how to find checked out files in a clearcase (windows) snapshot view? - clearcase

On Unix in a dynamic view, I run the following to find checked out files:
cleartool lsco -s -cview -me -avobs
In a windows snapshot view, this use of -avobs doesn't appear to work. On a vob by vob basis I can run:
cleartool lsco -s -cview -me -all
which returns the checked out names to me for that vob.
Is there a way to tell what vobs have checkouts in a Windows snapshot view? (not sure if Windows vs. Unix is a factor here). I'd like to script the lsco, executing it in each of the vobs in question.

Considering each vobs is a direct child directory of the root directory of your snapshot view, all you need to do is to:
list every direct child directory (whose name represents a vob)
execute your cleartool lsco within each of those directories.
This is consistent with the issue around the usage of "-cview -avobs" mention in this technote:
Local fix
Do not use lsco -cview -avobs.
You needs to run cleartool lsco while cd'd in each Unix vob in the Windows snapshot view.

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Replacement of cleartool setview exec

For some reason, our company don't support clearcase anymore.So I need to remove it from scripts,use folder to replace it.
For the command
Cleartool setview -exec "$RUN_SCRIPT paramter1 paramter2" $MY_CC_VIEW
$RUN_SCRIPT=/vobs/sw/ecomps/tools/script_remote.sh (a script located in view path)
how to replace it?
cd a path that script located in ,then execute the command?
cd $MY_CC_VIEW_PATH/vobs/sw/ecomps && tools/script_remote.sh paramter1 paramter2
cleartool setview is for setting the view content of dynamic views, so if ClearCase is not running anymore, you would not be able to access any dynamic view anyway.
As I mentioned in "Python and ClearCase setview", never use setview in a script anyway: always use the full /view/viewTag/vobs/aVobTag/... path.
But again, if ClearCase is stopped, that dynamic view path would not be accessible: you should at least checkout snapshot views, whose content would remain accessible even if there is no ClearCase server running.

Is it possible to find a list of all hijacked files in a view in CCRC?

In the ClearCase Remote Client is it possible to find a list of all hijacked files in a given view?
Right-click on your view and select Show Pending Changes. All of your hijacked files will be displayed at the top of the list under the heading Hijacked Resources.
It's also possible through the UI, albeit indirectly.
If you run "Refresh > Update from Repository..." off the context menu, the UI will present you with a list of files it did not update upon completion. This will include all hijacked files.
If you're looking to check out the hijacked files, you can select them all and check them out from that display.
In a snapshot view, it is possible to do so using 'cleartool ls -recurse | grep hijacked' (Unix/Linux) or 'cleartool ls -recurse | findstr "hijacked"' (for Windows)
See the link Identifying hijacked files in a snapshot view
In a Web view or CCRC view, I would think that you should be able to do the same if you have installed rcleartool.
The command "rcleartool ls -recurse | grep hijacked" should work the same way.
Note: Depending on the version of CC on your server, rcleartool you need to use is either a separate zip or either included in the CCRC rich client. It is not included by default in the CCRC plugin for eclipse.
Detecting hijacked files in a web or CCRC view can be tricky, depending on the state of the view itself.
For instance, the .COPYAREA.DB file, if missing or corrupt, means that all or some of the loaded files will appear to be hijacked. (see "About the .copyarea.dat and .copyarea.db files")
Other bugs (swg1PK64597, swg21433085) can affect the list of hijacked files as well, depending on your ClearCase version and your OS.
Another way to list hijacked files it to look for "skipped object" after an rcleartool update:
rcleartool update -noverwrite
(with -nov/erwrite leaving all hijacked files in the view with their current modifications)
Hijacking an element in a snapshot view involves making it writable and making a change to it. There is no lshijack or lsprivate -hijacked command to list the files. While the cleartool update operation does generate a log identifying hijacked files, the best way is to use cleartool ls command which identifies hijacked versions in much less time than an update would take.
Use cleartool ls from the command line and look for the [hijacked] tag on objects.
Example output:
%> cleartool ls
archive.ppt##\main\1 [hijacked] Rule: \main\LATEST
project.doc##\main\1 Rule: \main\LATEST
doc_resources.ppt##\main\2 [hijacked] Rule: \main\LATEST
To obtain a list of all hijacked files in a snapshot view, use the following command:
On UNIX® and Linux® you can run the following command from a snapshot view:
cleartool ls -recurse | grep "hijacked"
On Microsoft® Windows® you can run the following command from a snapshot view:
cleartool ls -recurse | findstr "hijacked"
This command will perform a recursive "cleartool ls" and then use "grep" or
"findstr"command respectively to filter any lines that have the [hijacked] line associated with them.
Note: GREP is a native UNIX command; however, it can be run on Windows if the utility is installed. The grep tool comes with applications like GNU, Free Software Foundation or Cygwin

Obtain change set of an activity with cleartool without active view

How can I obtain the list of changed files, given that I have an activity name (and also a project and stream name)?
This is what I tried:
cleartool lsact -l someActivity
But it returns:
cleartool: Error: Unable to determine VOB for pathname ".".
I suppose I should be in the correct view in order to get the contents. Is it also possible to retrieve all content without being in a view?
I obtained someActivity with an cleartool lsproj, then an cleartool lsstream -s -in someProject and then cleartool lsact -in someStream. I can do all these cleartool invocations without being in a view, so I'd like to obtain the changeset.
I'm found this question but the answer only works when in a view. For the record, I'm not confusing the ID with the headline.
You would at least need to add the pvob in which that activity was created:
cleartool lsact -l someActivity#/vobs/aPVob # Unix
cleartool lsact -l someActivity#\aPVob # Windows
cleartool lsact can use the current view if you don't specify any pvob:
If you specify a simple name and the current directory is not a project VOB, this command assumes that the activity resides in the project VOB associated with the stream attached to the current view.
If the current directory is a project VOB, that project VOB is the context for identifying the activity.
lsact would also need a view if you want ClearCase to resolve the path of each version (resolved using the current view path).
Otherwise it would list extended pathnames for each version.

Clearcase Restore lost+found Folder Element

Running Clearcase 7.1.1.09 on a windows server. Lost+found directory element was removed using CCRC from a VOB. I can still see the lost+found directory in main/0. How can I restore the lost+found directory element of a VOB? According to this article http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21135672 the lost+found directory element cannot be removed whatever that means.
Thanks for any help.
It means the /Vobs/MyVob/main/0 will always contain lost+found.
You may have ln, renamed or moved lost+found in more recent version of that Vob (like, for instance /Vobs/MyVob/main/4), you can always:
cleartool co -nc /Vobs/MyVob
cleartool ln /Vobs/MyVob/main/0/lost+found /Vobs/MyVob/lost+found
cleartool ci -c "restore lost+found" /vobs/MyVob
In Windows:
cleartool startview aDynamicView
cleartool mount \MyVob
cd m:\aDynamicView\MyVob
cleartool co -nc .
cleartool ln .##/main/0/lost+found ./lost+found
cleartool ci -c "restore lost+found" .
That would create, in this example, a 5th version of the Vob root directory, with in it referenced once again the lost+found directory, effectively restoring it.
(as shown in this thread, see also cleartool man ls)
Since ln isn't available a sa CCRC command, you need to contact a ClearCase admin who will have access to the CCRC server (and the full ClearCase vob server) in order to restore that lost+found directory.

how do I create ADMIN VOB

I am having a doubt in creating an admin vob.
Can anybody give an example in commandline? It is urgent.
update: thanks vonc for giving me the answer but i am using base clearcase and when i am creating tag to adminpvob its not treating as adminvob. Can you please explain me in detail with an example.
If you are using UCM, you need to create an Admin PVob in order for all UCM components to see each others.
If you are using base ClearCase, a simple Vob is enough (remove the '-ucm' option)
For instance, on a Unix ClearCase server:
$sudo /usr/bin/atria/bin/cleartool mkvob -tag /vobs/adminpvob -c "Global Admin UCM pvob" -ucm -public -password clearcase -host MY_SERVER -hpath /MY_SERVER/vobstore/adminpvob.vbs -gpath /net/MY_SERVER/vobstore/adminpvob.vbs /net/MY_SERVER/vobstore/adminpvob.vbs
Note: you need to declare the admin(p)vob tag in every ClearCase regions you are using.
Fort instance, on Windows:
ct mktag -vob -tag \adminpvob -public -password clearcase -host MY_SERVER -gpath \\MY_SERVER\vobstore\adminpvob.vbs \\MY_SERVER\vobstore\adminpvob.vbs
Once you have created a UCM PVob for instance, you can link it to your admin VOB:
ct mkhlink -c "Link to my pvob" AdminVOB vob:\mypvob vob:\adminpvob
Created hyperlink "AdminPVOB#107#\mypvob".
Note: you can chain several Admin Vobs, but I would recommend an Admin PVob as the main one (with all the other linked to it). That way, even if you are not using UCM right now, any PVob you might create later can then just be linked to that global AdminPVob.
Simple Vobs can also be linked to it, enable ClearCase to share tag and branch names accross base ClearCase Vobs.
If you are Base ClearCase only:
$sudo /usr/bin/atria/bin/cleartool mkvob -tag /vobs/adminpvob -c "Global Admin vob" -public -password clearcase -host MY_SERVER -hpath /MY_SERVER/vobstore/adminvob.vbs -gpath /net/MY_SERVER/vobstore/adminvob.vbs /net/MY_SERVER/vobstore/adminvob.vbs
ct mkhlink -aquire -c "Link to my pvob" AdminVOB vob:\mypvob vob:\adminvob
Created hyperlink "AdminPVOB#107#\mypvob".
Note the '-acquire`' option, as specified in this IBM article.
To avoid eclipsed types, you should create the AdminVOB hyperlink with the -acquire option.
You have the full process in the help manual here.
An administrative VOB hierarchy includes at least one administrative VOB and one or more VOBs that have an AdminVOB hyperlink to it or to another VOB that has an AdminVOB hyperlink to it.

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