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Administering HCL VersionVault
VOB administrationBecause VOBs are the principal repository for artifacts under HCL VersionVault control, VOB administration is one of the HCL VersionVault administrator’s most important tasks.
Making a VOB inaccessibleTo make a VOB inaccessible, lock it or remove its tag.
Locking a VOBLocking a VOB prevents it from being modified.

Locking a VOB

Locking a VOB prevents it from being modified.

About this task

A locked VOB can be mounted for read-only access by dynamic views and can have its elements loaded into a snapshot or Web view, but no elements can be checked out or checked in, and no metadata can be modified. Locking a VOB also flushes all pending VOB database transactions to disk and prepares the VOB for backup.

Example

Use the HCL VersionVault Administration Console or the cleartool lock or unlock commands to lock or unlock a VOB. To list locks on a VOB, use the HCL VersionVault Administration Console or the cleartool lslock command.