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ClearCase

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increase "Local Epoch" limit

The current "Local Epoch Num" is reported by 'lsepoch' command. The maximum for that number in a clearcase database is 2147483648. This request is to increase that limit significantly to allow more durable replicas.
4 months ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 3 Future consideration

CMI Integration - Restricting the end user to select only one task while performing ClearCase check-in operations

With current configurations in CMI, with custom query, it was listing all the tasks to select with check box for associating those tasks for a single file, which is not correct. A single file element should be able to have multiple tasks/activitie...
6 months ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

IM albd check should use alternative to NTLM

Installation Manager (IM) currently uses legacy NTLM authentication to check for clearcase server process (albd) credentials during installation on Windows.More and more customers disable NTLM in their environment which causes albd check to fail.T...
about 1 year ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 2 Future consideration

Trigger type management in ClearTeam Explorer

This request is to add trigger type management in ClearTeam Explorer (CTE).Currently CTE has label and branch type browsers where you can view/add/remove a type but not for trigger.
7 months ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

ClearCase compatibility with Azure AD

a. How from Architectural perspective Azure AD joined devices are not supported (since it is the future)? From a technical point of view, it is actually not currently possible to do this on Windows hosts because Azure AD is not backward compatibl...
over 2 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 1 Future consideration

Add Docker for Windows support for MVFS based ClearCase views

Please support ClearCase dynamic views to be mounted in Docker for Windows containers, e.g. binding a folder on an MVFS drive to a container directory / drive when starting the container or install a component within the container, which can start...
almost 5 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

Allow to use environmental variables (for example, %JAVA_HOME%) when providing JRE/bin directory during ClearCase installation

Currently, when you install ClearCase 10, the JRE/bin directory must be specified and it has to be a hard-coded value. The issue we are having with this restriction is that during our process to patch Java (which is done every 3 months), the path ...
5 months ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 1 Future consideration

ClearCase "Notify" program should support secure mail relays

The current "notify" program shipped with ClearCase on Windows will only connect to an "open" mailrelay over plaintext SMTP. An open mail relay can be leveraged by malicious actors to send spam, possibly magnifying the impact of a network breach i...
almost 2 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

Provide mechanism for clearfsimport to associate its checkins with CMI tasks in base ClearCase VOBs/views.

Clearfsimport is not just a "one time use" import tool. It is often used to import third party "code drops" and revised versions of tools into ClearCase. (For example, if you are keeping compilers like GCC under source control to improve build aud...
6 months ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

ClearCase report builder should return to ClearCase 9.1

The clearcase report builder was removed from ClearCase in version 9.1. The report builder provides unique visibility into what is happening in the ClearCase environment.
almost 3 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration