Unable to update the snapshot view in clearcase on linux

Question

Hi

I am trying to create a new snapshot view on my machine and i am using the following procedure:

creating the view using

ct mkview -snapshot -tag testview -vws /home/store/testview.vws /home/view/testview

here the view gets created but fails to register which i register using the ct update on this /home/view/testview location

tried to change the configspec using

ct edcs &

but got error "cleartool: Error: Cannot get view info for current view: not a ClearCase object."

explicitly modifying the config_spec using vi editor, and the updating the view ends up creating a log...but no files are copied :(

Can someone please direct me as to where i am going wrong?

Answer 1

What is your error message on the snapshot view creation?

Something like:

cleartool: Warning: Unable to register new snapshot view: not a ClearCase object
snapshot view may not be recognized by some commands.
Created snapshot view directory "yourServer".
Server view_server (pid=2842) on "/home/store/testview.vws" died on startup; marking it as "down".

?

Any "Unable to register new snapshot view" message will mean that you are ot able to edit your config spec (so ct edcs will fail)

Try to specificy all the argument for your storage path:

ct mkview -snapshot -tag testview \
  -vws /home/store/testview.vws \
  -host yourServerName \
  -hpath /home/store/testview.vws \
  -gpath /home/store/testview.vws \
  /home/view/testview

(is your view server on the same server than your view?)