Accessing the configuration management archive from Rational Rhapsody

IBM® Rational® Rhapsody® works with any configuration management archive in Microsoft Common Source Code Control (SCC) mode (Microsoft Windows only) or other tools in batch mode.

About this task

To manage source files, you might use any of the following configuration management tools to manage your source files:

Note: For Linux users, you can use batch mode configuration management, and IBM Rational ClearCase. Rational ClearCase is supported in Linux.

For more information about SCC mode and batch mode, see Source Code Control (SCC) mode and batch mode defined.

Procedure

To access your source-controlled files:

  1. Be certain that your source control archive is accessible from the machine that you are using for this comparison.
  2. Start Rational Rhapsody and open a project.
  3. Open the Configuration Items window. Choose File > Configuration Items.
    The look of the window and the available operations depend on the type of configuration management tool you are using and whether you are running in batch or SCC mode. See Configuration management operations for the list of configuration management operations supported in either mode. The buttons in the Configuration Items window apply commands directly to the configuration management tool. The response of the specific tool is displayed in the Output window or, in the case of SCC tools, in message boxes specially designed for this purpose. Note also that the Version number of the controlled files does not display in this window.

Results

Note: It is important to observe messages from the configuration management tool because the commands can sometimes fail. See Viewing messages in the Output window.

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