Hi,

We are just starting to deploy ClearCase...

I have been speaking to engineers at Network Applications who assured me that it is possible to create the WHOLE of a ClearCase VOB (including the db) on a NetApp filer (and any other NFS filer for that matter). Since Rational told me this was not possible, I got curious and tried it anyway. It worked! Has anybody else here tried this configuration? Had any problems?

According to the ClearCase docs, if you can snapshot a complete VOB (as on a Toaster) then it is not necessary to lock it prior to backup (though some disk may be lost to empty containers if you restore from it). Anybody tried/trust this or would you advise against it?

Potentially this could make our backup scheme MUCH simpler.

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