Planning the deployment and installation

Before installing Rational ClearQuest, complete planning tasks to determine what ClearQuest components to install, review system requirements, and complete required and optional configuration tasks to prepare your environment for the ClearQuest installation process.
Table 1 provides an overview of installation planning and configuration tasks to complete before installing the ClearQuest software.
Note: You can install this release by using either the 32-bit version or the 64-bit version of Installation Manager 1.7.1. The 64-bit version is required only if other Rational products on the same system are installed and managed by using Installation Manager 64-bit, or if you plan to install another Rational product that requires Installation Manager 64-bit. Before installing ClearQuest with Installation Manager 64-bit, review Considerations when installing IBM Rational ClearCase, ClearQuest, and Requisite Pro on Windows with Installation Manager 64-bit.
Note: You can use Installation Manager 64-bit only to install ClearQuest Versions 8.0.1 and later, and 8.0.0.6 and later. Installation Manager 64-bit does not support installing earlier versions of ClearQuest.

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Table 1. Installation planning tasks
Task Client and/or Server Information Comment
Select your clients

Client

Select the ClearQuest clients to deploy  
Decide on the feature level for schemas and user databases

Server

Decide on the feature level for schema repositories and databases

Features in the feature levels

Feature level 7 supports Full-text search, Pessimistic record locking, and FIPS 140–2 compliant data encryption.
Determine the number of schema repositories and user databases

Client

Server

Plan your Rational ClearQuest database set architecture  
If you are using Rational ClearQuest MultiSite to replicate databases to multiple locations, you must implement a MultiSite configuration.

Server

Administering Rational ClearQuest MultiSite A MultiSite configuration includes the Rational Shipping Server and synchronization servers at a master site and at one or more replica sites.
Determine method of authentication.

Server

Manage user accounts and Using LDAP with ClearQuest You can use traditional Rational ClearQuest authentication or use the industry standard Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) to authenticate using an LDAP directory server.
Planning to integrate Rational ClearQuest with other products.

Server

Integrating Rational ClearQuest with other products  
Check that your environment has the supported Vendor databases and platforms.

Client

Server

Hardware, software, and database requirements

 
Perform any platform configuration requirements depending on the platforms you are deploying to.

Server

Prerequisite tasks by platform  
Determine whether you will enable full-text search

Server

Configuring and maintaining full-text search

Full-text search is a Rational ClearQuest server feature. When full-text search is installed and configured, users can run full-text search operations to find information in the ClearQuest database using the ClearQuest client applications.
Determine your reporting strategy with the Rational ClearQuest 7.1.x reporting capabilities.

Server

Planning and configuring the reporting environment  
Configure your vendor databases

Server

Vendor database configuration  
Configure your license servers

Server

Licensing requirements  

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