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 worlds most popular versioning system, CVS Suite 2.5.03 continues CVSNTs blazing pace of innovation with new features and usability enhacements.
Whats 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)
CVSNT Server
- CVSNT 2.5.03 Server for Mac OS X, Windows 2000/XP SBS/Pro, Red Hat Linux ES v4 (32 bit)
- CVSNT 2.5.03 Server Audit Integration for Mac OS X, Windows 2000/XP SBS/Pro, Red Hat Linux ES v4 (32 bit)
- CVSNT 2.5.03 Server Build Integration for Mac OS X, Windows 2000/XP SBS/Pro, Red Hat Linux ES v4 (32 bit)
- CVSNT 2.5.03 Server Bugzilla 2.18 Integration for Mac OS X, Windows 2000/XP SBS/Pro, Red Hat Linux ES v4 (32 bit)
- CVSNT 2.5.03 Command Line Client for Mac OS X, Windows 2000/XP SBS/Pro/Home, Red Hat Linux ES/WS v4 (32 bit)
- Unison 2.13.16 Repository Replication Integration for Mac OS X, Windows 2000/XP SBS/Pro, Red Hat Linux ES v4 (32 bit)
- If CVSNT for Linux 64 bit, HPUX 11i, Solaris 9 and Windows 2003 Server Standard/Enterprise/Datacenter are required please choose Professional Support.
- If Multi Site repository replication is required then please choose Multi Site Level 4 or 5 Professional Support.
CVS Combined Client Installer
- Tortoise CVS for Windows 2000/XP Home/Pro
- WinCVS CVS for Windows 2000/XP Home/Pro
- WinMerge for Windows 2000/XP Home/Pro
- Release Manager 2.5.03 for Windows 2000/XP Home/Pro/SBS
- Workspace Manager 2.5.03 for Windows 2000/XP Home/Pro
- CVSNT SCCI 2.5.03 Visual Studio .NET 2005 running on Windows 2000/XP Home/Pro
- If CVSNT for Windows 2003 Terminal Services Standard Server/Enterprise/Datacenter are required please choose Professional Support.
Other Software
- Mac CVS X for OS X 10.3.8 and higher.
Specifications:
Languages:
- English
Hardware Requirements for CVSNT Server
- PC Processor: Pentium III or higher. (AMD K6 is not supported)
- Mac OS X Processor: G4 800Mhz or higher.
- 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 CVSNT server). Recommend SCSI with RAID (battery backed write cache) or SAN (iSCSI or Fibre)
Hardware Requirements for CVSNT Clients
- PC Processor: Pentium III or higher. (AMD K6 is not supported)
- Mac OS X Processor: G4 500Mhz or higher.
- Minimum RAM is typically 64Mb over Operating System requirements. Some operations may require additional memory.
Software Requirements for CVSNT Server
- Operating System:
- Windows Server 2000 or 2003 recommended. Windows NT 4 SP6, 2000 Pro or Windows XP Pro, or
- Mac OS X 10.3.9/10.4.2 recommended. 10.3.7 or higher, or
- Red Hat ES Linux v4 Update 1
- Optional Software required for some plugins (e.g.: Bugzilla and Audit Integration):
- Perl 5.6.1
- MySQL Server 4.1
- Software required to read documentation:
- Adobe Acrobat Version 5.0 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 Professional 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 Combined Client Installer
- Windows 2000 Pro or Windows XP Pro recommended. Windows NT 4 SP6, Windows XP Home.
- Software required to read documentation:
- Adobe Acrobat Version 5.0 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 Professional 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 SAN connected by TCP/IP are not supported.
- 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 Professional 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 Professional Support.










