Access to VOB data and metadata
VOB data must be accessed through a view. Most VOB metadata can be accessed directly by using HCL VersionVault GUIs and cleartool commands.
A VOB is a repository for data (versioned artifacts such as files and directories) and metadata (branches, labels, event records, and so on). VOB data can be created by users or imported from another configuration management system. To create, import, or access VOB data, you must use a view, and you must have rights to access the VOB and the objects in it. VOB and view access control provides detailed information about VOB and view access controls. Views and view administration provides more information about views.
- As an indirect result of a command that creates a VOB or an object in a VOB. For example, commands that create VOBs also create VOB attributes and UUIDs; the cleartool mkbranch command creates a branch and local instance of a branch type if needed.
- As the direct result of a command that creates or manipulates a specific type of metadata, for example the cleartool mkobjecttype commands (for example, mkeltype and mkbrtype), which create specific type objects that are described in detail in VOB datatypes and administrative VOB hierarchies.
The cleartool describe command (and its graphical counterpart), and commands such as lstype and lsvob provide ways to view and, in some cases, edit VOB metadata.