Cross-platform file-system access

Dynamic views must use a network file system to access artifacts such as constructed versions and derived objects in VOB storage directories or files in remote view storage. When the view and VOB are on the same platform, its native network file system is used. When they are on different platforms, cross-platform file-system access is required.

If you need cross-platform file-system access, you must install and configure vendor software to provide it. For more information, see Configuring cross-platform file-system access. If a Rational® ClearCase® client uses only snapshot or Web views, no vendor software cross-platform file-access solution is needed to access VOB data.

Cross-platform file-system access is supported only to allow dynamic views on Windows® computers to access files in VOBs and views on Linux® or the UNIX® system. IBM does not support any cross-platform file-system access product that enables dynamic views on computers running Linux or the UNIX system to access files in VOBs and views on Windows.

The Rational ClearCase File Service
The Rational ClearCase File Service (CCFS) is a TCP/IP-based file transfer mechanism.
Network-attached storage and cross-platform file access tools
IBM supports several network-attached storage (NAS) devices that can be configured to host VOB or view storage and provide native file system access to computers running any supported operating system, without the need to install any other software on Rational ClearCase client or server hosts.

Parent topic: Rational ClearCase network administration in mixed environments