Basic ClearCase FAQs

Questions • 1.1 UNIX-ish and admin questions o 1.1.1 How to remove (specify) a file with a name beginning in "-"? o 1.1.2 setview in scripts doesn't work o 1.1.3 Get "Event not found." error when running the cleartool find command. (Frederick Sena ) o 1.1.4 When I try to unmount a vob, I get a "Device busy" error and the vob does not unmount. (Frederick Sena ) o 1.1.5 In which order should I upgrade my servers and clients? o 1.1.6 When shutting down Clearcase, I get "device busy"... o 1.1.7 How can I support more users with my limited set of licenses? • 1.2 Elements o 1.2.1 How to undo a mkelem if rmelem is disabled? o 1.2.2 How to undo an rmname? o 1.2.3 I do a findmerge or a checkout and see: "Not a VOB object", but I know that the file is a VOB object. o 1.2.4 How can I locate Hard Links? o 1.2.5 RCS Keyword expansion? o 1.2.6 How to perform mass checkouts? o 1.2.7 How to perform mass checkins? o 1.2.8 what is an evil twin? o 1.2.9 How can I see who changed what parts of a file and when? o 1.2.10 Uncheckout leaves a zero version on branch; is this bad? o 1.2.11 I can see a file on one branch, but I can't see it on another branch for the same directory. How can I get the file to appear on the other branch? (Frederick Sena ) o 1.2.12 When I do cleartool ls, it says "[eclipsed]". What does "eclipsed" mean? (Frederick Sena ) o 1.2.13 How to check in a file that hasn't change (or is empty) (Bygland, Brian ) o 1.2.14 How to see a file that your view / config spec can't see (Bygland, Brian ) o 1.2.15 What's the difference between %u and %[owner]p ? • 1.3 Queries o 1.3.1 How to see what changed between two labels? o 1.3.1a How to see what changed between two timestamps? o 1.3.2 how to determine the vob of an element? o 1.3.3 findmerge takes forever on a single element o 1.3.4 findmerge takes forever over a vob • 1.4 Views & Config Specs o 1.4.1 Why do people put /main/0 at the end of a config spec? o 1.4.2 I see checkouts to a view that no longer exists; how do I get rid of them? o 1.4.3 How do I rename a view? o 1.4.4 How can I keep people from changing their config specs? (Evelyn Leeper ) o 1.4.5 How can I keep people from creating views? (Evelyn Leeper ) o 1.4.6 The message says: see view_log on server server-name. Where are the logfiles stored? (Frederick Sena ) o 1.4.7 How to I cleanup view private files from my view? (Frederick Sena ) o 1.4.8 How do I recover stranded view private files? o 1.4.9 How to I remove a view owned by some else, e.g: someone who left the company? (Frederick Sena ) o 1.4.10 Why do I get "Checked-out version is not selected by view." when I try to check out a file? (Frederick Sena ) o 1.4.11 Why do I get "permission denied" when I try to checkout a file in someone else's view? (Frederick Sena ) o 1.4.12 How to list all of the files in my view that have never been checked-in to the VOB (Bygland, Brian ) o 1.4.13 Why deal with the "linked storage area"? • 1.5 Vobs o 1.5.1 what is the recommended vob size? o 1.5.2 How (and why) do I split vobs? o 1.5.3 Why do I have to lock vobs prior to backing them up? o 1.5.4 Why deal with storage pools? o 1.5.5 I see a hyperlink described as "? -> ?". How do I get rid of it? o 1.5.6 How do I rename a vob? o 1.5.7 What are adminvobs? (Sakib Bhola ) o 1.5.8 What is in lost+found? () o 1.5.9 The VOB is Empty! Where did it go? How to Mount a VOB • 1.6 Clearmake, DO's and Winkins o 1.6.1 How to list all of the Derived Objects stored within a ClearCase VOB in the current view? Bygland, Brian o 1.6.2 How to remove derived objects? Bygland, Brian • 1.7 Process, Policies etc o 1.7.1 Commonly used triggers? o 1.7.2 How can I visualize the branching policy used at a site? o 1.7.3 Commonly used branching policies o 1.1.7 How can I support more users with my limited set of licenses? • 1.2 Elements o 1.2.1 How to undo a mkelem if rmelem is disabled? o 1.2.2 How to undo an rmname? o 1.2.3 I do a findmerge or a checkout and see: "Not a VOB object", but I know that the file is a VOB object. o 1.2.4 How can I locate Hard Links? o 1.2.5 RCS Keyword expansion? o 1.2.6 How to perform mass checkouts? o 1.2.7 How to perform mass checkins? o 1.2.8 what is an evil twin? o 1.2.9 How can I see who changed what parts of a file and when? o 1.2.10 Uncheckout leaves a zero version on branch; is this bad? o 1.2.11 I can see a file on one branch, but I can't see it on another branch for the same directory. How can I get the file to appear on the other branch? (Frederick Sena ) o 1.2.12 When I do cleartool ls, it says "[eclipsed]". What does "eclipsed" mean? (Frederick Sena ) o 1.2.13 How to check in a file that hasn't change (or is empty) (Bygland, Brian ) o 1.2.14 How to see a file that your view / config spec can't see (Bygland, Brian ) o 1.2.15 What's the difference between %u and %[owner]p ? • 1.3 Queries o 1.3.1 How to see what changed between two labels? o 1.3.1a How to see what changed between two timestamps? o 1.3.2 how to determine the vob of an element? o 1.3.3 findmerge takes forever on a single element o 1.3.4 findmerge takes forever over a vob • 1.4 Views & Config Specs o 1.4.1 Why do people put /main/0 at the end of a config spec? o 1.4.2 I see checkouts to a view that no longer exists; how do I get rid of them? o 1.4.3 How do I rename a view? o 1.4.4 How can I keep people from changing their config specs? (Evelyn Leeper ) o 1.4.5 How can I keep people from creating views? (Evelyn Leeper ) o 1.4.6 The message says: see view_log on server server-name. Where are the logfiles stored? (Frederick Sena ) o 1.4.7 How to I cleanup view private files from my view? (Frederick Sena ) o 1.4.8 How do I recover stranded view private files? o 1.4.9 How to I remove a view owned by some else, e.g: someone who left the company? (Frederick Sena ) o 1.4.10 Why do I get "Checked-out version is not selected by view." when I try to check out a file? (Frederick Sena ) o 1.4.11 Why do I get "permission denied" when I try to checkout a file in someone else's view? (Frederick Sena ) o 1.4.12 How to list all of the files in my view that have never been checked-in to the VOB (Bygland, Brian ) o 1.4.13 Why deal with the "linked storage area"? • 1.5 Vobs o 1.5.1 what is the recommended vob size? o 1.5.2 How (and why) do I split vobs? o 1.5.3 Why do I have to lock vobs prior to backing them up? o 1.5.4 Why deal with storage pools? o 1.5.5 I see a hyperlink described as "? -> ?". How do I get rid of it? o 1.5.6 How do I rename a vob? o 1.5.7 What are adminvobs? (Sakib Bhola ) o 1.5.8 What is in lost+found? () o 1.5.9 The VOB is Empty! Where did it go? How to Mount a VOB • 1.6 Clearmake, DO's and Winkins o 1.6.1 How to list all of the Derived Objects stored within a ClearCase VOB in the current view? Bygland, Brian o 1.6.2 How to remove derived objects? Bygland, Brian • 1.7 Process, Policies etc o 1.7.1 Commonly used triggers? o 1.7.2 How can I visualize the branching policy used at a site? o 1.7.3 Commonly used branching policies