The StarTeam Server manages data for all its client applications. It is maintained by an administrator who is familiar with the complexities and details of the its operation. Client applications, such as the Cross-Platform Client, connect to the StarTeam Server to access data. As an administrator who initially installs the StarTeam Server, you may perform some or all of the following actions:
The StarTeam Server creates new projects with only the File type pre-selected as a default for new views. Users can still change the project properties after the project is created, and they can change the item types included for any given new view. However, if the user changes nothing, by default new views will only include files when they are created.
A StarTeam Server can manage any number of projects. Each project has one root view and any number of child views. The root view and every child view has one application folder as a root folder. An application root folder can have any hierarchy of child folders. This is called the folder hierarchy. When an administrator creates a project, that project’s root view and the root view’s root folder are created automatically and given the same name as the project. For example, if the project’s name is Great App, the root view’s name is initially Great App, and the root folder’s name is initially Great App (although the administrator can change these names).
Your first task as an administrator is to install, configure, and register the StarTeam Server, as explained in the StarTeam Installation Guide. Next, you must create an instance (known as a StarTeam Server configuration) on the computer on which the StarTeam Server is installed. A StarTeam Server configuration must be running before you and your team members can access the application.