You can create a database easily and quickly by unpacking the base database from the pack file that is shipped with the Rational® Synergy software.
About this task
For further information see ccmdb unpack.
Before you unpack a database:
- When typing the database path to the location where you want the database unpacked, type the path using the universal naming convention (UNC). Additionally, ensure that you are unpacking to a directory on an NTFS drive.
- The directory you unpack into must be a valid share point or a subdirectory of a valid share point. Also, you must have Full Control permissions of the directory.
You must be working as local administrator to perform this command. You must be logged on to a machine where the Admin Tools are installed, such as on a server machine.
Procedure
To create databases by unpacking from the pack file for Windows®:
- Log on as the Rational Synergy administrator.
- Unpack the base.cpk file, which contains the base database.
> ccmdb unpack packfile /to database_path
packfile is the name of the file you want to unpack.
database_path is the path name to your new database.
Type the path using the universal naming convention (UNC).
For example, to restore base to a database named test, type:
> ccmdb unpack base.cpk /to \\loon\ccmdb\test
- Optionally, you can change the case keyword from LOWER to PRESERVE. If you do not need to change the case, skip this step.
Note: Do not change the case mode of a database in which any uppercase or mixed-case objects have been created. Doing so causes inaccurate or incomplete query results.
Rational Synergy supports case-sensitive file names in two ways. PRESERVE maintains the case preserving default setting. (Case-sensitive means that you must always type the file or project name exactly the way you created it, that is, Foo.c, never foo.c or FOO.C.) LOWER causes file and directory names to be stored in lower case in the Rational Synergy database.
The default is LOWER.