While creting a view I got this error; cleartool: Error: Failed to record hostname in storage directory

Question

I am creating a view and I got this error cleartool: Error: Failed to record hostname in storage directory . Check that root or the ClearCase administrators group has permission to write to this directory.

I tried all the possible troubleshoot using online help and others, but no luck. Can anyone help?

Answer 1

You can check the technote "Registering a VOB or creating a new View or VOB reports error: Failed to record hostname"

View Tool

Error creating view - '<view-tag>'

Fail to record hostname " HOST " in storage directory "<path to view storage>. 
Check that root or the ClearCase administrators group has permission to write to 
this directory.
Unable to create view "<global path to view storage>".

Cause

The cause of the error ultimately stems from the inability of ClearCase to successfully record the hostname in the .hostname file located in the storage directory of the VOB or view.

In addition of the various solutions, check if that error persists on different clients, for different users.
If not, it is likely linked to your profile.
Check for instance your CLEARCASE_PRIMARY_GROUP and your credmap (credential mapping).

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In my case, it was always a case of applying the right fix_prot to the view/vob storage.
For view storage, it was that exact sequence:

alias sfp sudo /usr/atria/etc/utils/fix_prot

sfp -force -rec -chown <owner> -chgrp <ClearCaseUsers> -chmod 775 /path/to/viewStorage/yourView.vws
sfp -force -root -chown <owner> -chgrp <ClearCaseUsers> /path/to/viewStorage/yourView.vws

Replace <owner> and <ClearCaseUsers> by the right owner and group.

Answer 2

On creating a view, other common problems for remotely stored views are:

1) The "clearcase" group on the client and server do not point to the same group. You would need to get clearbug2's of both hosts and compare the albd credentials and the host data in the registry data in the "clearcase_info" directory of the .zip file.

2) You are attempting to create a Unix-hosted view from a Windows client.