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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.
VOB administration
Because VOBs are the principal repository for artifacts under DevOps Code ClearCase® control, VOB administration is one of the DevOps Code ClearCase administrator’s most important tasks.
Removing a VOB
Removing a VOB destroys all of its data. Do not remove a VOB unless the data that it contains is no longer valuable.

Removing a VOB

Removing a VOB destroys all of its data. Do not remove a VOB unless the data that it contains is no longer valuable.

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To remove a VOB, use the following procedure.

Verify that the VOB is not in use.
Clients that use dynamic views must unmount the VOB. Users with snapshot views should remove the VOB from their load rules.
Remove the VOB.
You can use the rmvob command or the DevOps Code ClearCase® Administration Console. To use the DevOps Code ClearCaseAdministration Console, navigate to the VOB storage node for the VOB (a subnode of the host node for the host where the VOB storage directory resides) and then click Action > All Tasks > Remove VOB.
Stop and restart DevOps Code ClearCase on the VOB host.
This terminates the VOB's server processes.