About starting views and activating VOBs

To access files from a dynamic view, you must start the view and activate the VOBs that contain your source files. On Linux or UNIX workstations, you can also set the view.

Starting (or setting) the view runs a view_server process, which arranges data in the VOBs that are activated on your computer into a directory tree. VOBs that you activate are displayed as subdirectories of a view. Then you browse the activated VOB as you would any other directory.

If you are unable to start a dynamic view that is on another host, confirm with your administrator that you can access the view storage directory. For more information, see the DevOps Code ClearCase Administrator's Guide.

In a UCM project, all VOBs that contain components for any of the projects that you have joined are activated when you access a view attached to a stream in the project. In base ClearCase®, you must activate the VOBs that you want to access.

On Windows computers, clicking a view shortcut icon in DevOps ClearCase Explorer activates (starts) the view. If you assign a view to a drive letter, the view is started when you log on to your computer, but you do not have to assign a view to a drive letter. If you have a view shortcut in ClearCase Explorer, the associated view starts when you click the shortcut. You can start a dynamic view that was created from a DevOps Code ClearCase host running Linux or the UNIX system.