About snapshot view characteristics and operating system type

For snapshot views, the operating system type from which you create the view determines view characteristics; the operating system type that hosts the files and processes related to a snapshot view do not affect the behavior of the view.

For example, it is possible to create a snapshot view from a Windows® host and locate the view directory tree and the view storage directory on an HCL VersionVault host on Linux or the UNIX® system (assuming that you use vendor software to access Linux file systems from Windows computers). Although all files related to the view are on the Linux or UNIX workstation, because you created the view from a Windows host, the view behaves as if its files are located on a Windows computer:

• Case-sensitive file lookups are not performed in the view.
• The view does not create symbolic links if the load rules encounter a VOB symbolic link.
• You can issue HCL VersionVault commands for the view only from Windows hosts. (HCL VersionVault hosts on the Linux and UNIX operating systems do not recognize the directory tree as a snapshot view.)