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Administering HCL Compass Multisite
Administering HCL Compass Multisite
Introduction
HCL VersionVault MultiSiteHCL Compass MultiSite adds a powerful capability to HCL VersionVaultHCL Compass. With MultiSite, developers at different locations can use the same HCL VersionVault versioned object base (VOB) HCL Compass database set (a schema repository and its associated user databases). For HCL VersionVault, each location (site) has its own copy (replica) of the VOB. For HCL Compass, each location has its own copies, or replicas, of the schema repository and user databases. At any time, changes made in one replica can be sent in update packets to other replicas. You can manage replicas by using the command-line tools.
Replicated database sets
A database set consists of a schema repository and its associated user databases. A user database cannot exist without its corresponding schema repository, so when you replicate a database set, both the schema repository and the user database are replicated. When you work with a database replica, you are working with two physical databases: a schema repository replica and a user database replica.
Clans, families, and sites
The MultiSite environment consists of clans, families and sites, which are all distinct groupings of replicated databases.

Clans, families, and sites

The MultiSite environment consists of clans, families and sites, which are all distinct groupings of replicated databases.

A clan consists of all replicas of a database set. Within a clan, replicas are grouped into replica families. A replica family is all the replicas of a specific database. Schema repositories and user databases belong to separate replica families. For user databases, the family name is the same as the database name. The family name of a schema repository is always MASTR.

A site is a named collection of replicas in the same clan that reside at the same location. Each site has a schema repository replica and at most one replica from each user database family. Each site is served by a synchronization server, which receives and sends update packets to replicas within its family. Updates for a site can contain updates to the user database replicas, the schema repository replica, or both.