12.1 Locking as an Alternative to VOB Deactivation

In some situations, you may not need to make the VOB inaccessible. For example, to prevent a VOB from being modified, you can lock it using the ClearCase Administration Console, or you can use the following command:

cleartool lock vob:vob-specifier

To lock a VOB, you must be the VOB owner or the privileged user. The pathname you specify as the vob-specifier can be either the VOB storage directory or the VOB-tag.