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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.
MultiSite terminology
MultiSite documentation uses the terms defined in this topic.

MultiSite terminology

MultiSite documentation uses the terms defined in this topic.

Term: Definition
Replica: A copy of a user database or a schema repository. To refer to a replica, use the site name and family name.
Family: All the replicas of a specific user database or all the replicas of a specific schema repository. The family name of a user database replica is the database name of the originating database. The family name of a schema repository is always MASTR.
Site: A schema repository replica and its user database replicas.
Clan: All the replicas of a schema repository and all the replicas of the associated user databases.
Replicas originating from the same database set use the same clan name, which is specified when the database set is activated.
Host, or synchronization server: The LAN name or IP address of the network node that handles packets for a site. This host may have the HCL Shipping Server installed on it.