Administering Repositories › Create a Repository

Create a Repository

When you installCA Harvest SCM, repositories do not exist in the installation. You create repositories and control access to them.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the Repositories tab of the Administrator application.
2. Right-click the server in which you want to create a repository, and select New Repository from the shortcut menu.

   The Repository Properties dialog appears.

3. Define the properties of the repository:

   Name

   Names the repository and is the beginning point (root) of all paths to items in the repository.

   You can change the repository name. When you change a repository name, the repository base view name is also changed. If the repository is part of a snapshot view, a warning message appears and you can continue or cancel the rename operation.

   Compress All Files Except

   Manages binary files such as executables; this option is enabled by default to compress these files on check-in. You can exclude files from being compressed by typing their file extension in this field, or disable compression by clearing the check box.

   This Repository is for MVS files ONLY

   Stores the repository in PDS format, if selected, not a tree hierarchy structure. File extensions are not supported, and they cause errors during check-out to partitioned data sets.

   The properties are defined.

4. Click the File Extensions tab, and select file options for the end-of-line conversion during check-in, check-out or load repository when you use both UNIX and Windows clients.

   Do Not use any extension

   Treats all files as binary files with no extensions.

   Use Global text file extensions

   Shows a list of file extensions that you can include in the repository.

   Use Repository text file extensions

   Adds an extension. You can add an extension by typing an extension in the File Extension field and clicking Add. You can remove an extension by selecting the extension in the list box and clicking Remove.

   Note: If you want to treat files with no extensions as text files, use the File Extension field to add <NONE>.

   The file extension behavior is specified.

5. Click Apply.

   Saves the repository definition, but does not close the dialog.

6. Click the Access tab and set access for the repository. Click OK.

   The repository is created and appears in the Repositories tab.

More information:

File Conversion