A schema repository can be moved to a new location or to
a different database management system using the Maintenance Tool.
About this task
When you move a schema repository using the Maintenance
Tool, Rational® ClearQuest® copies
the schema repository to the new location, locks the old schema repository,
and marks the copy in the new location as the active schema repository.
Super
User privileges are required to perform this task.
Before moving
a schema repository, complete these preliminary tasks:
- Create an empty database in the new location using your
vendor tool. You can create Microsoft Access databases with the Maintenance
Tool. To create other supported databases, you must use the database
vendor tools. For more information about configuring vendor databases,
see the Installing and upgrading section of the help.
- Instruct all users to log off from the databases. New users
cannot access the databases while you are moving the schema repository,
but users who are currently logged in when the process begins cannot
be detected or logged off. Some supported databases provide a tool
for logging users off the database. Determine whether your database
vendor has such a tool.
- Back up all Rational ClearQuest databases,
even if you are moving only one schema repository or one user database.
Backups prevent data loss due to unforeseen circumstances, such as
network failure, that might occur during the move.
Example
To move a schema repository using the Maintenance Tool:
- Start the Maintenance Tool.
- In the Existing Connections window, select the schema repository
that you want to move and click .
- Enter your logon name and password, and click Next.
Databases are locked while they are being moved.
- Enter the schema repository properties that you want to move.
Select a database vendor and enter the required vendor database properties.
The required properties are different for each database vendor. For
more information, see Vendor
database properties.
- Click Finish.
What to do next
The final step in the process is distributing new connection
information to all team members.
To distribute new connection information,
see Connection profiles.