Creating a synchronization process account

Before you can create a ClearCase® Synchronized Stream, you must create a Jazz™ user account that provides credentials with which the synchronization process can access your repository and team area.

About this task

License note: To perform the task described here, a team typically creates a special user who is assigned the ClearCase Connector Client Access License.

The synchronization process account provides Jazz repository credentials used by the synchronization process. This account requires a special class of client access license, and should never be used by a team member to connect to the repository. A Jazz repository administrator must create this account.

Procedure

  1. Follow the procedures in Adding and modifying users to create a user account. The account name can be set to any string you like (for example, "ClearCase Synchronization Process Owner"). The preferred User ID for this account is ccsync. The New ClearCase Synchronized Stream wizard pre-selects this user ID but allows you to specify a different user ID if necessary. If you are using a secure repository, the Jazz Team Server assigns the account a default password that is the same as the account's user ID. You can change this password if you want. You must supply the password whenever you create a new ClearCase Synchronized Stream.
  2. Grant ccsync JazzUser repository permissions.
  3. Assign ccsync a ClearCase Connector Client Access License. For more information, see Rational Team Concert 2.0.0.2 editions and licenses.
  4. Before using the Connector for the first time, verify that ccsync has all of the necessary permissions. To do this, log into the synchronization host as ccsync and complete the following ClearCase operations:
    1. Create a new dynamic view
    2. See all the desired VOB's in that view
    3. Do a checkout/checkin to create a new version in that view
    4. For a UCM user:
      • Create a baseline in the stream for that view
      • Lock/unlock the stream
    5. For a non-UCM user
      • Create and apply a label
      • Lock/unlock the branch for the view

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