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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.
Moving VOBs and relocating VOB data
DevOps Code ClearCase® includes tools for moving data and metadata to another VOB and for moving entire VOBs to another disk or host. You may need to use these tools to reorganize VOB directories, redistribute data storage, or rebalance server loads.
Moving VOBs
You cannot use an ordinary file-system copy utility to copy a VOB to another location. You must follow special procedures that maintain the integrity of VOB data and preserve permissions and ownership on VOB storage directories.
Moving a VOB to network-attached storage
All procedures for moving VOBs refer to the architecture, or binary data format, of the VOB host. VOB database formats are architecture-dependent, and the database must be reformatted if the VOB is moved to a host of a different architecture.

Moving a VOB to network-attached storage

All procedures for moving VOBs refer to the architecture, or binary data format, of the VOB host. VOB database formats are architecture-dependent, and the database must be reformatted if the VOB is moved to a host of a different architecture.

About this task

When a VOB database is stored on a NAS device, the binary data format is determined by the architecture of the VOB server host, not the NAS device. You must reformat a VOB database only if you are changing the architecture of the server host. If you move a VOB from one NAS device to another, even if the device comes from a different manufacturer, you do not have to reformat the VOB database as long as the architecture of the VOB server host does not change.