Configuring network access to the NAS device

A NAS device used for VOB or view storage should be on a robust network, preferably on the same subnet as the VOB or view server hosts that use it, but at most no more than one hop away.

Network access to the NAS device can be configured as follows:

VOB or view server hosts running Linux or the UNIX system must mount the NAS device with an NFS hard mount (the default for most systems). If a soft mount is used, the VOB or view server process fails at startup and writes an error message in its log file.
Windows® hosts must establish access to the NAS device with the net use command (or Map Network Drive in Windows Explorer).

Note: You must use the NFS protocol to connect a VOB or view server host on Linux or the UNIX system with a VOB or view database on a NAS device. You must use the CIFS protocol to connect a VOB or view server host on Windows with a VOB or view database on a NAS device. IBM® does not support using NFS software to connect Windows hosts to NAS devices used by DevOps Code ClearCase® communities.