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Last Modified: Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Home > Other Software > Change Management > CVS Suite 2009R2 

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CVS Suite is a modern versioning system that combines the power and stability of CVS with modern easy to use client software and support for Configuration Management best practice.

As the newest major release of the world’s most popular versioning system, CVS Suite 2009R2 continues CVSNT’s blazing pace of innovation with new features and usability enhacements.

What’s Included

Documentation

  • The CVSNT Admin and User guide All About CVS: Design and Build an Effective Configuration Management Solution using CVS Suite
    (requires Adobe Acrobat PDF reader)
  • Reference Guide
    (Requires Microsoft HTML Help reader)

CM Server

  • CM Server 2008 for Windows Server 2003 32 or 64 bit with SQL Server 2005
  • CM Suite 2008 includes CVS Suite 2009R2

CVS Suite Server x32

For: Mac OS X 10.4-10.9 (PowerPC & Intel); Windows x32 or x64 editions of: XP SBS/Pro, Windows Vista Pro, Windows 7 Pro, Windows 8 & 8.1 Pro, Windows 10*, Windows 11*, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012R2, Windows Server 2016*, Windows Server 2019*, Windows Server 2022*; Red Hat Linux ES v4/v5/v6/v7/v8/v9 (32 bit or 64 bit)

  • CVS Suite 2009R2 High Performance Server Service
  • CVS Suite 2009R2 Audit Integration
  • CVS Suite 2009R2 Build Integration
  • CVS Suite 2009R2 Bugzilla 2.18 Integration
  • CVS Suite 2009R2/2016 Command Line Client
  • Unison 2.13.16 Repository Replication Integration (requires replication option)
Note*: If Windows 2003 Server Standard/Enterprise/Datacenter, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012R2, Windows Server 2016* or Windows Server 2019* are used we recommend a Support Level.
Note*: CVS Suite 2009R2 from release 6332 onwards has specific fixes to improve it for Windows Server 2016/2019 - including fixes for TortoiseCVS. CVS Suite 2009R2 from release 8803 onwards has specific fixes to improve it for Windows 11 - including fixes for TortoiseCVS right click menu. Microsoft Windows has a limit of how many shell icon overlays are permitted. and this is lower for each new version of windows including Windows 10 and 11. You should uninstall any unused shell icon overlay extensions such as OneDrive to ensure the Tortoise Overlays work as expected. A very small number of customers may have difficulties running CVS Suite 2009R2 on Windows Server 2016/2019 - if this applies to you contact your technical account manager for early access to CVS Suite 2.8.02.

CVS Suite Server x64

Includes CVS Suite Server x32 (see above).

  • CVS Suite 2009R2 High Performance Server Service for SuSe Enterprise Linux 64 bit
  • CVS Suite 2008 Server for HPUX 11i PA-Risc
  • CVS Suite 2008 Server for HPUX 11i Itanium/Integrity
  • CVS Suite 2008 Server for Solaris 9/10 Sparc
  • CVS Suite 2009R2 Command Line Client for SuSe Enterprise Linux 64 bit
  • CVS Suite 2008 Command Line Client for HPUX 11i PA-Risc, HPUX 11i Itanium/Integrity, Solaris 9/10 Sparc
  • CVS Suite 2009R2 x32 High Performance Server Service, Audit, Build, Bugzilla 2.18 Integrations for Mac OS X 10.4-10.9 (PowerPC & Intel); Windows x32 or x64 editions of: XP SBS/Pro, Windows Vista Pro, Windows 7 Pro, Windows 8 & 8.1 Pro, Windows 10*, Windows 11*, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012R2, Windows Server 2016*, Windows Server 2019*, Windows Server 2022*; Red Hat Linux ES v4/v5/v6/v7/v8/v9 (32 bit or 64 bit)
  • CVS Suite 2009R2 x32 Command Line Client for Mac OS X 10.4-10.9 (PowerPC & Intel); Windows x32 or x64 editions of: XP SBS/Pro, Windows Vista Pro, Windows 7 Pro, Windows 8 & 8.1 Pro, Windows 10*, Windows 11*, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012R2, Windows Server 2016*, Windows Server 2019*, Windows Server 2022*; Red Hat Linux ES v4/v5/v6/v7/v8/v9 (32 bit or 64 bit)

CVS Suite Server MultiSite

  • Multi Site repository replication requires:
    • CVS Suite Server 2009R2 or CVS Suite Server x64, plus
    • Silver Support or higher, plus
    • on site installation and consulting.

CVS Suite Windows Client

For: Windows x32 or x64 editions of: XP SBS/Pro, Windows Vista Pro, Windows 7 Pro, Windows 8 & 8.1 Pro, Windows 10*, Windows 11*, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012R2, Windows Server 2016*, Windows Server 2019*, Windows Server 2022*

  • TortoiseCVS
  • WinCVS
  • WinMerge
  • Release Manager
  • CVS Suite Studio
  • SCCI integration with Visual Studio 6/.NET 2002/2003, 2005/2008/2010/2012/2013. (Express editions of Visual Studio may not support this feature, eg: Visual Studio Express 2012)
  • VSIX integration with Visual Studio 2015/2017.
Note*: If Windows Terminal Services, Citrix, Windows 2003 Standard Server/Enterprise/Datacenter, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012R2, Windows Server 2016* or Windows Server 2019* are used we recommend a Support Level of Silver or higher.
Note*: CVS Suite 2009R2 from release 6332 onwards has specific fixes to improve it for Windows 10 - including fixes for TortoiseCVS. CVS Suite 2009R2 from release 8803 onwards has specific fixes to improve it for Windows 11 - including fixes for TortoiseCVS right click menu. Microsoft Windows has a limit of how many shell icon overlays are permitted. and this is lower for each new version of windows including Windows 10 and 11. You should uninstall any unused shell icon overlay extensions such as OneDrive to ensure the Tortoise Overlays work as expected. A very small number of customers may have difficulties running CVS Suite 2009R2 on Windows 10 or Windows 11 - if this applies to you contact your technical account manager for early access to CVS Suite 2.8.02.

Other Software

  • Mac CVS X for OS X 10.3.7 to 10.6.x (not supported on 10.7 and higher)

Specifications:

Languages:

  • English
  • Windows clients such as WinCVS and TortoiseCVS include some support for other languages

Hardware Requirements for CVSNT/CVS Suite Server

  • PC Processor: Pentium III or higher. (AMD K6 is not supported)
  • Mac OS X Processor: G4 800Mhz or higher, or any Intel processor.
  • Sun Processor: Sparc
  • HP Processor: PA-Risc or Itanium/Integrity
  • Minimum RAM is typically 128Mb over Operating System requirements plus 12MB per simultaneous user. Triple this if using binary deltas. The physical memory should be at least triple the size of the largest file to be committed or checked in.
  • Minimum available Disk Space: 5GB (disk must be local to CVS Suite server). Recommend SCSI with RAID (battery backed write cache) or SAN (iSCSI or Fibre)
  • Additional detail is available in the eBook 'All About CVS' in the section titled 'Designing a solution' under the heading 'Server Architecture'.

Hardware Requirements for Change Manager/CM Server

  • PC Processor: Pentium IV or higher. (Xeon recommended)
  • Minimum RAM is typically 384Mb over Operating System and Database Server requirements plus 12MB per simultaneous user. Triple this if using binary deltas. The physical memory should be at least triple the size of the largest file to be committed or checked in.

Hardware Requirements for CVSNT/CVS Suite Clients

  • PC Processor: Pentium III or higher. (AMD K6 is not supported)
  • Mac OS X Processor: G4 500Mhz or higher, or any Intel processor.
  • Minimum RAM is typically 64Mb over Operating System requirements. Some operations may require additional memory.

Software Requirements for Change Manager/CM Server

  • Operating System:
    • Windows Server 2003 recommended.
    • Support for other operating systems depends on customer demand, contact sales for a quote
  • Database Server:
    • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 recommended.
    • Support for other databases depends on customer demand, contact sales for a quote
  • Software required to read documentation:
    • Adobe Acrobat Version 7.0 or higher

Software Requirements for CVSNT/CVS Suite Server

Note*: CVS Suite 2009R2 from release 6332 onwards has specific fixes to improve it for Windows Server 2016/2019. A very small number of customers may have difficulties running CVS Suite 2009R2 on Windows Server 2016/2019 - if this applies to you contact your technical account manager for early access to CVS Suite 2.8.02.

  • CVS Suite:
    • Windows x32 or x64 editions: Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012R2, 2016*, 2019*, 2022* recommended. Windows XP Pro, Vista Pro/Business, Windows 7 Pro/Ultimate/Enterprise, Windows 8 & 8.1 Pro/Enterprise, Windows 10*, Windows 11*. Windows 2000 Pro/Server (Suite 2008 only), or
    • Mac OS X 10.4.2(tiger)/10.5(leopard)/10.6(snow leopard)/10.7(lion)/10.8(mountain lion)/10.9(mavericks) recommended. 10.4 (tiger) or higher. 10.3.7 or higher with Suite 2008 only
    • Red Hat ES Linux v4 Update 1 or later (including v5/v6/v7/v8/v9)
  • CVS Suite x64:
    • HPUX 11i Version 1 or higher (PA-Risc), or
    • HPUX 11i Version 2 or higher (Itanium/Integrity), or
    • Solaris 9 or Solaris 10 (Sparc), or
    • SuSE Enterprise Linux v9 or later, or
    • Windows x32 or x64 editions: Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012R2, 2016*, 2019*, 2022* recommended. Windows XP Pro, Vista Pro/Business, Windows 7 Pro/Ultimate/Enterprise, Windows 8 & 8.1 Pro/Enterprise, Windows 10*, Windows 11*. (CVS Suite Server x32). Windows 2000 Pro/Server (Suite 2008 only), or
    • Mac OS X Server 10.4(tiger)/10.5(leopard)/10.6(snow leopard)/10.7(lion)/10.8(mountain lion)/10.9(mavericks) recommended (CVS Suite Server x32), or
    • Red Hat ES Linux v4 Update 1 or later including v5/v6/v7/v8/v9 (CVS Suite Server x32)
  • Optional Software required for some plugins (e.g.: Bugzilla and Audit Integration):
    • Perl 5.6.1
    • MySQL Server 4.1
    • Bugzilla/MySQL 2.18, 2.20, 2.22 or 3.0; Mantis/MySQL (version TBA); Jira/MySQL (3.12.2)
  • Software required to read documentation:
    • Adobe Acrobat Version 8.0 or higher
    • Microsoft HTML Help viewer (included with windows)
  • CVSNT Server is incompatible with and must not be installed on a machine with:
    • Windows: Cygwin CVS
    • Unix/Linux: CVS 1.11, 1.12 (if parallel run is required please choose Silver or higher Support)
    • Virus scanner which scans CVSNT temp or repository directories
    • CruiseControl CVS plugin (use the supplied CVSNT Build Integration)
    • Nod32 Anti Virus (in particular the IMON service)
    • Aventail AutoSocks

Software Requirements for CVSNT/CVS Suite Client

Note*: CVS Suite 2009R2 from release 6332 onwards has specific fixes to improve it for Windows 10 - including fixes for TortoiseCVS. CVS Suite 2009R2 from release 8803 onwards has specific fixes to improve it for Windows 11 - including fixes for TortoiseCVS right click menu. Microsoft Windows has a limit of how many shell icon overlays are permitted. and this is lower for each new version of windows including Windows 10 and 11. You should uninstall any unused shell icon overlay extensions such as OneDrive to ensure the Tortoise Overlays work as expected. A very small number of customers may have difficulties running CVS Suite 2009R2 on Windows 10 - if this applies to you contact your technical account manager for early access to CVS Suite 2.8.02.

  • CVS Suite:
    • Windows x32 or x64 editions: Windows 11*, Windows 10*, Windows 8 & 8.1 Pro, Windows 7 Pro/Ultimate/Enterprise, Windows Vista Pro/Enterprise recommended. Windows XP Home and Windows 7 also supported. Windows NT 4 SP6 supported on Suite 2008 only
    • Mac OS X 10.4.2(tiger)/10.5(leopard)/10.6(snow leopard)/10.7(lion)/10.8(mountain lion)/10.9(mavericks)/10.10(yosemite)/10.11(el capitan) recommended. 10.4 (tiger) or higher. 10.3.7 or higher with Suite 2008 only
    • Red Hat ES Linux v4 Update 1 or later (including v5/v6/v7/v8/v9)
  • CVS Suite x64:
    • HPUX 11i Version 1 or higher (PA-Risc) 32 bit or 64 bit, or
    • HPUX 11i Version 2 or higher (Itanium/Integrity) 32 bit or 64 bit, or
    • Solaris 9 or Solaris 10 (Sparc), or
    • SuSE Enterprise Linux v9 or later, or
    • Windows x32 or x64 editions: Windows 11*, Windows 10*, Windows 8 & 8.1 Pro, Windows 7 Pro/Ultimate/Enterprise, Windows Vista Pro/Enterprise recommended. Windows XP Home and Windows 7 also supported. (CVS Suite Server x32). Windows 2000 and NT 4 SP6 supported on Suite 2008 only. or
    • Mac OS X Server 10.4(tiger)/10.5(leopard)/10.6(snow leopard)/10.7(lion)/10.8(mountain lion)/10.9(mavericks)/10.10(yosemite)/10.11(el capitan) recommended (CVS Suite Client x32), or
    • Red Hat ES Linux v4 Update 1 or later including v5/v6/v7/v8/v9 (CVS Suite Client x32)
  • Software required to read documentation:
    • Adobe Acrobat Version 8.0 or higher
    • Microsoft HTML Help viewer (included with windows)
  • CVS Suite/CVSNT Client is incompatible with and must not be installed on a machine with:
    • Windows: Cygwin CVS
    • Unix/Linux: CVS 1.11, 1.12 (if parallel run is required please choose Silver or higher Support)
    • Virus scanner should not scan CVSNT temp directories
    • Nod32 Anti Virus (in particular the IMON service)
    • Aventail AutoSocks

Other Limitations

  • Repositories on network drives, network shares or on a NAS connected by TCP/IP are not supported (repositories may be stored on a SAN, eg: connected by iSCSI or FC).
  • Repository must be stored on a local drive to the server and not be scanned by a virus scanner.
  • Checkout directory must be stored on a local drive to the workstation (if checkouts to network drives are required please choose Silver or higher Support.
  • A server can only host one version of CVS or CVSNT Server (if you require multiple server versions on a single host please choose Silver or higher Support.