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ClearCase snapshot views on ClearTeam Explorer


I launched ClearTeam Explorer for the first time but I can't find how to setup snapshot views... Where are they located in the desktop CTE application? I see dynamic and web views only.

Thank you


Solution

  • Update 2015:

    As mentioned below, since ClearCase 8.0.1.6 (Dec 2014), snapshot views are supported (release notes):

    CTE support for snapshot views

    ClearTeam Explorer (CTE) now supports snapshot views.
    For more information, refer to the following technotes:


    (original answer April 2014)
    Web views are considered snapshot in CTE.

    The difference is that the view server cannot reside on your local workstation: it only resides in the CTE server.

    See "Using ClearCase Web views" and "About ClearCase views" for more.

    A Web view is a copy-based ClearCase view that is tolerant of high-latency connections to a CCRC WAN server, although it may be used in both wide-area network (WAN) and local area network (LAN) environments.

    Many of the ClearCase operations you can perform using Web views require an explicit connection to a CCRC WAN server. However, a subset of operations are available that can be used, even when you are disconnected from the CCRC WAN server.

    (This is the part similar to a snapshot view:)

    A Web view uses a config spec to select a specific set of file and directory versions from one or more VOBs so that you can access them on your computer.
    Resources under source control must be loaded into a Web view before you can access them.