ClearCase Interview 1

What does aldb_server do?


The ClearCase ALBD (ALBD stands for the Atria Location
Broker Daemon) Atria was the name of the company that
originally designed and developed ClearCase) server is a
broker between ClearCase processes and data. It provides
other ClearCase processes with the information needed to
locate and communicate with other ClearCase processes,
regardless of where in the network the processes exist.


Advantages of Rational ClearCase over other SCM tool i.e
Microsoft Visual Source Safe?

The multisite is the best part of clearcase than any other


Different file systems in LIUNX OS?

special files like
pipe,socket

ordinary file
tool


Mention any 5 best SCM practices?

Organize versioned artifacts into versioned components.

Organize versioned components and subsystems into versioned
subsystems.

Create baselines at project milestones.

Record and track requests for change.

Organize and integrate consistent sets of versions using
activities.

Maintain stable and consistent workspaces.





What are version control tools? How are they use full can
any body name few version control tools?

Version control : versioning is the making of copies of data
at some meaningful point in order to return to that point at
a later date, if necessary.

In Software feild so many version control tool are there

SCM tool
VSS tool
cvs tool
pvcs tool

Rational clearcase proides tool support versions all types
file and directories in source repositry .
software feild best version tool is clearcase it support
version control,merging,compare version of software
resource,parallel development...

Version control tools help multiple users to make
simultaneous changes to a collection of documents/files,
without clobbering each others' work or resulting in version
confusion