Restart
each
Rational® ClearQuest® database
and verify its operation:
- Start the Rational ClearQuest databases,
using the processes specific to each vendor database. After you restart
the databases, clients can access records from them.
- Test upgraded clients, such as the upgraded administrative host,
to verify that they work correctly with the upgraded database. For
example, display a few defects in the administrative host by using
one of the Rational ClearQuest clients.
Then submit and modify a defect to make sure that the information
is being written to the database.
- Run a few reports to verify that they produce correct information.
- Run all batch jobs to verify if that they produce the correct
results.
- If you are not going to upgrade all clients to version 7.1.x,
verify that all clients work correctly with the upgraded servers.
For example, try simple operations from a client that is not yet upgraded
to confirm that it can access the upgraded Rational ClearQuest database.
Create and modify a defect to verify that a Rational ClearQuest client
can read from and write to the database.
It is particularly important to test all clients thoroughly if
you are using DB2 databases. The database drivers for DB2 since version 7.0 has
changed, and the process of making all clients work with the same
database is complex. For more information, see Setting database properties and connection information.
If any test fails, diagnose and fix the problem. Then restart the
database and repeat the test.