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Mount or Unmount ClearCase VOBs results in "mount: Device busy" error

Troubleshooting


Problem

Attempts to mount or umount an IBM Rational ClearCase VOB on UNIX or Linux results in the error message "Device busy".

Symptom

Mount Example:

$ /usr/atria/bin/cleartool mount /vobs/myvob
Mounting MVFS filesystem /vobs/myvob
mount: Device busy


Unmount Example:

$ /usr/atria/bin/cleartool umount /vobs/myvob
Unmounting MVFS filesystem /vobs/myvob
mount: Device busy


Note: Running the above commands as root also results in the same error.

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

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