Moving a view

Because views are easy to remove and re-create, you do not often have to move them. When you do, special procedures must be followed.

The following topics present procedures for moving a view to another location on the same host or to another host. You do not need to back up the view before moving it because these procedures do not destroy the old view storage directory until the move is complete and the view is accessible in its new location.

Determining whether a dynamic view on Linux or the UNIX system has remote private storage
Dynamic views on hosts running Linux® or the UNIX® system may have remote pools, which require special handling when moving the view.
Special procedures for moving snapshot views on Windows
When you move a snapshot view on Windows®, you must preserve both the ACLs of the view storage directory and the modification times of loaded elements in the snapshot view directory.
Moving a view to a host with the same architecture or to a NAS device
Moving a view to a host with a different architecture
Moving a view to a host with a different architecture requires all the steps needed to move a view to another host of the same architecture, and additional steps to convert the view database files to the binary format supported by the new host.
Replacing a view server host for a NAS device
When you locate view storage on a NAS device, you can easily designate a different Rational ClearCase host of the same architecture to run the view_server process that manages access to the view without actually moving the view storage.

Parent topic: Views and view administration