Managing mastership
This chapter describes how to manage the mastership of objects in a replica. Before reading this chapter, read the information in Independent development: Mastership.
- Mastership commands for VOB objects
You can use the command-line interface to manage mastership of VOB objects. On Windows, many of the ClearCase® and MultiSite interfaces (for example, Check Out, the Properties Browser, Request for Mastership, and so on) contain extended functionality that also supports managing mastership. - Displaying mastership information for VOB objects
Mastership information that can be displayed for VOB objects includes the master replica of an object, all objects mastered by a particular replica, the mastership changes for an object, and settings for mastership requests. - Assigning branch mastership during element creation
By default, when you create an element in a replicated VOB, mastership of the branch main for that element is assigned to the replica that masters the branch type main. You can override this default behavior by explicitly assigning mastership of the main branch when you create the element. - Changing mastership of VOB objects
When you create an object in a replicated VOB, your current replica is the new object’s master replica. To transfer mastership of the object to another replica, use the chmaster command or the Properties Browser (Windows). - Fixing an accidental mastership change
If a mastership change is made in a replica by mistake, you can fix the problem by following the steps that are described in this topic. - Working with type objects
When you create an attribute type, a hyperlink type, or a label type, you can make the type shared or unshared.
Parent topic: Administering replicas