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Administering HCL VersionVault
Views and view administrationA view provides a workspace where users access versions of file and directory elements that are under HCL VersionVault control. Views can also contain view-private file system objects (such as ordinary files and directories) that are not under HCL VersionVault control.
Creating a viewViews are typically created by users. The process is simple, can be automated by GUIs on all supported operating systems, and does not usually require administrative intervention. In some cases, an administrator may be responsible for creating shared views or for establishing policies that govern view creation.
Creating a view on a NAS deviceYou can use a server storage location to host view storage on a NAS device.

Creating a view on a NAS device

You can use a server storage location to host view storage on a NAS device.

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If you want to create views on a NAS device, first create a server storage location for this purpose (see Creating server storage locations on a NAS device). The following command creates a dynamic view in a server storage location named ccnasviewstg.

cleartool mkview –tag viewtag –stgloc ccnasviewstg

You can also use the mkview command with –host, –hpath, and –gpath options. The following example creates a dynamic view on a NAS device. The view is served by a view_server process running on the HCL VersionVault host ccviewsvr-ux (a computer running Linux or the UNIX system) and has its storage on a NAS device mounted by ccviewsvr-ux at /net/nasdevice.

cleartool mkview –tag nasview –host ccviewsvr-ux –gpath /net/nasdevice/viewstg/nasview.vws –hpath /net/nasdevice/viewstg/nasview.vws /net/nasdevice/viewstg/nasview.vws