Preventive Service Planning
Abstract
Effective with release of IBM Rational ClearCase and IBM Rational ClearQuest 8.0.1, the aforementioned products will no longer support certain operating system versions, product components and integration solutions.
Content
This statement only pertains to the NEXT major version of these products. Platform support in earlier releases is not affected by this statement.
It is the intent of IBM Rational to provide 6 months advance notice on all platform discontinued support for the purpose of platform migration planning.
Support for these items will be discontinued for the aforementioned Rational products to which the technology is applicable (unless otherwise stated).
Refer to the system requirements documents published for each of these products for further support details:
Rational ClearCase System Requirements
Rational ClearQuest System Requirements
Rational ClearCase and Rational ClearQuest platform support aims to align as closely as possible with vendor support dates. That support may vary from this strategy due to critical customer needs for building and deploying their own applications, limited adoption within the marketplace, or for other reasons.
Regarding client user interfaces:
- Rational ClearQuest is focused on providing first-class support for the browser based ClearQuest Web user interface, and a rich client for ClearQuest Designer.
- Rational ClearCase is focused on providing a unified GUI interface through ClearTeam Explorer, and command line interfaces through cleartool and rcleartool.
Older interfaces may not be enhanced to support new product features, and may over time be deprecated and removed from support. It is our intent that such deprecation will only occur in a major release, and with at least 6 months advance notice, and in some cases only when newer interfaces achieve sufficient parity with older interfaces to justify the deprecation.
When an issue is caused by a version of an operating system, filer, IDE or other technology that is no longer supported by the vendor on the date of release of any major version of ClearCase or ClearQuest, IBM Rational may ask customers to upgrade the version of the operating system, filer, IDE or other technology to resolve the issue.
Operating System discontinuance for ClearCase:
Operating System discontinuance for ClearQuest:
| Product | Version | Comments |
| Microsoft Windows | Server 2003 | All editions |
| Server 2003 R2 | All editions | |
| XP | All editions | |
| Vista | All editions | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) | All versions | |
| AIX (Power) | 5.3 | |
| Oracle Solaris | 9 | |
| Solaris 9 Branded Zones on Solaris 10 |
Virtualization discontinuance:
| Product | Version | Comments |
| VMWare ESX | 3.x | All editions |
Application Server discontinuance:
| Product | Version | Comments |
| IBM HTTP Server (IHS)
and IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) | 7.0 | All editions |
Database discontinuance:
| Product | Version | Comments |
| DB2 | 9.5 | All editions |
| Oracle | 10g | All editions |
| SQL Server | 2005, 2008 | SQL Server 2008 R2 support will continue |
Browser discontinuance:
| Product | Version | Comments |
| Internet Explorer | 7 | Client platform only |
| Mozilla Firefox | 9 and older | Client platform only
Versions of Firefox that are current (mainstream and ESR) at the time this new version of ClearQuest is released will be supported. |
Integrations discontinuance:
| Product | Version | Comments |
| Rational Change and ClearCase Integration | All versions | |
| Borland JBuilder | 9 | All editions |
| Sybase PowerBuilder | 11 and older | All editions |
| Microsoft Project Tracker integration with ClearQuest | ||
| Microsoft Visual Studio Integration with ClearCase | Visual Studio 2008 SP1 |
Interoperability discontinuance (applies to ClearCase only):
| Product | Version | Comments |
| Samba | 3.0 -3.2 | |
| Hummingbird NFS Maestro and Solo | 2006, 2007 and 2008 | |
| Engenio TotalNET Advanced Server (TAS) | All versions |
Product Components discontinued from support:
| Product | Comments |
| ClearCase MultiSite Global Monitor | Removed from 8.0.0.10 and 8.0.1 |
| ClearCase z/OS Extension TSO Client build function | |
| ClearQuest original designer | |
| ClearQuest for Windows Client | |
| ClearQuest ActiveX controls | |
| ClearQuest Email 1.x Package including support for MAPI | |
| ClearQuest: Perl switch.pm module used with CQperl and ratlperl | Refer to technote 1621637 for further details. |
Note: "Discontinued from support" means that no new operating system releases, product improvements, or requests for enhancements (RFEs) will be supported for these platforms in this version. In addition, no new software patches will be available for these platforms in this version. However, IBM Rational will make reasonable efforts to offer continued Customer Support services for usage calls and existing software patches.
IBM Software Support Lifecycle:
It is the intent of IBM Rational to support each product release for five years beginning at the date the product is available for purchase (general availability date) and to provide maintenance support during that period.
All statements regarding IBM Rational’s software support lifecycle are subject to change or withdrawal without notice.
For additional information, visit the IBM Software Support Lifecycle page at http://www-306.ibm.com/software/info/supportlifecycle/.
Product plans or features referenced in this document may change at any time at IBM’s sole discretion based on market opportunities or other factors, and are not intended to be a commitment to future product or feature availability in any way. All statements regarding IBM future direction or intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only. All information is provided on an “as is” basis, without any warranty of any kind.
Change History
| Change History | |
| June 26, 2013 | changed the wording as from future patch due to release of CC/CQ 8.0.0.7 |
| January 29, 2013 | Added: Microsoft Visual Studio Integration with ClearCase |
| January 4, 2013 | Added: Perl switch.pm module used with CQperl and ratlperl |
| December 17, 2012 | Added: Microsoft Project Tracker integration with ClearQuest |
| December 14, 2012 | Added: ClearCase z/OS Extension TSO Client build function |
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