To upgrade your environment to version 8.x at one time:
- Stop Rational® ClearQuest® operations.
- (Optional) Upgrade vendor databases.
- Upgrade all servers to version 8.x, including the Rational ClearQuest MultiSite
synchronization servers, Web servers, and the Rational Shipping Server.
- Upgrade all clients to version 8.0.
- Upgrade the Rational ClearQuest schema
repositories and user databases to feature level 7.
- Implement new features and upgrade packages to version 8.0.
- Resume operations.