We have Clearcase version 9.x is running with Linux host. We have started experiencing the view disconnected issues on post-reboot of the user systems ( which are running with Windows pro 10 & windows ClearCase client 8.x). The view mapping drives show as disconnected and we need to re-map the view drives to fix it each time the system reboots. Some cases the view shortcut alone disconnected from the ClearCase explorer and we need to add the view shortcut again to map the drives. The default view drive M: shows, as disconnected in few systems, starting the ClearCase services and adding view shortcuts again, helps here. And few other systems with same configuration working fine without any issues.
I have a few questions on this,
Am I missing anything specific with Windows say like patching, Anti-virus etc
Is the issue exist & common with Windows 10 operating system
How the mapping issues can be fixed, I am looking for some solutions which can be tested
Kindly suggest if you come across this issues
Regarding the drive M:\, thus us directly linked to the ClearCase MVFS service: make sure the "Credentials Manager Service" service is set to run automatically
Check the MVFS (for ClearCase 9.0) is properly installed: that will enable the dynamic views.
Regarding the shortcuts, check "Mapping an automatic view root directory to a drive letter": they should be subst command, which you can make persistent across reboot
But if those subst involve dynamic views, then again, the MVFS service needs to be correctly started, or those drive letters won't show up.
This can happen if the albd is not started by the time the user logs in, this delays the start of the credential manager service. The fast-logon optimization can allow the user to in before services start.
If the views you're using are not local, you can decouple the credential manager service from its dependency on the albd service, and this could help.
( which are running with Windows pro 10 & windows clearcase client 8.x).
You need to upgrade to 9.0.1.x. ClearCase 8 has not been supported for (exactly) 2 years. If your hosts are running Windows 10/1909, you will need to update to 9.0.1.9 as that is the version that has been tested with 1909. Also, the MVFS "network provider" information does not survive a windows "feature update" install as that install is really a full OS install folloed by settings migrations, and MS's migration still leaves something to be desired.
You may want to do the upgrade via the "clean install" method of:
Uninstall ClearCase 8.0.x & reboot
Navigate to C:\ProgramData\IBM and remove the Rational.preserve* directories.
Navigate to \Windows\System32\Drivers and ensure that MVFS*.sys files are no longer present
Install ClearCase 9.0.1.9
ClearCase 9.0.1.8+ changed the MVFS from a 2-part (MVFS + MVFS Storage Filter) to a 1-part (MVFS only) driver configuration. We have seen reports of the old MVFS drivers not being completely removed on upgrade. In the worst cases, the old MVFS driver files were both present alongside the new MVFS driver, and all 3 were somehow loaded. This caused post-upgrade blue screens.
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I can't get ClearTeam Explorer to register a new license server. It keeps referring to the old one.
The error I get back when I try to connect is that it can't connect to LICENSE_HOST_X.
I've changed the setting in 'Home Base's control panel to point to the new LICENSE_HOST_Y, which works for the clearlicense tool and clearcase doctor but not for the team explorer.
The license settings are contained in the Windows Registry at HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Atria\ClearCase\CurrentVersion\Licensehost for Atria licenses.
For FlexNet licenses, the PortAtHost value at HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Rational Software\Licensing\8.0\ServerList comes into play as well.
The odds are VERY good that you're dealing with Windows registry virtualization. If you open the legacy "control panel" on Windows 10, run the "ClearCase" control panel as Administrator (or open "cc.cpl" from an elevated command prompt) and check the server information there. If you see different values for EXPLICITLY elevated and non-explicltly elevated control panel starts, you have entries in the "user specific" virtual registry store. Please note that this is a WINDOWS function, and not a ClearCase one.
Disabling the albd service on the license server is a very bad idea unless that is the only function the albd is providing. Disabling it on the client will essentially kill any local views AND the ability to map views to drives when the "credential manager" service that depends on this service fails to start.
Check if any of elements mentioned in "How to change the hostname in the IBM Rational ClearCase environment" might have an influence in your case.
IBM Rational ClearCase supports two types of licenses, the Rational Common Licensing (FlexLM) and the Classic Atria licensing.
Update these files with the new host name:
Rational common licensing (FlexLM):
/var/adm/rational/clearcase/config/flexlm_host
Rational ClearCase Classic/Atria licensing:
/var/adm/rational/clearcase/config/license_host
So it can help to know if the new license server is of a different nature than the old one.
At the client level:
UNIX/Linux clients:
Update the new registry server's host name in the file /var/adm/rational/clearcase/config/rgy_svr.conf
Update the License Server using the instructions in the server configuration guidelines.
Windows clients:
Update the new registry and license server hostname information using the IBM Rational ClearCase control panel located under the Windows control panel.
If nothing work, I would, if my client is on Windows, search for the old license server name in the Windows Registry, and replace or even delete those entries.
On Windows, the OP V.Bogd confirms in the comments:
The problem went away after I disabled an "Atria Location Broker" service.
That was the service needed, as seen in this thread, for the old license manager:
No license available from ClearCase license manager;
Use clearlicense to display license usage
You can see more on albd_server.exe here.
On my domain server 2012r2I am trying to deploying office 2007 but not all of the office I need to install only excel and word
I found an .msi file within the dvd installation and found many .msi packages
called ExcelMUI.msiand WordMUI.msi at directory
...\English\Excel.en-us\ExcelMUI.msi
...\English\Excel.en-us\WordMUI.msi
can I use them to deploy only excel and word through domain server 2012r2?
are they valid as .msi packages installer ?
Best Guess: I wonder if those MUI-setups are Multilingual User Interface setups. I think you should get on a virtual machine and try to run the setup.exe instead (if there is one) and then go to "Custom" or equivalent to see if you get a feature selection dialog. Then you should select Word and Excel to install fully and you can disable most other features (don't disable the shared features, just the other apps would be my suggestion - Outlook, PowerPoint, etc...). It is possible that those MSI files you mention can be used directly. You could try to run them - but only on a virtual of course. Or on a computer which does not matter - test computer of some sort. Look for a custom option and a feature dialog there too. Sorry, all I can suggest without installation media access.
Sure?: With all that said, Office on a domain server? Do you mean domain controller? (hope not). Sounds like a very dangerous move if you ask me - with all the security holes Office contains. At least make sure to run Windows Update or Office Update or whatever mechanism you have to deploy security fixes. Can I be curious and ask why the server needs Office? Is it for automation only?
Viewer for MSI Files: You can open and inspect MSI files using the free tools Orca, SuperOrca or InstEd (links towards bottom). I have an old answer on superuser showing how MSI features can be seen inside the MSI file.
just curious:
I see in my school that all instances of SQL Server ( and other programs) are installed in a Virtual Machine. Is there a reason to install software in a VM instead of directly into the machine's hard drive? I assume it may be a matter of faulty installation of software somehow affecting the host PC , while if there is a problem within the VM, the VM can just be deleted and the problem disappears, without affecting the host. Is this it, or is there more to it?
From a lab administrator's standpoint, it would be FAR easier to administrate multiple VMs in a classroom/lab setting.
Here is one great example (among others):
At the start of the semester, the admin can make a clean install (new OS, new SQL Server, etc.) on a new VM. Once the machine has everything needed, he can take a snapshot of the VM. After that, he can assign you to use that VM to your heart's content: Create DBs, install games, infect the OS, whatever.
When you have finished your studies, the admin can then easily apply the snapshot, and, voila, the VM is back to the original state as when it was given to you earlier. No reformatting, no uninstalling, etc.
Also equally compelling: From that one initial VM image, an admin can clone as many VM copies as needed (one step) without having to go through the minutae of installing/configuring software over and over.
I download jdeveloper studio edition and install it in C:\Oracle\Middleware
then I install weblogic instance using C:\Oracle\Middleware\wlserver_10.3\common\bin\config.exe
to C:\myproject\domains\myweblogic
Then download DMS_11.1.0.0.0_WINDOWS.zip and install it to C:\Oracle\Middleware\Mobile.
thereafter cant start
C:\Oracle\Middleware\Mobile\Mobile\Server\bin\runmobileserver.bat
unless i change the variable to this batch file
set DOMAIN_DIR=C:\myproject\domains\myweblogic
what do I do next to see that it works?
is there a simple example that creates a sigle table and synchronized between server and mobile clients?
very difficult to find information on this technology. interfere very popular tags (Oracle, Database).
If you install Database Mobile Server directly in the WebLogic directory, you will not need to edit the batch file. For instance, I believe the default install directory is:
C:\Oracle\Middleware\wlserver_10.3
So if you used the default install directory, you would install Database Mobile Server there, with no added 'Mobile' or other directory. If you chose to install WebLogic elsewhere, then replace the above with that directory.
There is another small issue to be aware of.
The installer will give you warning about installing in a non-empty
directory. You should click through the warning. This is a known issue
documented in the Release Notes.
Regarding your other question about a demo, there is a Java demo found in
<MOBILE_HOME>\Mobile\Server\demos\consolidator_api
You will need to download a client and perform a sync, which is documented here:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E22663_01/doc.11100/e22681/instsqlite.htm#BABGAACI
I hope that helps, good luck with your project. Let me know if you have further questions.
Eric Jensen, Oracle PM
Is there a clean way to duplicate/clone/copy a full fledged MSCRM 4.0 machine and bring back the copy with new host name?
Lets assume my crm installation runs on a host called crm01. Lets assume furthermore that this machine is a virtual machine. The goal is now to bring back a renamed clone of that machine to live, for instance renamed to crm02.
After cloning that virtual machine, what else do I need to do?
I know that I have to pay attention to SQLServer, Reporting Services, IIS and MSCRM itself, right?
I wouldn't recommend it. Is there any reason you can't bring up your new virtual, install CRM on it, and point it to your existing org?