About the Change Management Server

A Change Management (CM) server provides the Rational ClearCase Remote Client with access to ClearCase® repositories and support for local ClearCase views.

The CM server is a computer on which ClearCase has been installed and that has access to one or more ClearCase repositories (VOBs). The Rational ClearCase Remote Client accesses the CM server through a URL. To connect to a CM server, you must authenticate with a user name and password that are valid on that server.

Many of the operations supported by the Rational ClearCase Remote Client require a connection to the CM server. Some of the more common ones include: