Thread: Configuration Management

Rational Clear Case is which type of tool Category

Hi rational clear case is a popular version control and software configuration management (scm) tool. It is a product of ibm. Some of the features which showcase it are -

1. rational clearcase 2 types of scm configurations - ucm based and basic clearcase. Ucm which is unified change management enables additional scm features by integration with clearquest.

1. clearcase can be supported on number of platforms like unix, solaris and windows.

1. it enables branching, labelling and versioning of directories as well as files.

1. clear case creates a vob - version object base that stores different file elements, dervied objects and metadata of the objects . You can create replicas of entire vob or mount vob's as required

1. has a built in audit trail for viewing history changes.

disadvantages - comparitively slower compared to other configuration tools like vss or cvs. - comparitively complex compared to vss cheers....

Rational ClearCase offers complete software configuration management which is a product of IBM. It provides sophisticated version control, workspace management, parallel development support and build auditing to improve productivity.

Some of its features and benefits other than mentioned by Umesh are

1. Sophisticated version control - Manage files, directories and other development assets across the lifecycle
2. Transparent, real-time access to files and directories
3. Continue development efforts while disconnected from the network, easily synchronize changes when reconnected to the network
4. Access from the environments and locations from which developers work
5. Integration with design, development, build, test and deployment tools

It is a software version control tool - mainly for version control of files folders ,etc