IBM DevOps Code ClearCase vs. Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform vs. TrueSight Orchestration

IBM Rational ClearCase might be better suited for a smaller / simpler code base. Larger code bases really slow it down... but then again there are better alternatives out there for source control

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Anything Infrastructure is the best case scenario for Ansible use cases. The agentless feature of Ansible is one of its best selling points as it allows core Ansible to be supported on nearly any platform via any interface. AAP is a great solution for company's doing adhoc automation. It essentially brings the wild-west into the modern age by providing enterprise-grade capabilities such as API, scheduling, secure vault, centralized logging, RBAC, inventories, and more!

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Well Suited if running other BMC products Need well trained Level 2 & Level 3 Administration for day to day tasks

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• Rational ClearCase is excellent for handling versioning and branching. No other tool I've used has the depth that ClearCase has when it comes to handling complex branching scenarios and identifying where certain versions of particular files are within a particular configuration.
• Rational ClearCase handles parallel development of many dependent applications really well.
• The use of ClearCase Views to switch between projects and configurations is extremely convenient as opposed to the local workstation model of the competitors.

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• Easy to read sets of instructions to do various things in and out of a pipeline.
• Templating
• Cloud and on prem provisioning.
• Scalability and reusability.
• We use it for everything from provisioning hardware for deploying software to it to running pipelines and building containers, etc. It's readable, easy to scale, and great for creating re-usable templates, scripts, or instructions.

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• Ease of Integration with other BMC products like BMC BSA , BNA ,Remedy & ITSM
• Technical Support is good
• Good documentation & Community Support
• Integration with third party apps is good

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• Extremely buggy.
• Sometimes the repository gets locked for no reason.
• Slow.

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• Ansible is still not truly declarative like Terraform.
• Simple automation is fine, but creating complex, scalable automation scripts is very difficult to learn.
• For a higher number of nodes, Ansible consumes a lot of resources. It needs the paid version of AAP, which requires a cost.

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• Complex initial setup
• Integration with Cloud is missing
• UI is old & traditional & not user friendly

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We are extremely happy with the use of AAP. It's better than expected, There is almost no limit when thinking of automation. The only problem is that the day to day is consuming a big part of our time. Patching and checking vulnerabilities are virtually killing us. But we can only improve with AAP.

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Overall, the product is excellent, with daily-use features for both large and small infrastructure. Ansible does its job quickly and ensures compliance, keeping the environment up to date and safe from open vulnerabilities. Large-scale inventory management and license management. Industry standard followed by best practices to maintain continuity. Budget-friendly compared to other products.

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Great in almost every way compared to any other configuration management software. The only thing I wish for is python3 support. Other than that, YAML is much improved compared to the Ruby of Chef. The agentless nature is incredibly convenient for managing systems quickly, and if a member of your term has no terminal experience whatsoever they can still use the UI.

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There is a lot of good documentation that Ansible and Red Hat provide which should help get someone started with making Ansible useful. But once you get to more complicated scenarios, you will benefit from learning from others. I have not used Red Hat support for work with Ansible, but many of the online resources are helpful.

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I spoke on this topic today!

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If development is centrallized to one location and your company releases hundreds of customized versions of your software per year, then ClearCase is the best tool for managing the complexity of multiple versions of customized software. If your company has globally distributed development, then I'd recommend Team Foundation Server over ClearCase. If your organization uses Agile Methodologies, then I'd recommend TFS with GIT.

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AAP compares favorably with Terraform and Power Automate. I don't have much experience with Terraform, but I find AAP and Ansible easier to use as well as having more capabilities. Power Platform is also an excellent automation tool that is user friendly but I feel that Ansible has more compatibility with a variety of technologies.

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We choose Atrium Orchestrator since we are using other BMC products in our environment & integration to those products is simple

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• Managed code versioning for many years.
• Only one person can edit code at a time - slows processing down.
• IBM is an expensive product to support.

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• First, it keeps our entire server infrastructure aligned with our standards and reduces the time and effort needed to maintain our systems.
• Automate routine IT tasks to save time, reduce errors, and ensure every server is configured and updated consistently.
• Tasks that used to take our teams weeks to complete manually now run automatically and reliably, with full visibility, making our infrastructure management more effective and our compliance tracking much easier.

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• Able to automate 50% of manual operations work

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