There are plug-ins available for the workbench tools that allow you to work with integration components under source code control. By implementing source code control, all the developers on a project can add an integration component library (or user project) to their workspace and work on the components in the library without risk of other developers making changes to the components.
This section provides instructions on how to enable the ClearCase plug-ins and enable System Manager for ClearCase connectivity. It also provides some information on how ClearCase might be used, though you should consult the documentation for ClearCase and for the ClearCase plug-in for detailed information. Furthermore, this section does not cover prerequisite steps such as installing the ClearCase client, creating a view, and so forth.
Do the following to confirm that the required plug-ins are installed and enabled in your workbench:
If any of these required directories is missing, or if they do not contain a file named plugin.xml, then you will not be able to use System Manager with ClearCase.
Once you are sure the plug-ins are enabled in the file system, you must do the following to configure System Manager for ClearCase connectivity:
The ClearCase menu is added to the menu bar.
Resources in the workbench will now have a context menu named ClearCase that you can use to perform source code control operations on them, and will display icons to indicate if they are checked out and so forth.
To connect System Manager to ClearCase, select ClearCase > Connect to Rational ClearCase from the menu bar.
For developers to access the same components, an integration component library must initially be created on one system and then moved into ClearCase. Do the following to move a library into ClearCase:
The "Progress Information" dialog appears as the project is moved into source code control.
Once the integration component library that will be shared by the developers has been moved into ClearCase by one developer, the other developers can do the following to add the project to their own workspace:
The project folder is added to your workspace and you can check components in and out by right-clicking them and using the ClearCase context menu.
System Manager can also be used with VCM. For information on how to do so, see the documentation for VCM itself, and for the VCM plug-ins. To enable VCM connectivity, follow the steps described in Confirming the plug-ins are installed and enabled, but with the following plug-in directories instead: