ClearCase Sync: Missing Files to synchronize
I had 4 sync jobs configured and running successfully for several weeks. Today I was notified that they were no longer working and when I check the "Files to synchronize" dialog with "Show currently synchronized objects in the table" checked, the list was empty. The same was true for all 4 sync jobs.
I've seen this before and it's easy to recreate the list but also painful due to the time it takes to run another sync (several hours per job in my case). Where is the list stored? How can I explain it gone missing? What can I do to determine what's going on? |
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Geoffrey Clemm (30.1k●3●30●35)
| answered Feb 10 '10, 2:23 p.m.
FORUM ADMINISTRATOR / FORUM MODERATOR / JAZZ DEVELOPER
There's a good chance that you ran into bug 102044 (sync roots removed
when view is not accessible) or bug 102650 (sync roots removed when VOB is not mounted). Is it possible that the view became inaccessible to the sync host machine, or that the VOB's containing the sync roots were unmounted from the sync host machine? We have a fix for the first case, but not for the second (so we're interested in which case you ran into). Unfortunately, the only way to recover is to re-add the sync-roots, which as you point out, causes the next sync to be very slow (as it verifies that no files have changed between the time the sync roots were removed and when you added them back). Cheers, Geoff eanderso wrote: I had 4 sync jobs configured and running successfully for several |
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Thanks Geoff, it must have been one of these though I can't be sure which.
We're not intentionally unmounting vobs on the sync host, but I have seen cases (infrequent) where a vob is not auto mounted when the view starts. We will address this by mounting the vob(s) on startup (before the jbe starts). Occasionally ClearCase environment is down for maintenance or has an unplanned outage (very rare). In the case of a planned outage, I'll disable the sync jobs until cc is back. In the case of unplanned, I think the best I can do it check the jobs and fixup if necessary. We'd like use the plain java api to write a tool to monitor our sync jobs. Do you know if there's enough functionality in the api to check a sync job for this case (an empty sync list)? |
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Geoffrey Clemm (30.1k●3●30●35)
| answered Feb 13 '10, 12:38 a.m.
FORUM ADMINISTRATOR / FORUM MODERATOR / JAZZ DEVELOPER
By an "empty sync list", you mean one with no files or folders selected
for synchronization? If so, the easiest way to get this info is probably through the CC Synchronizer command line tool. In the Eclipse client on-line help, search for "clearcase connector command line". Cheers, Geoff eanderso wrote: Thanks Geoff, it must have been one of these though I can't be sure |
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