{"id":187,"date":"2009-10-05T22:40:09","date_gmt":"2009-10-05T19:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.almtoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=187"},"modified":"2014-12-17T06:54:42","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T04:54:42","slug":"windows-7-and-clearcase-insights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.almtoolbox.com\/blog\/windows-7-and-clearcase-insights\/","title":{"rendered":"Insights on Windows 7 and ClearCase"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the course of our on-going examinations for our\u00a0 Rational ClearCase add-ons<\/a>, we decided to test them on Windows 7, even though it is not yet officially supported to work with Rational ClearCase.<\/p>\n

Today I installed Windows 7 as an additional virtual machine on my laptop (with VMware server). We\u2019ve been gaining experience using VMware for a while now. \u00a0We find it works fantastically with ClearCase, Windows, Solaris and Linux).<\/p>\n

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Windows 7<\/p><\/div>\n

Ostensibly, \u00a0Windows 7 looks and feels like Windows Vista and Windows server 2008, however, it seems \u00a0to run smoother. The installation process was shorter (40 min. approx.) than \u00a0that of Vista and 2008, as I recall it. I encountered some problems configuring the network properties (as I recall happened with Vista as well), but \u00a0ultimately the problems were solved.<\/p>\n

After successfully installing Windows, I started to install ClearCase. I was debating whether to install ClearCase 7.1 or ClearCase 7.0.1.2, because version 7.1 has a new installation manager with a few remaining bugs, but finally chose \u00a0the later version. If I\u2019ve installed the latest version of Windows, I might as well use the latest version of ClearCase \u2013 in for a penny, in for a pound\u2026<\/p>\n

I managed to get through the initial ClearCase installation manager uneventfully, and therefore decided to try and install everything: dynamic views, local views and VOBs, VOB server, view server, CM server for remote client, MultiSite, MultiSite global monitoring and CCFS.<\/p>\n

Within a few minutes the installation failed. The reason for failure was explained quite unclearly in the log file (this is a major bug in the installation manager \u2013 I encountered this problem more than twice!), so I then tried \u00a0to install only dynamic views, local views and VOBs. To my surprise, this process was completed successfully! Of course, a reboot was required (you know, its windows \u2013 not UNIX or Linux\u2026)<\/p>\n

Finally, I could create VOBs and views \u2013 but snapshot only: The MVFS did not work even though I installed it and received an \u201cinstallation was completed successfully\u201d message. I suspect I could have solved that problem by changing some parameters in the configuration, but at this point I gave up. Do not try it at home\u2026Alas, I \u00a0settled for snapshot views only.<\/p>\n

Then, of course, I tested our ClearCase add-ons, and am proud to announce that all of them; ClearCheck<\/a>, Visual Annotate<\/a>, R&D Reporter<\/a>and ClearEnv <\/a>, work very well on Windows 7!<\/p>\n

The bottom line is:<\/strong><\/p>\n