The DevOps Code ClearCase® File Service
The DevOps Code ClearCase® File Service (CCFS) is a TCP/IP-based file transfer mechanism.
When the CCFS is in use, file transfers between a VOB and snapshot view (for example, operations such as adding a file to source control, updating it in the view, and checking it out or in) take place over a standard TCP/IP connection created by the CCFS .
- On Linux and on the UNIX system, the CCFS is used to support access by snapshot views to VOBs on Windows®.
- On Windows®, the native network file system is typically used to support access by snapshot views to VOBs on Windows®. You can enable the CCFS to support access by snapshot views to VOBs on Linux and on the UNIX system.
CCFS and remote Windows® view server hosts
DevOps Code ClearCase® hosts that use snapshot views but cannot run a local view_server process use the CCFS as their sole file-transfer mechanism when accessing VOBs on Linux and the UNIX system. Snapshot views on these clients require another Windows® computer to run the view_server processes and host the view storage directories associated that support these views.
The CCFS must be enabled on any Windows® computer that performs this role. A Windows® computer configured to use an NFS client product to access VOBs hosted on Linux or the UNIX system cannot provide view_server support for DevOps Code ClearCase® clients that cannot run a local view_server process.