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Question
How can you move a VOB storage from one Network Attached Storage (NAS) device to another, while continuing to use the same IBM® Rational® ClearCase® VOB server?
Answer
- Unregister and untag the VOBs from their original location:
- Shut down ClearCase completely on the ClearCase servers and clients. Be sure to confirm that there are no ClearCase processes still running:
- Move the VOB storage directories. They can be archived using the tar utility, moved using volume mirroring tools for the NAS device, or any other desired mechanism. The key concern is that all the file and directory permissions are preserved during the move.
- Start the ClearCase server, then register and tag the VOBs in their new location:
- Remove or rename the old storage location so it is no longer accessible through the old path. This will ensure that when ClearCase is restarted on the various machines there will be no way to start writing to the old storage locations, instead errors will be revealed immediately and be obvious.
- Start ClearCase on any remaining servers and then the clients.
- If there are still some machines that are having problems with accessing the new location of the VOBs, reboot those machines.
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