Rational® ClearQuest® schema repositories and user databases must be physically managed by a database management system.
An empty database container must be created before creating a schema repository or user database. Administrators must create these empty databases with tools provided by the database vendor before using Rational ClearQuest. To configure vendor databases, see the Installing and upgrading section of the help.
Microsoft Access is an exception. With Microsoft Access, empty databases are created at the same time that new schema repositories and user databases are created.