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ClearCase

ClearCase/ClearQuest/CCCQ integration - OOTB MultiOS Support for SSO/MFA

Currently, SSO/MFA for ClearCase is only supported with the creation of a custom TAI. At this time, this approach only works with a Linux ClearCase server. We are requesting that this functionality be made available as a supported out-of-the-box f...
19 days ago in Heritage / ClearCase Submitted

ClearCase MCP Server: would like support of rcleartool and webViews

With the new ClearCase MCP Server : ClearCase MCP server - IBM Documentation It is now possible to configure an MCP over VisualStudio code. But it only supports currently cleartool command line, and dynamic and snapshot views We would like that rc...
3 months ago in Heritage / ClearCase Submitted

Support custom Eclipse options in ClearCase help browser spawned by cleartool man or the "online help" option on Windows.

In the current releases, cleartool man on windows spawns CTE... If the host is impacted by Eclipse issue https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.ui/issues/1704 The help pages will not display correctly, possibly losing the table of co...
4 months ago in Heritage / ClearCase Submitted

Move application data ("var" directory in particular) to \ProgramData on Windows...

The standard location for transient application data on Windows is the "\ProgramData" directory. This was a change made some time ago to improve application security. ClearCase still stores data in \Program Files\... In many cases, "hardening" too...
7 months ago in Heritage / ClearCase Submitted

"Modify" installs that do not manipulate the albd service should not prompt for albd process credentials.

When performing upgrade or modify installs, Installation Manager requires that the installing user provide the albd credentials. In "modify" cases where -- for example -- the user is adding a Visual Studio or other integration, the installer shoul...
7 months ago in Heritage / ClearCase Submitted

GUI options for clearcase cmi integration

The purpose of this idea is to add default menus in clearcase GUI (CTE, CC Explorer, Windows Explorer) for the following functionalities: -list versions and their association under the current directory -select a current task from the list of avai...
12 months ago in Heritage / ClearCase 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...
about 1 year ago in Heritage / ClearCase 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...
about 1 year ago in Heritage / ClearCase 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 ...
about 1 year ago in Heritage / ClearCase 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...
about 1 year ago in Heritage / ClearCase Under review