Developing Software, Release 2002.05.00, Windows

A.1 Setting Up a View for Your Hardware Configuration

You can use one of several hardware configurations to work in a snapshot view that is disconnected from the network.

This chapter describes the following recommended configurations:

Creating and using the view on a laptop computer that periodically connects to the network (Figure 36).

Figure 36 View on a Laptop

NOTE: The laptop computer must run a Windows operating system.

Creating and using the view on a removable storage device such as an external hard drive or some other device (such as a Jaz drive) that provides satisfactory read/write performance (Figure 37).

Figure 37 View On a Removable Storage Device

NOTE: The remote computer must run a Windows operating system.

Copying the view from a ClearCase host to a temporary, removable storage device such as a diskette or a tape drive, which usually does not provide satisfactory read/write performance, and then copying the view from the storage device to a computer that is disconnected from the network (Figure 38).

Figure 38 Copy the View

NOTE: The remote computer must run a Windows operating system.

Under the Hood: Location of the View Storage Directory in Disconnected-Use Configurations

In all the configurations recommended for disconnected use, the snapshot view storage directory is in a server storage location. We recommend (and in the case of a removable storage device, we enforce) this configuration because a view's view_server process runs on the host that contains the view storage directory. A view_server is a long-lived process that manages activity for a specific view. If the view storage directory is in the root directory of the snapshot view and you disconnect the view from the network while the process is writing to the storage directory, you can corrupt the data ClearCase uses to maintain your view.