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Provide SRFM option for checkout in CTE

This request is to add a checkout option in ClearTeam Explorer (CTE) for synchronous request for mastership (SRFM): https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/how-set-clearcase-synchronous-request-mastership That would allow the user to checkout immediatel...
4 months ago in Heritage / ClearCase 0 Under review

Use alternate mechanism to call ClearCase from the cmi_migrate.pl script.

The current CMI migration script repetively calls the "cleartool" command to perform operations. In environments where process creation or license checks are "expensive" in terms of time, this has a significant negative impact on migration speed/p...
3 months ago in Heritage / ClearCase 1 Under review

cmi_migrate.pl script should gracefully handle ClearCase MultiSite environments

Reason: Migration to CMI fails if the branch/brtype of the version to be associated with the task is not locally mastered. Check mastership of a given version's branch and skip migration/association if the version is mastered remotely. At the end ...
3 months ago in Heritage / ClearCase 0 Under review

ClearCase installation should display how much space is required

ClearCase 2025A fixpack installation/update will stop with an error "Available disk space at <filesystem> is insufficient" when such condition occurs. However it doesn't tell how much space is required. It would be more useful that Installat...
8 months ago in Heritage / ClearCase 3 Under review

Create a centralized/Global Trigger Management

Managing ClearCase triggers across multiple VOBs is cumbersome, requiring repetitive updates to scripts and configurations across different machines and networks. Each change demands manual effort, consuming valuable time, money and increasing the...
8 months ago in Heritage / ClearCase 3 Under review

Add support for proxmox hypervisor (KVM)

More teams are moving from VMWare to proxmox virtualization platform. They will use it to manage Windows and Linux VMs running clearcase. Siemens already tested it and it worked well after tuning some parameters.
9 months ago in Heritage / ClearCase 2 Under review

Modify CMI association to add ONE changeset item at a time instead of sending the whole changeset every time.

The default CMI integration behavior when adding a new task association appears to be: Download the defect/task's entire changeset Validate that changeset Add/append the new items to the changeset. Post the ENTIRE modified list to the CMI provider...
3 months ago in Heritage / ClearCase 1 Under review

Create default ClearCase scheduled to run clmutil cmirepair.

The CC CMI integration is best described as a "loose" integration where the links in the CMI provider may become "queued" instead of being immediately applied. The "queuing" can be done by placing information in the cmi_repair_log file. This file ...
3 months ago in Heritage / ClearCase 1 Under review

CMI migration should be able to bypass ClearQuest hooks during migration.

ClearQuest schemas are often customized to enforce policies or include other business logic (preventing inactive users from being assigned to defects, etc.). A wholesale migration from the Base CC/CQ integration to CMI may attempt to modify old de...
3 months ago in Heritage / ClearCase 1 Under review

cmi_migrate.pl should gracefully handle ClearQuest MultiSite during migration by checking the CQ record mastership.

Migration from the base CC/CQ integration to CMI fails if the site mastering the CQ record to be associated with the migrated task. Before attempting association: Check mastership of the CQ record. If not mastered by the current site’s provider, a...
3 months ago in Heritage / ClearCase 1 Under review