Configuring your environment after upgrading

After upgrading Rational® ClearQuest® and installing any new components, there are series of tasks to perform both to verify a successful upgrade, and to configure new or upgraded components.

To determine what you need to configure, review the decisions you made when Planning your upgrade.

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Table 1. Post-upgrade workflow
Task Client and/or Server Information Comments
Restart servers to verify a successful upgrade Server Restart and verify servers  
Upgrade feature levels Server Changing the feature level and metaschema version  
Configure the features that are part of the feature level you have upgraded to Server Revisit the section, Deciding on the feature level to determine which features require configuration.  
Migrating from Rational Web Platform (RWP) to Change Management (CM) Server Server Migrating ClearQuest Web configuration settings Complete the migration from RWP to CM server.
Configure CM Server to use secure sockets Client

Server

Configuring secure sockets for CCRC You will use the SSL files that were preserved during uninstall to complete the SSL configuration. For more information about the SSL files that were preserved, see Preserving ClearQuest Web configuration files.
Select the packages to upgrade. Upgrading packages to the latest version ensures that you can take advantage of the latest feature and performance enhancements. Server Upgrading packages to latest versions  
Apply packages to schemas Client

Server

Upgrading packages
Install converted Open SSL certificates Server Converting Open SSL certificates to IBM SSL If you are using Rational ClearQuest Web version 7.0 and are using Open SSL to encrypt the HTTP traffic to and from the Web server, install the SSL certificates that you converted to the CMS format as part of your preparation for the upgrade process.
Configure the Rational E-Mail Reader to SMTP Server Configure SMTP

If you are upgrading Rational ClearQuest version 2003.06.xx to 7.1.x you must configure your e-mail server to use the SMTP protocol.

Configure Reporting Server Reporting deployment configuration  
Change data code pages Server Working with Rational ClearQuest data code pages  
Update database properties and connection information Server Setting database properties and connection information  
Test client upgrade success, announce server availability, provide new Web URL for Rational ClearQuest Web, and provide users with the location to upgrade their clients from and to update their connections Client

Server

Propagating connection information to clients  

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