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cleartool: Error: The MVFS file system is not installed or not loaded

Troubleshooting


Problem

This technote explains why the IBM® Rational® ClearCase Multi-version file system (MVFS) may become unloaded and the error, cleartool: Error: The MVFS file system is not installed or not loaded, is reported when attempting to stop ClearCase.

Symptom


Attempts to stop ClearCase results in the following errors:

[root@user1-rhas4 cache]# /usr/atria/etc/clearcase stop
export_mvfs: Error: Couldn't unset view: not a ClearCase object
Trouble unexporting views(64:1)
Unmounting VOBs...
cleartool: Error: The MVFS file system is not installed or not loaded,
or the 'viewroot' is not mounted or is inaccessible: not a ClearCase object.
Trouble unmounting active VOBs(32:1)
[root@user1-rhas4 cache]# /usr/atria/etc/clearcase start
ClearCase daemons: albd_server
Mounting public VOBs...

[{"Product":{"code":"SSSH27","label":"Rational ClearCase"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"MVFS","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"},{"code":"PF010","label":"HP-UX"},{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"},{"code":"PF027","label":"Solaris"}],"Version":"7.0;7.0.1;7.1;7.1.1;7.1.2","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB77","label":"Automation Platform"}}]

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Modified date:
16 June 2018

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