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ClearCase Remote Client (CCRC) Wiki

INTRODUCTION

PURPOSE: This wiki is intended for the exchange of content for the benefit of anyone planning to leverage CCRC

CONTACT/FEEDBACK: If you have any feedback for the wiki, please use the comment functionality, if you need to contact the owner directly, please send Fred Bickford an email.

Please keep in mind that this wiki is only one facet of my job, so my responses may not be immediate.


More content is planned to be added to this Wiki, so please visit back.

CCRC Performance

Performance Paper on v7 (Windows)
More performance papers on CCRC (and ClearCase in general) http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/performance/

New CCRC Client Updates:


Update Site

7.0.1(MR1)
http://www3.software.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/clearcase/ccrc/701/update/
7.0(Baltic)
http://www3.software.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/clearcase/ccrc/70/update/

New Functionality:

  • Release 7.0.1.D070930 adds support for IDE clients running Eclipse 3.3
  • Enables users of CCRC snapshot views to show the version creation time of an element instead of its load time.
  • Provides a new option for the Check In and Add to Source Control dialog boxes that allows the file modified time to be
    used as the version creation time
  • Enables ClearCase Remote Client users to create viewtags that differ from the copy area directory name, and fixes the following problems:

Defects Fixed

RATLC00555048: When using ClearCase Remote Client plugin installed into RSA to manage files under source control, the user should not be allowed to check in individual fragment files
RATLC00555049: When the loaded version of a logical model is different than the version after an update, checking out a logical
resource results in multiple "Choose Version to Checkout" dialogs (one for each logical resource)
RATLC00555698: Missing some ClearCase Remote Client MR1 options in the modeling perspective (Project Explorer) for models with no fragments
RATLC00556121: Reviewing hijacked files ends up with multiple disruptive error dialogs, even as the user is trying to fix them.
RATLC00556644: The ClearCase Remote Client is invoking a second merge session after the first logical model merge session is cancelled.
RATLC00763018: The Local view directory on a ClearCase Remote Client cannot be named the same as other ClearCase Remote Clients
RATLC00983513: Double-clicking versions in the vtree generates local file copies
RATLC01026972: Logical Resources are not being recognized in the ClearCase perspective
RATLC01033328: Users encounter missing ClearCase menus and toolbars after installing the ClearCase Remote Client in the Eclipse
IDE Platform Runtime environment
RATLC01034116: The ClearCase Remote Client for Eclipse no longer opens Microsoft®Office files outside of the IDE by
default in Eclipse 3.2.x

Announcements
New CCRC Whitepaper:


Customized Enterprise Installation of IBM Rational ClearCase using CCRC

General Info
DID YOU KNOW ?


CCRC is available in two(2)methods, as a plugin to existing Eclipse SDK's or IDE's or as a standalone application(RCP) application that has its own JRE and installer.

CCRC when plugged into the Eclipse SDK has no registry entries on Windows.

Questions and Answers

How can I install CCRC ?

Answer: The ClearCase Remote Client installation instructions(for standalone install, plugin and .NET) are locate at any SR4 or later CCWeb server's page
http://<ccwebservername>/ccrc/update

To download the client directly(for example)  
For CCRC.NET http://<ccwebservername>/ccrc/update/ccrcvsi_win32.zip
For CCRC RCP (Linux) http://<ccwebservername>/ccrc/update/ccrc_linux.zip
For CCRC RCP (WIndows) http://<ccwebservername>/ccrc/update/ccrc_win32.zip
CCRC Related Technotes

Leveraging Site Policies
Writing Triggers with CCRC
Load Rule Templates
Load Balancing
Moving CCRC Views
Standalone support of 3rd Party Plugins
CCRC and SDP IDE Support
Technical Support Stuff

UPDATED Debugging Steps for CCRC



Client Updates and Downloads



Below are the links for the latest client versions, all previous client version are available if rolling back
is needed. By default the CCRC client should point to this site to find its updates automatically, yet these
client update sites can be added (or even used to install the latest version in a fresh Eclipse shell.

Version 7.0.1
Latest client update site (no clients updates as of yet)

Version 7.0
Latest client update site
All Versions(Zip format)

2003.06
Latest client update site
All versions(Zip format)




Helpful CCRC Links and Resources


Demo Viewlet of CCRC in Action:
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks//rational/library/05/0809_CCDemo/




Some helpful tips for programatically working with eclipse plugins from a command line or script.

*All Commands executed form Eclipse directory where startup.jar lives(ie: c:\eclipse or /eclipse *

Eclipse 3.2.1 SDK and previous versions only(see below for 3.3 or later), does not apply to RCP version of CCRC

commands may wrap


List what features are installed:

java -cp startup.jar org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main -application org.eclipse.update.core.standaloneUpdate 
-command listFeatures


Display what features are available on a specific URL:

java -cp startup.jar org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main -application org.eclipse.update.core.standaloneUpdate 
-command search -from http://{- CCRC ServerName -}/ccrc/update

<sample output>
"Rational ClearCase Remote Client for Eclipse" com.ibm.rational.clearcase.ide.feature 7.0.0
Command completed successfully.


Install a Clearcase Remote Client plugin for Eclipse:

java -cp startup.jar org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main -application org.eclipse.update.core.standaloneUpdate 
-command install -from http://{- CCRC ServerName -}/ccrc/update 
-featureId com.ibm.rational.clearcase.ide.feature -version 7.0.0

Disabling Clearcase Remote Client for Eclipse:

java -cp startup.jar org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main 
-application org.eclipse.update.core.standaloneUpdate -command disable -featureId com.ibm.rational.clearcase.ide.feature -version 7.0.0

Enabling Clearcase Remote Client for Eclipse:

java -cp startup.jar org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main -application org.eclipse.update.core.standaloneUpdate 
-command enable -featureId com.ibm.rational.clearcase.ide.feature -version 7.0.0
For Eclipse 3.3 and later

instead of:

java -cp startup.jar org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main

used in Eclipse 3.2.x

java -jar plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.0.0.v20070606.jar

should be used

Example:

java -jar plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.0.0.v20070606.jar -application org.eclipse.update.core.standaloneUpdate -command listFeatures
java -jar plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.0.0.v20070606.jar -application org.eclipse.update.core.standaloneUpdate -command disable -featureId com.ibm.rational.clearcase.ide.feature 7.0.1.D070930




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