VOB Tag Browser

The VOB Tag Browser lists the VOB tags for all registered VOBs. It supports the following menus:

File
VOB
Locks
Admin

Directory selector

Use the directory selector under the menu icons to list type objects in a different VOB. The directory selector displays the VOB tags of the VOBs mounted on your host. To display type objects in a different VOB, click the arrow next to the directory selector and click a VOB tag.

File menu

The File menu contains the following commands that control the graphical user interface.

Force on this browser: Updates Rational® ClearCase® information on this browser only.
Update browsers: Updates Rational ClearCase information on all browser displays. By default, all browsers are updated after each File Browser command runs, and when you remain inactive for 15 seconds.
New file browser: Starts another File Browser in a new window.
Close window: Closes current browser window.

VOB menu

The VOB menu contains the following commands to perform operations on a specified versioned object base (VOB):

Create: Creates and registers a VOB.
Destroy: Removes a VOB storage directory and all relevant entries from the network VOB registry.
Describe: Lists information on the object that represents the VOB itself, for example, its storage area, creation date, owner, and related views. (This command is available if the VOB is mounted.)
Space: Reports on disk space use for views, VOBs, file-system files or directories.
List Replicas: Lists information about all VOB-replica objects recorded in the VOB database of the currently selected replica. (This command is available if the VOB is mounted.)
List VOBs on host: Lists registry entries for VOBs whose storage directories reside on the workstation that you specify.
List VOBs matching pattern: Lists registry entries for VOBs whose VOB tag entries match the string that you specify in the VOB tag pattern window.

Locks menu

The Locks menu contains commands that let you list lock-related information and place a type object in a state that disables certain operations on the object. Locking or unlocking a global type or one of its local copies locks or unlocks the global type and all local copies.

Generally, locking a pool inhibits commands that create or remove the pool data containers and prevents the pool scrubbing parameters from being modified. Other effects of locking a pool depend on the kind of pool.

Lock: Creates a lock on the selected type objects for all users.
Locking a VOB does not lock the cleartext storage pools.
Lock (except some users): Creates a lock on the selected type objects but allows access by certain users that you specify.
Obsolete: Creates a lock on the selected type objects for all users and makes the type objects obsolete.
Unlock: Removes an existing lock from the selected type objects.
Show lock: Lists the lock-related information for the selected type objects.
Show all locks in VOB: Available if the selected object is a VOB. Lists all locks of all type objects within the selected VOB.

Admin menu

The Admin menu contains the following commands for performing Rational ClearCase administrative functions on a VOB.

Mount: Activates at its VOB tag directory the VOB that you select in the browser list.
Mount all: Activates all public VOBs listed in the VOB registry for the network region your host.
Unmount: Deactivates the mounted VOBs that you select in the browser list.
Registry > Show registry info: For a selected tag, displays a full, long listing of VOB properties.
Registry > Register: Creates an entry in the VOB_object registry.
Registry > Register-replace: Creates an entry in the VOB_object registry and replaces an existing registry entry.
Registry > Register full: Creates an entry in the VOB_object registry with non-default paths.
Registry > Register full-replace: Creates an entry in the VOB_object registry with non-default paths and replaces an existing registry entry.
Registry > Unregister: Removes an entry from the VOB_object registry.
Registry > Unregister by UUID: Removes an entry for a VOB storage directory from the VOB_object registry by specifying the object UUID.
Registry > Create tag: Creates a VOB tag in the registry.
Registry > Remove tag: Deletes a VOB tag from the registry.