New features and other changes in IBM DevOps Code ClearCase version 11.0.0.x

V11.0.0

Rebranding ClearCase to DevOps Code ClearCase

The IBM Rational ClearCase product is rebranded to IBM DevOps Code ClearCase. ClearCase retains all the existing features from earlier releases and includes new features mentioned below.

Note: In addition to the traditional version of 11.0.0, ClearCase introduces a new marketing version that specifies <year.month>. 

Installation

ClearCase 11.0.0 requires an uninstall and reinstall of the product due to the product rename. For more information, see the Migration Guide and Update Guide.

z/OS Extension

64-bit ClearCase Extension on z/OS (also known as Connectors) is available. The z/OS Extension enables mainframe users to submit Remote Builds on z/OS from ClearCase and to use the TSO client to access a ClearCase repository.

Symlink Target Operation in ClearTeam Explorer

ClearTeam Explorer now includes a new context menu called Symlink Target Operation. This feature allows you to perform ClearCase operations on the target file of a symlink file from the symlink location. You can use this feature to perform major ClearCase operations such as Checkout, Checkin, undo-checkout, History, Version Tree, and Compare with the predecessor.

Cadence integration

IBM DevOps Code ClearCase 11.0.0 integration with Cadence Virtuoso IC23.1 is supported on RHEL 8.

Jenkins integration with ClearCase

The Jenkins integration with ClearCase helps to automate software development workflows by enabling support to run CI/CD pipelines on ClearCase UCM streams. New for ClearCase 11.0.0 is Phase 2, which provides support for pipeline jobs for dynamic and Web views, and Multi branch pipeline integration for all view types. For more information, see IBM Documentation.

Visual Studio Code integration

IBM Rational ClearCase-Visual Studio Code integration is rebranded as IBM DevOps Code ClearCase-Visual Studio Code integration. For more information, see the IBM DevOps Code ClearCase Integration with Visual Studio Code blog.

Licensing

For DevOps Code ClearCase 11.0.0, a new option is added to the Licensing panel in Installation Manager that will ask you for your license provider. Select IBM. Based on this, the behavior of your product will be customized for IBM DevOps Code ClearCase.

For DevOps Code ClearCase Remote Client 11.0.0, a new Licensing panel is added to Installation Manager. The new licensing panel will ask you for your license provider. Select IBM. Based on this, the behavior of your product will be customized for IBM DevOps Code ClearCase Remote Client.

ClearCase Doctor

The ClearCase Doctor application on the Windows platform is retained.

New platform support 

For platform requirements, see the Software Product Compatibility Report (SPCR) tool.

PSIRTs

Three security vulnerabilities for International Components for Unicode (ICU) (CVE-2020-10531, CVE-2011-4599, CVE-2014-814) have been addressed on key platforms by upgrading installed ICU libraries to version 73.1 when installing ClearCase. Other platforms remain at ICU 4.8.

Platforms that have been upgraded to ICU 73.1 are:

• win_x86_64
• linux_x86_64
• linux_s390x
• linux_ppc64le
• aix_ppc64

C++ runtime library

For ClearCase 11.0.0 on AIX, an updated C++ runtime library is required due to the updated ICU libraries. To download the required package and its installation instructions, see technote https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/795548.

Base ClearCase/ClearQuest Perl integration

Status of the feature level

The ClearCase® VOB feature level is unchanged in this release. For more information on feature levels and ClearCase releases, see technote https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/73065.