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ClearCase and ClearQuest

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Create no-GUI install option for Unix hosts.

Hosts used in ClearCase "build farms" are often created without the GUI-specific ClearCase prerequisites (motif, X, GTK, etc.) to speed startups and reduce disk space needed -- particularly when the "build farm" hosts are increasingly virtual mach...
about 2 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

Provide query language option to locate objects protected by a given rolemap

If you are trying to clean up VOB ACLs and remove rolemaps, you cannot remove a rolemap while it still protects objects. There is currently no non-trivial way to locate objects protected by a given rolemap.
about 2 years 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

2FA for clearcase

Implement 2-Factor Authentication when connecting to a CCRC server. This should be based on SAML, OpenID or Azure AD and is not related to smartcard.
over 2 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

inter-project deliver should ignore RO components

Inter-project deliver should skip any component that is read-only in both source and destination projects. Currently the deliver will fail with that error: There are changes from the source stream "Project02_Int"'s foundation in component "CompA"....
over 2 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

CTE in full LAN client should allow "disconnected use" using web/Automatic views.

CTE, on a host running the "Full" LAN client, will attempt to connect to the LAN-based ClearCase environment (License/registry/vob/etc. servers) when connecting to a WAN server or listing the user's views. This can cause the UI to stall, report li...
over 2 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

Add information about last winkin date in output of lsdo command.

Currently, output information of last access date by "lsdo-l" command. But in actuality this information same as created date. We need information of last used date the DO. That means last winkin date by the DO. We will use this information for ju...
over 2 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 2 Future consideration

Add "Choices.Count" API property to the HookChoices object

A "Choices.Count" property for the HookChoices object would simply return the integer number of choices currently in the choice list.
over 2 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearQuest 1 Future consideration

checkvob should detect corrupted containers

Add a checkvob option to scan the VOB for corrupted source container. That option will prevent critical situation such as multisite replication stuck because of corrupted container. Currently the only way is to open all files until an error is pro...
over 2 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 0 Future consideration

this is a test case to see where this idea ends up

Clint Advocacy is investigating if this idea portal actually works for ClearCase and ClearQuest. Are the ideas reviewed and then forwarded to the HCL Dev team ?
over 2 years ago in ClearCase and ClearQuest / ClearCase 2 Future consideration