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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.
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.
About checkvob
VOBs have complex internal and external relationships that can sometimes be disrupted by system or network failures or when a VOB is restored from backup. checkvob is a cleartool subcommand that can find, and in many cases fix, a variety of problems in these relationships.

About checkvob

VOBs have complex internal and external relationships that can sometimes be disrupted by system or network failures or when a VOB is restored from backup. checkvob is a cleartool subcommand that can find, and in many cases fix, a variety of problems in these relationships.

checkvob can find and often fix these problems:

Inconsistencies between a VOB’s database and its pools
Improper protections on storage pools
Improperly configured AdminVOB hyperlinks
Local types that eclipse global types
Broken cross-VOB hyperlinks, including those that link UCM components to PVOBs.

You can use checkvob for a variety of purposes:

When you restore a VOB from backup media without using vob_restore (the vob_restore script runs checkvob as part of its normal operation)
When you restore a Rational® ClearQuest® database used by a UCM project
When you move a VOB
As part of your periodic VOB maintenance routine