Troubleshooting
Problem
This technote provides information about a behavior change introduced in IBM® Rational® ClearCase® version 7.0.1 which may cause scripts to fail on UNIX® and Linux® platforms when referencing the ClearCase registry files that have been relocated to a different directory.
Cause
This change was made in order to allow for ClearCase to work properly in a High-Availability (HA) environment. The decision was made that all configuration files within the ClearCase server should be located in a central location, and the new location is now /var/adm/rational/clearcase/config.
Diagnosing The Problem
Before the upgrade to 7.0.1:
% cleartool -ver
ClearCase version 7.0.0 (Fri May 05 12:38:05 EDT 2006)
7.0.0.0-RATL-RCC-IFIX02 (Wed Oct 04 11:28:35 EDT 2006)
7.0.0.1-RATL-RCC (Fri Dec 08 12:13:03 EST 2006)
7.0.0.1-RATL-RCC-RWP-IFIX01 (Fri Mar 23 13:02:12 EDT 2007)
7.0.0.1-RATL-RCC-IFIX03 (Mon Jun 18 14:29:40 EDT 2007)
@(#) MVFS version 7.0.0.1-IFIX03 (Fri Apr 13 06:36:57 2007)
cleartool 7.0.0.1-IFIX03 (Fri Apr 27 00:18:56 EDT 2007)
db_server 7.0.0.1-IFIX03 (Fri Apr 27 00:10:46 EDT 2007)
VOB database schema version: 54
% pwd
/var/adm/rational/clearcase/rgy
% ls -al |grep .conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root other 8 Jul 10 10:45 rgy_hosts.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root other 5 May 31 12:04 rgy_region.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root other 7 Sep 12 2006 rgy_svr.conf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root other 202 Sep 12 2006 site_config
% cd ../config
% ls -al
total 80
drwxr-xr-x 2 root other 512 Jun 27 15:32 .
drwxr-xr-x 15 root other 512 Jul 13 17:12 ..
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root other 1019 Sep 12 2006 admin.conf
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root other 3447 Feb 4 2004 albd.conf
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root other 10666 Dec 29 2005 config.pl
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root other 8 Jun 27 15:32 license_host
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root other 2794 Oct 22 2004 ms_albd.conf
-r--r--r-- 1 root other 996 Jun 27 15:32 msweb.conf
-r--r--r-- 1 root other 659 Mar 6 2000 rfm_shipping.conf
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root other 9530 Dec 31 2002 shipping.conf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root other 107 Jun 27 15:32 snapshot.conf
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root other 5116 Oct 22 2005 vob_scrubber_params
After the upgrade:
% cleartool -ver
ClearCase version 7.0.1 (Wed May 30 16:29:44 EDT 2007)
@(#) MVFS version 7.0.1.0 (Wed Apr 11 21:42:52 2007)
cleartool 7.0.1.0 (Tue May 15 10:10:24 EDT 2007)
db_server 7.0.1.0 (Tue May 15 10:08:56 EDT 2007)
VOB database schema version: 54
% pwd
/var/adm/rational/clearcase/config
% ls -al |grep .conf
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 1019 Jul 10 13:20 admin.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3447 Sep 1 2005 albd.conf
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 2794 Sep 1 2005 ms_albd.conf
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 996 Jul 10 17:40 msweb.conf
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 659 Mar 6 2000 rfm_shipping.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8 Jul 10 17:37 rgy_hosts.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Jul 10 17:37 rgy_region.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7 Jul 10 17:37 rgy_svr.conf
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 9530 Dec 31 2002 shipping.conf
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 107 Jul 10 17:37 snapshot.conf
% cd ../rgy
% ls -al
total 34
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 512 Jul 13 04:30 .
drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 512 Jul 17 06:26 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 512 Jul 13 04:30 backup
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 102 Jul 10 16:02 bbase_object
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 102 Jul 10 16:02 bbase_tag
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 102 Jul 10 16:02 ct_servers
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 102 Jul 10 16:02 dct_dbs
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 102 Jul 10 16:02 domains
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 203 Jul 10 16:02 regions
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 102 Jul 10 16:02 site_config
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 102 Jul 10 16:02 storage_path
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 463 Jul 12 10:25 view_object
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 498 Jul 12 10:25 view_tag
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 976 Jul 12 10:33 vob_object
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1116 Jul 12 10:33 vob_tag
-rw------- 1 root root 12 Jul 12 10:30 vob_tag.sec
Resolving The Problem
You will need to modify any scripts that reference the registry file paths to reflect the new path.
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16 June 2018
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