Reader to SMTP	Server	Configure SMTP	If you are upgrading Rational ClearQuest version 2003.06.xx to 7.1.x you must configure your email server to use the SMTP protocol.
Configure Reporting	Server	Reporting deployment configuration	Optional task if your ClearQuest Web deployment includes the Report Launcher or Report Server for Crystal Reports packages.
Configure Full Text Search	Server	Full-text search configuration	Optional task if your ClearQuest Web deployment includes the Full Text Search Server package.
Change data code pages	Server	Working with Rational ClearQuest data code pages
Update database properties and connection information	Server	Setting database properties and connection information