Once you have installed the Rational® Asset
Manager Eclipse client to an existing version of Eclipse, you must
create a connection to a Rational Asset Manager repository.
After you create this connection, you can work in the Asset Management
perspective.
About this task
You can use the Rational Asset Manager Eclipse
client with a Rational Asset Manager server of the same
release version and one release version prior to that. Release versions
include the original release and its fix packs. For example, you can
use a Rational Asset Manager Eclipse client of
version 7.1.1 with a Rational Asset Manager server
of versions 7.1.1, 7.1.0, and 7.1.0.1.
Important: You
must be a registered user before beginning this task. You can register
on the homepage of the Rational Asset manager web client.
Procedure
- From the File menu, click .
- Enter your connection information in the New
Asset Management Repository Connection window:
- Open the Rational Asset Manager web
client, and then click the Help icon and Extensions.
- In the Eclipse Client Plug In section, copy the Repository
Location URL for the repository instance and paste it in the URL field.
- Log in with your Rational Asset Manager user name and
password.
Note: To hide your user name and use the repository
anonymously, check the Anonymous login check
box.
- Optional: You can rename the connection in
the Name field, and specify if you want to save your password and
validate the connection. You can also specify whether the repository
connection is automatically logged in or out when the workspace starts
by checking Automatically log in at startup.
- Click Finish to create the connection.
- Click OK to confirm that the connection
was created successfully. The connection name is displayed
in the Asset Repository view.
What to do next
Repeat these steps for each available Rational Asset Manager
repository. You can then work with multiple connections as needed.
A
multi-host environment is a system with multiple Rational Asset Manager
repositories. Working in a multi-host environment may require you
to create multiple Rational Asset Manager repository connections and
work with more than one connection at a given time, or to select different
connections to perform different tasks. For example, when you search
for assets you can specify more than one connection or select all
repository connections to search. When submitting an asset, the asset
is associated with only one repository and cannot be moved from one
repository to another.
You can log out of repository connections
to disconnect workspace assets from the server, edit disconnected
assets in offline mode, and after you log in again, you can send workspace
changes to the server. From an existing connection, right-click it
and select Logout.