Features in the feature levels

The table identifies the features available at each feature level to help you determine which feature level you want to move your environment to.

To determine what features are in the feature levels, run the command: installutil showfeaturelevels

Table 1. Features in the feature levels
Feature level 5	Feature level 6	Feature level 7
Security Record Hiding	Administering ClearQuest® Workspace folder permissions	Full-text search Note: Full-text search can be supported in previous feature levels (for example, Rational® ClearQuest databases at feature levels 5 or feature level 6 in a MultiSite environment) under certain conditions. For more information, see Considerations for feature level 7 features.
Record ID limitation improvement		Pessimistic Record Locking
Synchronization of null values with Rational ClearQuest MultiSite		FIPS 140-2 approved data encryption
Storing History Dates in Coordinated Universal Time (PDF)
Rename replicas and sites

Considerations for feature level 7 features

Full-text search takes advantages of MultiSite technologies that are present in versions of Rational ClearQuest MultiSite before 7.1.x,. These technologies were introduced in non-MultiSite Rational ClearQuest ClearQuest version 7.1.x and later. As a result, the full-text search feature level support is different in MultSite and non-MultiSite installations.

In non-MultiSite environments with Rational ClearQuest Version 7.1.x or later, full-text search is supported in Feature level 7 databases.
In a MultiSite environment, full-text search is supported in databases at feature level 5, 6 and 7 as long as all the Web servers have been upgraded to Rational ClearQuest Version 7.1.x.

Considerations for feature level 5 features

The features Record ID limitation improvement, Synchronization of null values with Rational ClearQuest MultiSite, and Ability to rename a site in Rational ClearQuest MultiSite in feature level 5 are disabled in databases created with versions of Rational ClearQuest earlier than 7.0.0. Databases at feature levels 5, 6, and 7 created with Rational ClearQuest Version 7.1.x automatically enables these features. If you have databases at feature level 5 with these features disabled and the databases were created before Rational ClearQuest Version 7.0.0, upgrading to feature level 6, or 7 with Rational ClearQuest Version 7.1.x enables these features.
- installutil sethighrecordlimit - This command enables Record ID limitation improvement, Synchronization of null values with Rational ClearQuest MultiSite, and Ability to rename a site in Rational ClearQuest MultiSite. For more information, see Increasing the user database record ID limit.
The feature Storing History Dates in Coordinated Universal Time in feature level 5 is disabled in all databases regardless of which version of Rational ClearQuest created it. Creating a feature level 6, or 7 database with Rational ClearQuest Version 7.1.x, or upgrading a feature level 5 database to feature level 6, or 7 with Rational ClearQuest Version 7.1.x enables this feature.
- installutil -please setutchistorytimestamps - This command enables Storing History Dates in Coordinated Universal Time. For more information, see Storing History Dates in Coordinated Universal Time (PDF).