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Administering HCL VersionVault MultiSite
Learn to configure and manage the HCL VersionVault MultiSite environment to support development activities at different locations.
MultiSite command set
This section summarizes the commands for HCL VersionVault MultiSite and HCL VersionVault that display HCL VersionVault MultiSite information. There are a series of MultiSite commands and API functions that display or modify MultiSite information.
Descriptions of subcommands
Object mastership commands
The commands in this topic are used to manage mastership.

Administering
Learn how to administer the product.
- Administering HCL VersionVault
  Learn about performing administrative tasks for an HCL VersionVault community including managing software licenses, user and group accounts, VersionVault server and client hosts, shared data, and the network that connects them.
- Administering platforms for HCL VersionVault
  Learn how to perform HCL VersionVault administrative tasks on supported platforms.
- Administering HCL VersionVault MultiSite
  Learn to configure and manage the HCL VersionVault MultiSite environment to support development activities at different locations.
  - Introduction
    HCL VersionVault MultiSite adds a powerful capability to HCL VersionVault. With MultiSite, developers at different locations can use the same HCL VersionVault versioned object base (VOB). For HCL VersionVault, each location (site) has its own copy (replica) of the VOB. At any time, changes made in one replica can be sent in update packets to other replicas. You can manage replicas by using the command-line tools.
  - MultiSite operation
  - Implementation planning
    Before you install and use HCL VersionVaultHCL Compass MultiSite, you need to plan your implementation.
  - MultiSite command set
    This section summarizes the commands for HCL VersionVault MultiSite and HCL VersionVault that display HCL VersionVault MultiSite information. There are a series of MultiSite commands and API functions that display or modify MultiSite information.
    - Location of HCL VersionVault MultiSite programs
      The HCL VersionVault MultiSite installation places programs and configuration files in the HCL VersionVault installation area on a host. (versionvault-home-dir refers to both the HCL VersionVault and HCL VersionVault MultiSite installation directory).
    - multitool use
      The multitool command is used to perform operations on VOB replicas.
    - Descriptions of subcommands
      - Replica creation, synchronization, and management commands
        The commands in this topic create new replicas, change replica characteristics, and synchronize replicas, and display replica-related information.
      - Object mastership commands
        The commands in this topic are used to manage mastership.
      - Failure-recovery commands
        The commands in this topic are used to work with epoch numbers.
      - multitool utility commands
        This topic lists the multitool utility commands, providing a short description of each one.
    - Additional MultiSite commands
      The MultiSite commands that are not multitool multiutil subcommands are listed in this topic. These commands are located under the installation directory for HCL VersionVault.
    - HCL VersionVault commands related to HCL VersionVault MultiSite
      This topic lists the HCL VersionVault commands that pertain to HCL VersionVault MultiSite, providing a short description of each one.
    - View contexts and VOB mounts
      Most MultiSite commands do not require a view context or mounting of the VOB replicas being processed. However, there are some advantages to running MultiSite commands in a view, with the VOB mounted.
    - Specifying VOBs in commands
      multitool commands use the vob-selector argument to specify a VOB family.
  - Packet transportation methods and configuration
    The method you choose for transporting packets between replicas depends on connectivity. If your replicas do not have IP connectivity, you must use a file-based transport method. If your replicas have connectivity, you can use the store-and-forward facility.
  - Feature levels
    Feature levels allow different replica hosts in a VOB family to run different versions of HCL VersionVault. You can raise the feature level of either a single replica host or an entire VOB family.
  - Creating VOB replicas
    Before creating a replica, you must make decisions about branching, mastership, identities and permissions preservation, and method of packet delivery.
  - Replica synchronization
    Replica synchronization uses the same export-transport-import procedure that is used during replica creation.
  - Administering replicas
  - Using MultiSite for VOB backup and interoperability
    You can use HCL VersionVault MultiSite to back up a VOB and to provide access to VOBs in a heterogeneous network.
  - Troubleshooting MultiSite operations
    When you encounter a situation where running an HCL VersionVault MultiSite command produces an unexpected result, or produces a warning or error message, the information in this section can assist you in troubleshooting the problem.

Object mastership commands

The commands in this topic are used to manage mastership.

To avoid introducing conflicting changes at different replicas, certain objects are assigned a master replica (master). The initial master of an object is the replica where the object is created. For more information about mastership, see Independent development: Mastership Modification management in multiple replicas: Mastership.

Table 1. Object mastership commands
Command	Description
chmaster	Transfers mastership of an object
describe	Lists the master replica of an object
lsmaster	Lists objects mastered by a replica
reqmaster	Requests mastership or set access controls for mastership requests

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