ClearCase® UCM Administration, V8

This course teaches ClearCase administrators how to configure and manage the ClearCase UCM environment. It also includes basic ClearCase UCM usage required to perform and understand registry administration tasks.

ClearCase is a family of software tools that facilitates software configuration management of source code and other software development assets. It also supports electronic design artifacts, thus enabling hardware and software co-development.

ClearCase offers two configuration management models: base ClearCase and UCM (Unified Change Management). Base ClearCase provides a basic infrastructure, while UCM is built on base ClearCase and provides an out-of-the-box model. Both models can be configured to support a wide variety of needs.

Audience
Individuals who need a fast track to configuring, maintaining, and administering the ClearCase UCM environment.

Prerequisites
No previous ClearCase experience required. This course covers the ClearCase functionality required to support UCM maintenance and administration activities.

Key topics

• Introduction to ClearCase - Intro to VOBs, views, and the ClearTeam Explorer
• Connect to Server - Connect to ClearCase server
• Create Streams and Views - Create streams; create and remove UCM views
• Load Rules - Select data to load from VOB
• View-Private Files - User private workspace
• UCM Activities - Create and work with activities
• Check Out - Check out, check in, and undo check out
• Add to Source Control - Add new files to VOB
• View Update - Update view, directory, and file
• Rename, Move, and Remove - Changing directory structure in a VOB
• Deliver - Deliver stream changes to parent (target) stream
• Baselines - Create project baselines
• Rebase - Change foundation baseline for a stream
• Create Storage Locations - Create storage locations for VOBs/views
• Create Project VOB - Create project VOBs
• Create Data VOB - Intro to the mkvob command with its various options and a discussion of VOB ownership
• VOB Planning - VOB/component planning; using symlinks
• Foundation Baselines - Understand and change UCM foundation baselines
• New Project - Create new project in UCM
• Deliver Policies - Setting UCM inter-project delivery policies
• Other Policies - More UCM policies
• Create Composite Baseline - Simplify baselines in projects with multiple components
• Rebase Considerations - Investigate rebase situations that can introduce incorrect versions
• Reset Target View - Complete rebase/deliver operations if target view deleted
• Triggers - Create and use triggers to automate policy
• Registry Server - Overview of VOB and view registration commands
• VOB Registry Commands - Administer VOBs with registry commands
• View Registry Commands - Administer views with registry commands
• Registry Cleanup - Keeping the registry healthy and clean
• View Cleanup - Remove references to removed views
• Move VOB - Use registry commands to move a VOB
• Move View - Use registry commands to move a view