Conventional configuration management tools

Using conventional configuration management tools, you can check files in and out of a central repository. The tool tracks who has locked the file and protects it from being written to by other users.

One concept of content management using a configuration management tool is shown in the following figure. A file is stored in the configuration management tool repository. When you want to edit the file, you check it out and place a lock on the file. You make your modifications on your local machine, then check the file back into the configuration management repository, removing the lock. The configuration management tool maintains copies of both the previous version and the new version, and assigns a unique version number to the new file.

Content management using a configuration management tool

IBM® Rational® Rhapsody® provides an interface to all the following concepts supported by configuration management tools:

For the list of supported configuration management tools, see the IBM Rational Rhapsody Readme file. In addition, you can develop a custom interface between the product and unsupported configuration management tools.


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