Kunena Site Syndication http://www.cmcrossroads.com Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:18:45 -0500 Kunena 1.0.10 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/components/com_kunena/template/default_ex/images/english/emoticons/rss.gif http://www.cmcrossroads.com Kunena Site Syndication http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=25&id=97992#97995 Hi Ryan I would recommend you get a copy of Laura Wingerd's book Practical Perforce. Regards Robert Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:55:22 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=4&id=97879#97994 (My comments mostly apply to Git) You make some good points. I'd suggest that scalability has already been proved with a) Support of the Linux Kernel (a large project with many many contributors) and b) GitHub (Many many small projects and thousands of users). There have been stories that Git has problems with very large file sets, however I have loaded 2G in 100K files with no real problem. Possibly the easiest way to back up developers word is to insist a second repo is kept on enterprise storage that is backed up. A commit hook can push to their second repo after every local commit. Call this the DR repo rather than the public repo as it will contain *all* of the developers cruft. I might try this as an experiment. The point about ease of use is a potentially big issue for both end users and CM administrators. We still have limited documentation on accepted and recommended best practices for workflows with Git. This means it is hard for new groups to adopt Git with a ready made "templates". Based on my experience with organisations who try and adopt a new CM tool and processes it can be surprisingly difficult to make the mental gear shift. I think this will make Git seem 'too hard'. Getting budget for consultants and assistance could also be a problem as Git will probably have been sold as a low cost implementation already. NB There are probably three sources of information on Git best practice that I know of. The books ProGit by Scott Chacon (http://progit.org/), Version Control with Git by Loeliger (http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596520137/) which has far less on process and workflow; and hunting through various blogs on the internet (My delicious Git bookmarks may be of some assistance http://delicious.com/alecclews/git). There is another CM issue as well. How does Git (and other DVCS) tools fit into the ALM landscape? In particular ticket/task systems and release/deployment processes. There are solutions and approaches -- but they still need more work. NB I say that because I figure that a distributed VC needs a distributed ticket system and they are just appearing. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:21:37 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=4&id=97993#97993 I'm looking for opinions with specifics from folks who've used both. Please share. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:55:52 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=24&id=97950&limit=6&start=6#97991 Ok fixed it :- changed ChangeAdmin to ccm_root in users.cfg file and chmod 4755 ccmauth. Just further testing now to see it all works as it should. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:15:28 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=31&id=97930#97990 Just realized, I'm all wrong about the file and label statement. In all the other CM tools I used we had lots of labels attached to one file. Anyway, still looking for other ways to differentiate between 32 and 64 bit source. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:51:41 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=4&id=97983#97989 Does not seem a new trend to me. We have long split it into a central CM admin group that run the tools and project based CMs (aka integrators/builders) that do the builds and tagging. Both could be called CM engineers. But they are quite different skill sets. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:09:50 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=62&id=97798#97987 OS is windows 2003 No i m not running ESD. Even i dont know what ESD does :) yes i have installed RDS 5.0 in stand alone mode Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:49:01 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=12&id=97841#97984 We have a separate instance of Endevor installed on the same LPAR as the Prod instance. The Prod instance has the Endevor SYSx libraries in the linklist (I know, I know, no need to say it..). We have a logon proc and CLISTs (for Quick-Edit specifically..) to reference the libraries required to run Endevor using the alternate SYSx libraries.The CA supplied CLIST ENDICLS1 can allocate the libraries required for a second instance of Endevor. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:06:54 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=1&id=97982#97982 With Harvest 7.1 we rely heavily on the hsync command and agents for our code deployment but we have always had issues with the agents not starting or 'going down' after starting so we have come to not trust our agents. I check every morning to see that all of our agents are up. Mostly our issues are with our Windows agents. Does anyone use agents with SCM r12 with hsync? Have you found it to be more reliable? Or is there another way you would recommend to deploy code? Thanks, Ann Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:07:20 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=4&id=97951#97980 Your last explanation for File3 sounds more like its a new module rather than a branch. That would be a completely different kettle of fish. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:59:39 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=4&id=97936&limit=6&start=6#97979 Yeah I do agree on your point Drew :) but not everyone gets a choice of getting the processes off their heads. In our case the processes are decided across the organisation and we are asked to follow those. And in those cases we do not have an option but to try and make it work better for us. Customize it according to our teams and start using it to make things better for us ! Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:03:06 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=31&id=97917#97972 Edited the config spec and placed the -none option on the file and got the below error: Unable to load "x.c": no version selected in configuration specification. Unable to load "element". Errors were encountered in loading "ellipsesrc". Config spec: element /ellipse/src/size/x.c -none Thx Nagaraj Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:33:50 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=24&id=97886#97965 License is checked everytime yo do a database transaction. Ideally you should not be able to log in once the license has expired but then i have seen instances where you should be able to do it...........provided you don make any chnages to the.flexlmrc file located at /home/CCM_HOME's home directory on ths linux box Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:35:34 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=22&id=97929&limit=6&start=6#97964 pavangattu wrote: You mean to say don't use PVCSVM, ant disadvantages with that, No, I said make sure PVCS VM is right for your needs By the way what is GIT, this is the first time i am hering? Git is a distributed version control tool. Very powerful and flexible, which for some teams can be a problem See the Git documentation (http://git-scm.com/documentation) and an article (http://xrl.us/bfjzz6) I wrote Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:15:39 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=13&id=97958#97959 Thanks for the input... I have fixed your 1st two points... I will look into removing the unpopular threads as well :) Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:32:51 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=31&id=97957#97957 We have Informatica PowerCenter 8.6.1 and have been using it extensively. However, for the source control we have been using ClearCase as an additional tool. For example after mapping or integrating the data , we are exporing it as an xml file in to ClearCase and then checking it in. Subsequest changed files (xml files) are checked as next version to have the source control. This procedure involves exporting and importing between PowerCenter and ClearCase and is a tedious process. 01 Is there versioning control available within PowerCenter 8.6.1? If it is available what needs to be done to turn it on? Is a special license required for this? 02 If versioning is not available in 8.6.1 , in what version is it available? What is the procedure for updating 8.6.1 to that version and what are the licensing costs (if any) involved with that? Any information regarding this is highly appreciated. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:32:07 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=31&id=40584#97955 Does version 8.6.1 have versioning built in to it? If yes , how could that be turned on? If there any additional licensing required for this? If this is not available in 8.6.1 , what version of PowerCenter has this? We are at present following the tedious procedure for export import and would like to move in to thre more robust built in versioning tool within PowerCenter. Any information regarding this is highly appreciated. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:09:29 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=13&id=97949#97949 This morning I received a second comment to an article that was SPAM. It follows all of the normal formats for an article comment, including the headers and the [Powered by Jom Comment] note at the end. In this latest case, it was for software to restore deleted files from USB/flash drives. Have we been hacked, or is this even more assiduous? -Ben Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:58:55 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=17&id=97948#97948 We have a contract role for a Clearcase admin in Galway Ireland. The job spec is Position: Application Lifecycle Management Engineer in Enterprise Infrastructure Enterprise Infrastructure Application Services Lifecycle Management works closely with Development and QA organizations in various Fidelity Business Units to address their needs through the delivery of optimal Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools for requirements tracking, source code management, defect and test case management, continuous integration and release management. This is a development and support position which encompasses all phases in Application Lifecycle Management. The ideal candidate would have some development background with hands-on experience using ALM tools along with an understanding of agile development methodologies. The position requires a strong background in release engineering, the Unix/Linux operating system, application development and QA testing support, the desire and ability to learn new technologies and tools and the ability to work closely with diverse teams of software engineers, QA testers and business partners. Strong communication and customer relations skills are a must. General Experience • Bachelor level degree in Computer Science, Engineering or other technical field • 2+ years of release engineering using ClearCase and/or Subversion • Build experience using Open Source build tools such as ANT, Junit, Emma, PMD, Clover and Checkstyle • Unix/Linux operating system including Shell, Perl or Python or Ruby scripting Experience with the following is desirable: • ALM tool implementation, administration and support • Migrating from one ALM tool to another • Build Automation & Continuous Integration tools such as Build Forge, Hudson or Bamboo • Open Source ALM tools such as JIRA, FishEye, Crucible • Collaboration tools such as Confluence • Support and deployment of HP Quality Center and Quick Test Professional • Maven If interested contact me at michael.brosnan@fmr.com thanks Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:14:19 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=1&id=97946#97946 Hi Guys, After doing the upgrade from 7.1 to R12 and the upgrade of the repository I hit a snag. The error message I get is : --------------------------------------- CA SCM Change Manager Database Config Utility --------------------------------------- [Configure ODBC DSN] Creating DSN: database name Error creating DSN database name: 6 Component not found in the registry [Upgrade SCM Repository] Return code: -1 0 [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified [Upgrade SCM Repository] Return code: -1 0 [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified How do i go about configuring the ODBC Driver to make the connection to the database?? Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:05:42 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=75&id=97904#97944 Thanks! I hope this will help me convince them to upgrade the system. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:49:51 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=91&id=97805#97943 OK, I see. Sorry for the confusion. I don't think that what you are looking for can be done out of the box - it would take some scripting. There is a technical explanation to why your seemingly straightforward question may not be trivial to answer: When AccuRev computes whether an issue is "in" a given stream, it does not really use the history of the issue (as in following pointers/references). Rather, it infers it from analyzing the ancestry of the elements of the issue. Thus, an issue can be "in" a stream even though you never explicitly promoted that particular issue to the stream (but the elements - or later versions of them - were brought there by e.g. promoting other issues). So an issue can potentially be "in" any number of streams, so you would at least have to provide a list of potential streams to limit the scope of your query. Having said that, I realize there is a way: If you turn on the 'old' Issue integration, it will give you a chronological list of all transactions that were promoted using the Issue. It can be found in the field "Affected Files" (which really should be called "Affected Transactions"...) and by using that, you should be able to get the answers you need. We actually use both integrations as well, because the old one does give us the history that the 'Change Package' feature doesn't (although we rarely use the info.) Hope it helps, /Tomas Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:22:31 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=24&id=97937#97939 Hi, The procedure is: If the task name to delete is: TEST#12345, start a synergy database and run: ccm query -t task -n *12345 -f %objectname This will give you a 4 part objectname of the task. Then run: ccm delete Regards, Dhanabalan. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:59:58 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=38&id=82562#97938 To diff all files in a project, you can just use command "ss Diff ". More info: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6388cza6(VS.80).aspx Thanks. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:32:23 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=22&id=97935#97935 We have an old version of PVCS running on a Solaris box. Recently, the Solaris system was moved to a new location, got a new IP address, and when plugged in, the hard drive went up in smoke. Fun times. Anyway, when the smoke cleared, we decided to network mount the data and life was good until we tried to use the PVCS Builder application. The version control commands seem to work ok (get, vlog, etc). When I try to do a build, I get: license notification: user ID not authorized license notification: user ID not authorized Build: license notification: not configured to access network files As far as I can tell, my user is authorized (according to accessdb.txt). Any ideas? I know this is ancient history stuff, but needed for legacy work. Thanks in advance! Robert Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:12:42 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=25&id=97922#97934 Thanks Robert that's exactly what I needed =) Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:04:58 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=91&id=97842#97933 Thanks Tomas, I tried this only through the GUI, so I missed the option to override the crosslink... If this is possible from the CLI - it looks much better, although I believe that it is needed in the GUI as well... Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:11:20 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=1&id=97909#97931 Hi, I have the problem with Windows 64 bits and the HDBSETUP program. When CA SCM create the repository or create the ODBC, i have the problem. But I can connect with SQLplus. and create a ODBC with the oracle driver in Windows. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:55:19 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=31&id=97918#97927 Last time some of other group member just installed CC from our release area and started to create stream wrongly on one project. Is there any way i get email or notification if new machine is accessing the registry server. Basicaly i need to avoid this type of mistake. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:28:14 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=70&id=97849#97925 gpinzone wrote: Give everyone access to perform transitions. Then restrict every OTHER transition by setting the "Group Restrictions" to limit their availability. I have no idea if this will solve your problem since I don't know what other restrictions on transitions you need. andham, I think this might be your best solution. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:55:58 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=4&id=97123#97924 If I understood the question correctly it was not related to standards for the implementation of CM processes but about the EIA 836 which is a standard on Configuration Management Data Exchange and Interoperability. It used to be in the old times the MIL-STD-2549 which GEIA tried to convert into a Schema for CM. I have not seen any implementation of this standard. When I looked at it in 2001 I found the idea useful especially when you want to implement a CM Tool or data exchange mechanisms. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:26:46 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=4&id=97473&limit=6&start=6#97923 I would support the idea of restarting with this effort and would be happy to contribute. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:56:57 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=42&id=97916#97916 I am using MKS client in windows and server in linux. I create a project, a sandbox and add some files to it sandbox. When I open the "create project" window inside MKS Client, and navigate inside my folders I see the project directories and the files that I add to my sandbox in the project root. After this I try to locate this same folders and files in my linux server, but I didn't find anything. Someone knows why it happens ?! Tks !!! Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:10:16 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=42&id=97915#97915 Hello ! I'm adding members to a sandbox but I'm in doubt if I'm doing it write. I create a project and then a sandbox... I try to populate the sandbox, but a mesage appears saying that the files need to be in the sandbox folder (is it write?!) How can I do a sandbox point to a folder on my server and not on my local machine and if I add a member from local, how can I share it with other users ? Hope someone can help me ! Tks ! Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:08:59 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=12&id=97898#97914 I agree with the 'take the JCL and convert it to Endevor Processor'. Most JCL will convert from Standard JCL to Endevor Processor code fairly easily. We base new processors on existing processors (for the Endevor related environment variable resolutions and standard setup config info) and cut in the required JCL to form the new processor. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:11:22 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=31&id=97770#97913 It should be any other user on the system except for root. The RWP server uses the login info for the system. If it is a local /etc/passwd file then that is where it will get the info. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:45:10 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=31&id=97878#97912 Are you on Windows or *NIX? If you are on Windows you can use the report builder tool. If on *NIX you could write a script using cleartool lsco -user...etc. I would not create a trigger unless you want to exclude that user from doing anything and if that were the case you could achieve that through permissions. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:26:49 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=31&id=97892#97911 If you are using UCM it is best to use the deliver tool. The merge manager is still the same but I have seen issues crop up with hlinks when using findmerge versus the deliver option. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:23:46 -0500 http://www.cmcrossroads.com/forums?func=view&catid=31&id=97899#97910 Run a checkvob -hlinks and this should tell you if CC thinks there are any broken links. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:16:39 -0500