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Administering DevOps Code ClearCase®
Learn about performing administrative tasks for a DevOps Code ClearCase® community including managing software licenses, user and group accounts, ClearCase server and client hosts, shared data, and the network that connects them.
Administering the DevOps Code ClearCase® registry
The DevOps Code ClearCase® registry is a central repository of information about shared resources such as VOBs and views.
DevOps Code ClearCase® registry backup and switchover
DevOps Code ClearCase® provides tools that enable you to configure one or more backup registry hosts. A backup registry host can take over when a registry server fails.
Defining a backup registry host
A backup registry host must be configured to back up the registry data of a primary DevOps Code ClearCase® registry host.
Defining a Windows® computer as a backup registry host

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- Administering DevOps Code ClearCase®
  Learn about performing administrative tasks for a DevOps Code ClearCase® community including managing software licenses, user and group accounts, ClearCase server and client hosts, shared data, and the network that connects them.
  - DevOps Code ClearCase® network planning and administration
  - License servers and license administration
    Most DevOps Code ClearCase® applications and commands (cleartool commands, for example, or GUIs such as the ClearTeam Explorer) require a license to run.
  - Reconfiguring ClearCase® to use a different JRE
    When you change the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for DevOps Code ClearCase®, you must reconfigure the product to make it work with the new JRE.
  - Administering the DevOps Code ClearCase® registry
    The DevOps Code ClearCase® registry is a central repository of information about shared resources such as VOBs and views.
    - Registry data
      An understanding of the registry data model is important for many administrative procedures.
    - The registry server host
      The DevOps Code ClearCase® registry is an integral part of most DevOps Code ClearCase operations, so the registry server host must be stable, available, and accessible to all hosts in the network.
    - Guidelines for using multiple DevOps Code ClearCase® registries
      You can configure multiple DevOps Code ClearCase® registries if you need to limit VOB and view access to specific clients.
    - Assigning a DevOps Code ClearCase® host's registry and region
      Use this procedure to assign a DevOps Code ClearCase® host to a new registry server, a new registry region, or both.
    - Managing registry data
      Registry data for most common operations is managed automatically. Other operations can require an administrator to create, remove, or modify registry data.
    - Registry administration guidelines
      Ensuring the integrity of registry data is an essential task for any DevOps Code ClearCase® administrator.
    - DevOps Code ClearCase® registry backup and switchover
      DevOps Code ClearCase® provides tools that enable you to configure one or more backup registry hosts. A backup registry host can take over when a registry server fails.
      - Defining a backup registry host
        A backup registry host must be configured to back up the registry data of a primary DevOps Code ClearCase® registry host.
        Defining a computer running Linux or the UNIX system as a backup registry host
        Defining a Windows® computer as a backup registry host
      - Promoting a backup registry host to primary registry host
        Use the rgy_switchover command to promote the backup registry server, and then reconfigure each registry client to use the new server.
      - Restoring the primary registry host
        Restoring a primary registry host requires many of the same steps as configuring and promoting a backup registry host.
      - Moving the registry to a host not configured for registry backups
        If your primary registry host fails and you do not have a backup registry host, you can restore registry data that you have backed up from the primary registry host (using an ordinary file system backup tool) to another host, and then configure that host as a primary registry host.
  - DevOps Code ClearCase® network administration in mixed environments
    A DevOps Code ClearCase® environment that includes hosts that run Windows and hosts that run the UNIX system or Linux is said to be a mixed environment.
  - Overview of security considerations
    As an administrator, you are responsible for the security of your DevOps Code ClearCase® deployment.
  - VOB and view access control
    DevOps Code ClearCase® supports a rich set of access controls on versioned objects.
  - VOB administration
    Because VOBs are the principal repository for artifacts under DevOps Code ClearCase® control, VOB administration is one of the DevOps Code ClearCase administrator’s most important tasks.
  - VOB datatypes and administrative VOB hierarchies
    There are many types of VOB metadata. Some are unique to a particular VOB, but many must be managed consistently across a group of VOBs that store related artifacts (components of a UCM project, for example). These topics introduce VOB metadata and describe how to use administrative VOB hierarchies to simplify sharing of type objects among related VOBs.
  - Moving VOBs and relocating VOB data
    DevOps Code ClearCase® includes tools for moving data and metadata to another VOB and for moving entire VOBs to another disk or host. You may need to use these tools to reorganize VOB directories, redistribute data storage, or rebalance server loads.
  - Views and view administration
    A view provides a workspace where users access versions of file and directory elements that are under DevOps Code ClearCase® control. Views can also contain view-private file system objects (such as ordinary files and directories) that are not under DevOps Code ClearCase control.
  - Backing up critical DevOps Code ClearCase® data
    Like all databases, VOBs, views, and the DevOps Code ClearCase® registry have special backup and restore requirements.
  - Restoring critical DevOps Code ClearCase® data
    If you have implemented a sound backup strategy for DevOps Code ClearCase® data, it should be easy to restore that data, if necessary.
  - Periodic maintenance
    Periodic attention to storage management and repository integrity is an important administrative function. These topics describe VOB and view storage management tasks, the checkvob utility, and the DevOps Code ClearCase® scheduler, which you can use to automate many periodic maintenance chores.
  - Importing data
    DevOps Code ClearCase® includes several utilities for importing data from other configuration management systems or directly from the file system itself.
  - Troubleshooting
    These topics cover a variety of procedures that administrators might need to follow to find and fix problems.
  - Improving client host performance
  - Improving VOB host performance
  - Configuring cross-platform file-system access
  - DevOps Code ClearCase® and Windows domains
  - Configuring non-ClearCase® access on Linux® or the UNIX system
    You can configure a DevOps Code ClearCase® host running Linux® or the UNIX system to support access to VOBs and dynamic views from computers that do not run DevOps Code ClearCase.
  - Configuring DevOps Code ClearCase® for high availability
  - Estimating VOB size
    If you can estimate the number of elements, versions, and derived objects that a VOB will ultimately contain, you can compute a very rough estimate of the size of a VOB that can accommodate them. VOB storage includes a database and pools. On Windows®, the database and pools must reside on a single disk partition. On Linux® or the UNIX system, the pools can be located on a different partition or host, using symbolic links.
  - Administering the CCRC WAN server
  - About CCRC WAN server parallel view loading
  - Administering and using CMI task-provider integrations
    DevOps Code ClearCase® supports integrations with task providers such as Rational® ClearQuest®, Rational Team Concert (RTC), and Atlassian Jira through the Change Management Interface (CMI).
- Administering platforms for DevOps Code ClearCase®
  Learn how to perform DevOps Code ClearCase® administrative tasks on supported platforms.
- Administering DevOps Code ClearCase® MultiSite
  Learn to configure and manage the DevOps Code ClearCase® MultiSite and Rational® ClearQuest® MultiSite environments to support development activities at different locations.
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Integrating
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Glossary

Defining a Windows® computer as a backup registry host

About this task

Use the following procedure to define a Windows® computer as a registry host.

Log on as a local Administrator.
Stop DevOps Code ClearCase®.
Click Start > Settings > Control Panel and then start the ClearCase® program. Click the Registry page, and then type the name of the current host into the Backup registry host field.
Restart DevOps Code ClearCase®.

Results

The host becomes a backup registry host and begins running rgy_backup to back up the registry data on the primary registry host specified in the Use registry server on host field of the Registry page.