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Status Delivered
Categories ClearCase
Created by Guest
Created on May 24, 2018

mvfs startup using systemd instead of /etc/rc.d/init.d

can ClearCase startup will be modified so that it works correctly on newer versions of Red Hat, where they have changed the startup to use systemd instead of /etc/init.d./clearcase
to start up the service at boot time.

With RHEL7, systemd wasintroduced which boots services in a nondeterministic, nonsequential
order. Clearcase sometimes boots faster than NFS, where our vobs are mounted, causing clearcase to start, but no vobs to be mounted.
Please provide SystemD boot file for clearcase that can be more tuned for SystemD wants/requires tunables.

Idea priority Medium
RFE ID 120491
RFE URL
RFE Product Rational ClearCase
  • Admin
    Osman Burucu
    Reply
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    Nov 17, 2023

    ClearCase 10.0.1 provides systemd support. Please see CC 10.0.1 Release Notes and Changes in CC startup script.

  • Guest
    Reply
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    Sep 27, 2022

    This was first proposed for RHEL 7 and we are now at RHEL 9. When will ClearCase initialization catch up?