starteam & vss

StarTeamAn introduction to SoftwareConfiguration Management With StarTeam

Prepared By : C.Venkata SrikanthDate : 07/06/06

Software Configuration Management Configuration mangement -A “Configuration” is a set of revisions or parts -Configurations are used in manufacturing disciplines where it is essential to

know what revisions or parts of comprise a product release Software Configuration mangement (SCM) -SCM means configuration of management of software parts by tracking

versions of software modules and creating product releases from those versions.

Key actions that compromise SCM - Tracking revisions of digital assets - Identifying configurations of a system

-Controlling the release of configurations throughout the software life cycle

- Reporting the status of configurations

Benefits and Requirements of SCM Locking to avoid conflicted Changes Audit history of changes Rollback and recovery Understanding the impact of change among software

modules Traceability of software Changes to their reasons Identification and retrieval of builds and releases

Merging to reconcile conflicted changes parallel development

Version Control

VSS

The B2B project design documents, BPSS, Payload, Interface Spec and other development related documents are kept in the VSS. (For each project structure need to be maintained the similar way.

Version Control

Adding files & Getting Latest Version from VSS

StarTeam overview

StarTeam is Borland's comprehensive configuration & change management tool.

StarTeam provides a complete range of software change and configuration management. A robust platform for coordinating and managing the entire software delivery process, Star Team promotes team communication and collaboration through centralized control of all project assets.

Benefits of Star team

.Locking to avoid conflicted changes -StarTeam supports various locking models

.Audit history of changes -StarTeam maintains complete history of revisions, moves,deletes and all other actions for all configuration items

.Rollback and recovery -StarTeam provides easy access to old revisions and configurations

.Understanding the impact of change among software modules -StarTeam provides linking among all configuration item types to denote relation ships among software modules -StarTeam also provides sharing

Benefits of Star team

. Traceability of software changes to their reason

-Star team provides linking among all configuration items including Requirements,change Requests and tasks

. Identification and retrieval of builds and releases

-StarTeam provides label and promotion states,as well as a powerful feature called “views” which provides the ability to see ,maintain and deploy all software configurations

. Merging to reconcile conflicted changes/variant and parallel development

-StarTeam fully supports branching and merging for individual items and for configurations

StarTeam User Interface

Project

SelectedFolder

View

Status Bar

Active Filter

Working FolderLocation

ContentsPane shows items in the selected folder

Details Pane shows information

aboutthe selected item

SelectedItem

ViewProject Working

FolderLocation

Detailed Pane

ContentPane

. A StarTeam Project is :

- A way to organize your configuration items according to the purpose they serve- The highest grouping level in a StarTeam server

. Projects have their own definable security schemes and structure

. Projects can reuse configuration items from other projects

What is StarTeam Project?

Objectives Star Team Container Hierarchy - Repositories - Projects - Views - Folders - Items

Star Team Container Hierarchy

Repository

Projects

Folders

Files Change Requests

Requirements Tasks Topics

Star Team Container Hierarchy(Detailed)

Root Folder

Child Folder Items(File,CR,Req,Task,Topic)

Items(File,CR,Req,Task,Topic)

Child View

Root Folder

Child Folder Items(File,CR,Req,Task,Topic)

Items(File,CR,Req,Task,Topic)

Repository

Projects

Root View

A StarTeam project is :

- A way to organize your configuration items according to the purpose they serve- The highest grouping level in a StarTeam server

. Projects have their own definable security schemes and structure

. Projects can reuse configuration items from other projects

What is StarTeam project?

What is a StarTeam View? A StarTeam view is a sub container of a StarTeamProject A View can serve one of many different purposes, Such as - To isolate work on a particular release - To provide a snapshot of a release for

non-technical users - To limit access for external development teams to a subset of the project - To create a variant branch - To present items in a customized folder structure for deployment or other purposes

What is a StarTeam Folder? A Star Team folder is the lowest-level

container for configuration items within a project and view.

Folders organize the project(and its views) into understandable ,hierarchical parts.

In Star Team , folders are revisioned just like files and other configuration items

What is a working Folder

A working folder is the location on your workstation where : - Star Team copies file revisions when they are checked out - Files are modified to create new revisions Star Team looks for file revisions when they are checked in - New files are created and added to the Star Team repository

How to Create a working Folder

Working folders can be created in two

ways.

Right Click on the Project and Select

“Create Working Folders” menu.

Select Folder ->”Create Working Folders”

Adding Folders

New folders can be added to StarTeam in

two ways.

Select “New” from the folder context

menu.

Drag and drop the new folder into the

StarTeam Window.(Only for window client )

Check Out and Check In Step #1Check out a file from Star Team Server to working folder and lock it

Working FoldersStar Team Server

Step #3Check in from working folder to Star Team Server to and unlock it. A new revision is created.

Step #2Edit the file in the working folder on local work station

Creating The Task

Activate The Task

Close The Task

Promote The Task

Getting Started with StarTeam

Opening a StarTeam Project

1. Double click the StarTeam icon or select StarTeam Start menu option

2. Select “Project…Open”3. Double-click the server that

shows the project to be opened4. Provide your logon credentials

Choosing a Project and a View

Important : Do not be confused by the fact that the project , its root view,and its root folder may have the same name

5 Double-click the desired project name

6 Double-click the desired view to be opened

Check out the project from promotion state

Check out the project from Promotion State

Modifying Files

First you have to lock the file exclusively and open a file from working folder. Modified that file and check in and unlock that file.

Checking In Files

When you check in,the Star Team Server

creates a new tip revision from your working file

The Check in dialog includes several options.

- Comment for this revision

- Lock Status(typically unlock when checking in)

- Force check –in to by pass

“Out of Date” ,”Merge”,

or “Unknown” statuses.

Be very careful when forcing Check-in

- Link and Pin Process items to associate new

file revisions with their reasons.

Understanding File StatusThe file status shows the relationship between your working file and the tip revision in the repository

The status of your files determine which operations you will be able to perform on that file

“Current” - The tip revision of this file is in the working folder. “Out of Date” - The working file is a copy of an old version of the file.If

you need the tip revision , you should check it out .

File Status Definitions

“Missing” - The file is part of the Star Team project view,but it is not . in your working folder. To place the file into a working . . folder on your hard drive,you must check this file out “Not in View” - The file is in the working folder but not in the Star team . project view.You might want to add this file to the view

. if you are no longer using this file,you might want to delete it from the working folder.

File Status Definitions

File Status Definitions “Modified” - The working file has been altered and is based on the tip revision of this file. You might want to check this file in so that the tip revision is placed in Star Team. “Merge” - The working file has been altered but it is not based on the tip revision(most recent revision) of this file.this usually happens when both you and some one else work on a file at the same time,but the other person checks the file in before you do.When you check this file in. If it is a text file,Visual Merge can reconcile the differences between your working file and the tip revision - Merge=“Out of Date “ + “Modified” “Unknown” - The file in the working folder has the same name as a file in the view but the file was not checked out from the repository.You might have copied it from another location.Use Update Status to determine the correct Status.

Item History Tab

List of revisions for a selected item

Revisions are listed from the most recent to the oldest

Item History Tab

A “right click” pop – up menu allows you to review the revisions properties

to compare revisions,to change the comment associated with that revision

and to see its reference

Understanding Merge Merge Operations are Required when two users simultaneously update the same file .There

are two general cases

- Strategic Merge

- Using the VCM tool or a similar procedure to merge numerous files,

typically across views and typically as part of an intentional concurrent development effort.

- Tactical Merge

- Two users collide unexpectedly while working independently on the same file.(Diligent use of exclusive lock prevents this scenario )

View Label

Promotion State

Change Request Management

Change Request:

A Change Request (CR) is a metadata item in StarTeam. It is revision-controlled, and has the same basic item behaviors as files do, such as branching sharing ,security, and so forth

A Change Request (CR) is a request to change something within the scope of a project

(i) Change Request items have the same properties as other configuration items.

(ii) Change Request items can be linked to other configuration items in order to

define dependencies.


Change Request Tab:

The Change Request tab provides item functionality for change request items

–Supports a CR-driven development and/or maintenance process

–Organizes change requests in columnar list..

–Options are very similar to other configuration items.


Change Request Tab:


Creating New Change Requests:

New Requirements can be created directly from within the StarTeam interface

•Select the “New” option from the menu or toolbar•If desired, a custom form can be defined for change request items


Creating New Change Requests:


Change Request as the active process Item:

Change Requests can be selected as the “Active Process Item”

•Indicated at the bottom of the StarTeam window•Displays the appropriate change request ID number

The active process item becomes the default link for all subsequent “check in” operations can be manually overridden.


Change Request as the active process Item:


Resolving and Closing Change Request:

Open the Change Request Properties dialog and change the status to one of the resolved statuses

•Fixed•Documented•Cannot Reproduce•Duplicate•AS Designed


Resolving and Closing Change Request:

Improving StarTeam Performance

Ensure all users are using Cross- Platform Client only.This can be done by clicking on Help About


Ensure that the info there is same as below


Download patch for the client from “//172.24.181.41/StarTeam Client” and apply the patch following the steps given below

Then run the file StarTeamCPpatch14.exe and choose Next


Accept the terms of the license and choose Next:


Choose Typical and then click on Next:


Accept the default installation folder and choose next:


Accept the default shortcut folder and choose next:


Ensure Starteam is not currently running and choose install:


Other wise you’ll get the message:

“Starteam is already running”. Ensure all users have compress transferred data enabled as this can reduce network traffic by up to 80% - Choose Project Open --> Server Properties:


Ensure that you have checked the Compress transferred data check-box

Now select Tools Personal Options


In the Workspace tab, check the Automatic refresh with maximum delay of check-box


In the StarTeamMPX tab, see that the values entered are as above.


In file tab, check Optimize for slow connections check-box

To see the background progress of StarTeam, you can run the StarTeam client using following command at your command prompt

C:\Program Files\Borland\StarTeam Cross-Platform Client 2005 R2>stjava.exe StarTeamCP.stjava -- -netmon

The MPX message broker is configured only for eCommerce project. People entering in any other project might not see any significant improvement in the performance

Thank You

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