Configuring your environment after upgrading

After upgrading Rational® ClearQuest® and installing any new components, there are series of tasks to perform both to verify a successful upgrade, and to configure new or upgraded components.

To determine what you need to configure, review the decisions you made when Planning your upgrade.

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Table 1. Post-upgrade workflow
Task Client and/or Server Information Comments
Restart servers to verify a successful upgrade Server Restart and verify servers  
Upgrade feature levels Server Changing the feature level and metaschema version  
Configure the features that are part of the feature level you have upgraded to Server Revisit the section, Decide on the feature level for schema repositories and databases to determine which features require configuration.  
Migrating from Change Management (CM) Server to CQ Web Server Server Migrating ClearQuest Web configuration settings Complete the migration from CM server to CQ Web Server.
Configure secure sockets Client

Server

  You will use the SSL files that were preserved during uninstall to complete the SSL configuration. For more information about the SSL files that were preserved, see Preserving ClearQuest Web configuration files.
Select the packages to upgrade. Upgrading packages to the latest version ensures that you can take advantage of the latest feature and performance enhancements. Server Upgrading packages to the latest versions  
Apply packages to schemas Client

Server

Upgrading packages
Configuring secure connections Server Configuring secure connections  
Configure Reporting Server Reporting deployment planning  
Change data code pages Server Working with Rational ClearQuest data code pages  
Test client upgrade success, announce server availability, provide new Web URL for Rational ClearQuest Web, and provide users with the location to upgrade their clients from and to update their connections Client

Server

Propagating connection information to clients  

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