VOB datatypes

A general understanding of VOB datatypes can place many administrative tasks in context.

A VOB is a repository for data (versioned artifacts such as files and directories) and metadata (branches, labels, event records, and so on). Some metadata types are stored as VOB objects; other metadata is stored as records or annotations attached to these objects.

Some VOB datatypes are created automatically by HCL VersionVault commands. Others must be created explicitly by users or (more often) administrators. You must use commands such as cleartool describe and various HCL VersionVault GUIs to access VOB metadata.