Defining required domain accounts manually

The Rational® ClearCase® Site Preparation wizard attempts to create domain accounts for the Rational ClearCase administrators group and Rational ClearCase server process user if they do not already exist. The account and group names specified during site preparation are presented as the defaults when users run the Rational ClearCase installation program on individual hosts.

If the user running the Rational ClearCase Site Preparation wizard does not have Domain Administrator privileges, the wizard cannot create these accounts. A domain administrator must create them by using the following procedure:

Log on as a domain administrator.
Using the appropriate domain user and group account management tool, create a new global group called clearcase (or another group name the community has chosen). In the Description field, type the following text: Used exclusively by ClearCase server processes and administrators.
Note: In Active Directory, the type of the group must be security (not distribution).
Create a new user, clearcase_albd (or another user name the community has chosen), and put the group name defined in Step 2 in the new user's group list.
1. Select the Password never expires check box.
2. In the Description field, type the following text: Used exclusively by ClearCase servers
3. On each Rational ClearCase host that is configured to support local VOBs and views, the clearcase_albd user must have rights to Log on as a service. In addition, this user (as with any Rational ClearCase user) must have rights to Access this computer from the network or be a member of a group that has these rights. Do not give this user right to Log on locally unless there is a specific need to do so (such as having to change the default ACL on the Rational ClearCase job scheduler).