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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.
Views and view administration
A 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.
Snapshot views
A snapshot view uses a host's native file system to hold versions of file and directory elements that have been loaded from a VOB. After the snapshot view has been created, versions of file and directory elements must be loaded (copied) into the snapshot view directory.
How client programs locate snapshot views
Unlike dynamic views, which store location information in the HCL VersionVault registry, snapshot views store location information in per-user snapshot view registries.

How client programs locate snapshot views

Unlike dynamic views, which store location information in the HCL VersionVault registry, snapshot views store location information in per-user snapshot view registries.

The per-user snapshot view registries take different forms on different platform types:

On Windows®, this information is stored in the Windows registry of the host from which the user created the snapshot view.
On Linux or the UNIX system, this information is stored in a file named .ccase_svreg in the user’s home directory.
Note: If .ccase_svreg becomes corrupted or has an access mode that does not allow reading or writing, the user’s snapshot views may become inaccessible. For information about how to regenerate this file, see Working in Base VersionVault.