A user database can be moved to a new physical location or to a
different database management system using tools provided by the database
vendor.
Before
moving a user database, complete these preliminary tasks:
- Create an empty database in the new location using your vendor
tool. You can create Microsoft Access databases with the Designer. To create
other supported databases, you must use the database vendor tools. For more
information about configuring vendor databases, see the IBM Rational ClearQuest and ClearQuest
MultiSite Installation and Upgrade Guide.
- Instruct all users to log off from the databases. New users cannot
access the databases while you are moving the user database, but users who
are currently logged in when the process begins cannot be detected or logged
off. Some supported databases provide a tool for logging users off the database.
Determine whether your database vendor has such a tool.
- Back up all Rational® ClearQuest® databases,
even if you are moving only one user database. Backups prevent data loss due
to unforeseen circumstances, such as network failure, that might occur during
the move.
After you move the database outside of Rational ClearQuest, you only
need to change the database properties.