Renaming a Clearcase View

Posted by: Gangadhar on: March 12, 2009

• In: Clearcase | Unix Commands
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How do one can rename a Clearcase View on Unix/Linux/Solaris? Very simple, use rename command. :-p
Just kiddin, never mind.

Well, renaming a Clearcase View requires the renaming of both the storage and the tag. Here are the basic steps for the same but you are recomended to refer the Product Documentation if it doesn’t work:

1. Stop the view
PROMPT> cleartool endview <view-tag>

2. Remove the view tag to untag the view
PROMPT> cleartool rmtag -view <view-tag>

3. Remove the Clearcase registry entry to unregister the view object
PROMPT> cleartool unregister -view <vie-storage-path-name>.vps

4. Rename the view storage directory
PROMPT> mv <old-view-storage>.vps <new-view-storage>.vps

5. Register the new name fo the view storage
PROMPT> cleartool register -view <new-view-storage-path-name>.vps

6. Create a new tag for the view
PROMPT> cleartool mktag -view -tag <new-view-tag> <new-view-storage-path-name>.vps

As it is on Solaris machine, no need to start the view explicitly. You can directly start working by setting the new view.

Note: These steps are just for rename operation. If you wish to move, not rename, the snapshot view directory which contains special files, you need to take some additional steps.

Tags: clearase, rename