Perforce Software Build Engineer - Bracknell

Perforce Software Build Engineer - Bracknell

Huxley Associates are recruiting for a Software Build Engineer to work for a key client based in Bracknell.

You will join at a fantastic time as they continue in a period of signifant growth due to the demand for their market leading sofware products. The company previously used Subversion as their source-control system but having moved to Perforce they require someone who can bring expertise in that area they currently do not have.

You will be part of a techncially strong software team who currently look after the build process but they want someone to take the burden from them and allow them to focus on the software development process.

To be considered your CV should demonstrate your experience in a Build Engineer role using Perforce, Hudson and Shell Scripting. If you have any knowledge of Java that would be highly beneficial to help understand the software product.

Salary £40,000 - £45,000 + benefits

Apply NOW!!

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Perforce Replication

This section of the Knowledge Base augments the Perforce Replication chapter of the Perforce System Administrator's Guide.

SUMMARY: Replication is the duplication of server metadata from one Perforce Server (the master server) to another Perforce Server (the replica server). The basics of replication are covered in ...

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Using Stunnel with Perforce

I need to set up bi-directional communications between a Perforce client and a Perforce server across an untrusted network. How do I secure the Perforce network transport?

In order to secure communication between a Perforce client and Server (p4d), you must use a third-party tool to encrypt network traffic between the two. Network encryption tools include ssh, proprietary VPNs, and Stunnel. This article describes the latter.

Note that the following applies to using stunnel to secure a Perforce connection.  For securing P4Web (i.e., setting it up to use https, see: Creating and Optimizing a Secure P4Web Connection With "stunnel".

Stunnel is an open-source encryption package that allows users to set up SSL tunnels between client(s) and server(s). Using stunnel allows you to set up a port that accepts SSL connections from an SSL-enabled client or another stunnel server. Because both the Perforce server (p4d) and its clients (p4, p4v, p4win) do not support SSL, this article demonstrates how to set up two stunnel servers to talk to each other:

One on the client machine, to accept client requests, encrypt them, and forward them on.One on the server machine, which accepts the encrypted connection, decrypts it and passes it on to the Perforce server.The following information is used to demonstrate how to set up Stunnel: The server machine in named foo. It runs Perforce on localhost:1666, and wants to accept incoming SSL connections for Perforce on foo:2666.The client machine is named bar. Stunnel will be set up so that client requests to localhost:1666 are forwarded, encrypted, to foo:2666 (the server machine).
Why set up Perforce on localhost:1666? This prevents anyone from contacting the server without first going through the stunnel. However, this is not a requirement - stunnel can forward the connection to any host and port.

Before you can set up stunnel, you need to create a self-signed SSL certificate for the stunnel server to provide to stunnel clients contacting it. While any SSL software should be able to do this, the quickest way to do it is via the OpenSSL package. When you have OpenSSL installed, run the following command to generate your certificate:

openssl req -new -x509 -days 365 -nodes -out stunnel.pem -keyout stunnel.pem

When you have the certificate, you are ready to set up Stunnel.

The most recent version of Stunnel, as of this writing, is 4.34. The following information applies to version 4.x of Stunnel. Version 3.x uses a substantially different format, please see the Version 3 section below for information on how to set up version 3 of stunnel.

Stunnel is available as part of the base distribution for a lot of Linuxes and some Unixes.  Check the documentation for your particular OS, or go and grab the source.

Windows users should use this package: http://www.stunnel.org/download/binaries.html

Place the following in a file named "stunnel_client.cnf". Place that file somewhere that stunnel can access it.

; stunnel_client.cnfpid=/var/run/stunnel.pid[p4]accept=localhost:1666connect=foo:2666client=yesStart the client-side stunnel on Linux/Unix with: stunnel /stunnel_client.cnf

Client Configuration (Windows)

cert = stunnel.pemsocket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1debug = 7output = stunnel.logclient = yes[p4s]accept = 1666connect = :2666

Now start the stunnel program.

Any client requests to port 1666 on the local machine are encrypted and forwarded to foo:2666.

Place the following in a file named "stunnel_server.cnf", and place that file somewhere that stunnel can access it.

; stunnel_server.cnfpid=/var/run/stunnel.pid[p4d]cert=/etc/ssl/certs/stunnel.pemaccept=2666connect=localhost:1666

Start the server the same way as the client:

stunnel /stunnel_server.cnf

Now the server is set up to listen for incoming SSL requests to port 2666 and forward them on to port 1666 on the localhost.

Edit the service's "stunnel.conf" and place the following within it: cert = stunnel.pemkey = stunnel.pemsocket = l:TCP_NODELAY=1socket = r:TCP_NODELAY=1debug = 7output = stunnel.logclient = no[p4s]accept = 2666 connect = 1666 

Now start the stunnel program.  Incoming requests to port 2666 will now be decrypted and sent to port 1666.

If you are using version 3 of Stunnel, then you do not need to set up configuration files - you can specify everything on the command line.

stunnel -p /stunnel.pem -d 2666 -r localhost:1666

The above command sets up stunnel to listen to port 2666 and pass connections on to localhost:1666.

stunnel -c -d localhost:1666 -r foo:2666

The above command sets up stunnel to forward requests to port 1666 on to foo:2666.

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Perforce Metadata Replication

Replication is the duplication of server metadata from one Perforce Server (the master server) to another Perforce Server (the replica server). The basics of replication are covered in Chapter 10 of the Perforce System Administrator's Guide. This article provides answers to common questions that come up when setting up and implementing Perforce metadata replication.

With the release of Perforce Server 2009.2, the p4 replicate utility is the supported method of Perforce metadata replication. Information on system requirements and limits and restrictions when using p4 replicate can be found in the Perforce System Administrator's Guide.

The functionality provided by p4 replicate was first introduced in beta (prior to the release of Perforce Server 2009.2) as a standalone utility called p4jtail. p4jtail is now available as open source in the Public Depot as an example of a client program that uses the Perforce C++ API to do replication. It also serves as a starting point for those interested in extending or customizing replication behavior in some way not supported by p4 replicate.

Prior to p4 replicate and p4jtail, the common utility used for replication was p4jrep, a user-contributed Perforce journal replication utility available from the Public Depot. Both p4jrep and p4jtail remain unsupported but customers can obtain assistance and advice on usage by contacting Perforce Technical Support.

What is p4 replicate?
Where do I run the p4 replicate command?
Does p4 replicate work against archive file content?
Can I replicate from one master server to multiple replica servers?
Can I replicate bidirectionally?
Can I checkpoint the master server?
Can I checkpoint the replica server?
How does p4 replicate extract journal records from the master server?
How does p4 replicate locate journal files on the master server?
How does p4 replicate track what journal records have been processed?
Can I filter what gets replicated from the master server?
What is the upgrade process when doing replication?

Q. What is p4 replicate?

A. p4 replicate is a client command that polls a primary Perforce Server (the master) for new journal records, then provides these records to a subprocess that restores the records into the database of a Secondary Perforce Server (the replica).

Q Where do I run the p4 replicate command?

A. You run p4 replicate on the machine that will host the replica Perforce Server. Because p4 replicate is a client command, you can run it from any client machine that can connect to the master server.

Q. Does p4 replicate work against archive file content?

A. No. p4 replicate only replicates Perforce Server metadata, that is the information contained in the db.* files. Depending on the requirements for your replica server, you can optionally configure the replica server to read the master server's versioned files, or use third-party or native OS functionality to mirror the versioned file content to the replica server.

Q. Can I replicate from one master server to multiple replica servers?

A. Yes, multiple instances of p4 replicate can be run against the same master server.

Q. Can I replicate bidirectionally?

A. No, replication is unidirectional.

Q. Can I checkpoint the master server?

A. Yes, p4 replicate continues to run during journal rotation on the master server, except when p4 replicate is started using the -x option. If p4 replicate is started with the -x option, replication will terminate when journal rotation is detected on the master server.

Can I checkpoint the replica server?

A. Yes. If using the replica server for offline checkpoints, checkpoint using the p4d -jd option. See the Offline Checkpoints Knowledge Base article for further details.

Q. How does p4 replicate extract journal records from the master server?

A. Behind the scenes, p4 replicate makes use of the p4 export command to extract journal records from the master server. In addition to providing journal records, p4 export adds fields to its output to indicate points of transactional consistency and the end of the journal file.

Q. How does p4 replicate locate journal files on the master server?

A. p4 replicate locates the live journal file on the master server based on the setting of P4JOURNAL or the -J option passed to p4d on startup. For rotated journals, p4 replicate looks by default in the P4ROOT directory on the master server and uses the default naming convention for rotated journals (journal.nnn). If using the prefix option when checkpointing or rotating the journal on the master server (prefix in this example is /data/backup/p4):

p4d -jc /data/backup/p4 ORp4 admin checkpoint /data/backup/p4p4d -jj /data/backup/p4 ORp4 admin journal /data/backup/p4

the name and possibly the location of rotated journals will not follow the default convention. In this case, the -J flag to p4 replicate must be used, specifying the same prefix used in the checkpoint and journal rotation commands on the master server:

p4 replicate -J /data/backup/p4 ...

Q. How does p4 replicate track what journal records have been processed?

A. p4 replicate uses a statefile to store a journal position token consisting of a journal number and position (byte) offset indicating what journal records from the master have been processed.

Q. Can I filter what gets replicated from the master server?

A. Yes. Filters can be used with p4 replicate to customize the journal records that are replicated. The command that p4 replicate runs on the replica to replay journal records could be, for example, a script that first applies some filter to the journal data stream and then passes the data to the command used to replay the journal records into the replica.

Warning: If you are using replicate to perform offline checkpoints, then do not filter the journal stream. By definition, filters remove content; therefore, a filtered journal replication will not provide sufficient data integrity for your checkpoint and backup process. The primary use of journal stream filtering is to support replication to a read-only Perforce Server used for build or reporting purposes. Depending on the specific use case, it might be desirable to filter out db.have or other db table entries.

Q. What is the upgrade process when doing replication?

A.  For detailed upgrade procedures, see the Upgrading replica servers section of the System Administrator's Guide.

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How to Monitor a Swamped Perforce Server

How to monitor a swamped Perforce server not responding to p4 monitor show commands. In most circumstances, you can run the p4 monitor command to identify the client processes currently running on your Perforce Server. However, it is possible that a long-running Perforce command can block other Perforce processes, including the p4 monitor request.

It is possible to prevent the blocking of p4 monitor on a Perforce Server running on UNIX or MacOS (or other operating systems that natively support symbolic links). To do so, you must create a new Perforce Server instance that shares the db.monitor table by means of a symlink.

Below is an example of configuring a new "monitor server". Note the new monitor server runs in a different P4ROOT (/perforce/monitor) location and on a different port (1999) than the production server. # Create a new monitor server P4ROOT directory #mkdir /perforce/monitor# Link the production server monitor table into the new P4ROOT directory#ln -s /perforce/production/db.monitor /perforce/monitor/db.monitor# Start up the new "monitor server" (with journaling off)#p4d -r /perforce/monitor -J off -p 1999 -d# Remember to enable monitoring by setting the monitor counter to 1 on the new server#p4 -p 1999 counter -f monitor 1# Stop and restart the monitor server for the new monitor setting to take effect#p4 -p 1999 admin stopp4d -r /perforce/monitor -J off -p 1999 -dOnce the monitor server instance is set up (as above), you can then monitor your production server by running the p4 monitor command on the new monitor server. For example: p4 -p 1999 monitor show

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How do I check in a different branch than I check out from in perforce.

According to the Perforce Blog, the p4 move -f command will move your edit from one branch to the other. From the blog

This can be a real lifesaver if (as I did a few weeks ago) you start working on a fix in your mainline, and then decide that it needs to go into your release branch instead. Previously you would have needed to save a copy of your work, revert it, open the files in the release branch, and copy your edits back in manually — now you just “p4 move -f main/… rel/…” and all your edits go where you need them.

This is a new feature added in version 2010.1 (this year I believe) so that's probably why tech support didn't know about it.

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Perforce / Java Developer - Berkshire - Software and Build Engineer

Perforce / Java Developer - Berkshire - Software and Build Engineer

Huxley Associates are working with a market leading software house in Berkshire to recruit a Java Software Engineer with Systems Build / Build Engineer skills.

Your time will be split across the two different actitivities of software engineering and the software build process. This is going to be a great time to join as they are rapidly expanding based on the growth in their market and contracts they have won with an enviable list of global organisations.

Their software products are written in core Java with an Oracle backend and their build process is through Perforce source control systems (previously used Subversion). They expect you will have excellent knowledge of shell scripts on Linux, Ant, Oracle setup and admin and Tomcat (other apps servers also considered).

If this varied role would suit your skills and experience please apply now for immediate consideration.

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Subversion vs. Perforce

Article #:301Created:12/08/10Modified:12/08/10

A comparison of features, terminology, and commands in Perforce and Subversion.

This comparison is for the experienced Subversion user who is new to Perforce. The following comparisons are high-level and intended to help you take advantage of your Subversion knowledge to learn Perforce.

The following table compares Subversion terms to their Perforce equivalents.

The following table lists Subversion commands and their closest Perforce equivalents.

SVN command Perforce command(s)Description RemarksCreate a new depot (repository).Open file(s) in a client workspace for addition to the depot. The specified file(s) are linked to a changelist. Perforce: The files are not actually added to the depot until the changelist is sent to the server with p4 submit. Opens file(s) in a client workspace for addition to the depot. The specified file(s) are linked to a changelist.Perforce:The files are not actually added to the depot until the changelist is sent to the server with  p4 submit.
SVN: The files are not actually added to the repository until the changes from your working copy are sent to the server with svn commit.
Copy files from the depot into the client workspace and open file(s) for edit. Perforce: p4 sync populates the client workspace. Use p4 edit to open file(s) for edit.
SVN: Unless watch is on, files can be changed once they are checked out.
Send changes made to open files to the depot. Perforce: Changes are grouped into changelists - an atomic change transaction for a set of files all submitted together.
SVN: An svn commit operation publishes changes to any number of files and directories as a single atomic transaction.
Bring the client workspace into sync with the depot. Display information about workspace files. Provides information about changelists and the changelists' files.Display information about the current client and server.

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Perforce: Is it possible to execute an integrate command on multiple files (not folders) ?

Hi,

I'm trying to execute an "Integrate" perforce command (see: http://www.perforce.com/perforce/doc.current/manuals/cmdref/integrate.html) on a list of files and not on a single file or a specific folder.

Is such a thing possible ?

In other words, is it possible to specify multiple files (and their respective integration paths) in one command ? This would save me the trouble of having to call this command for each file that I'd like to integrate and in the process reduces the number of round-trips on the P4 server.

If not, do you have another command to recommend?

Thanks

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Alternate Perforce Client?

Can recommend a P4Win-like alternative for Perforce, hopefully that supports shelving and may be open source? Needn't be cross platform, just Windows would be fine.

I'm asking as I'm not a fan of the new P4V interface, and I found P4Win a lot more intuitive, easier to use, and much more stream lined.

I haven't found much in my Google searching, but I'm hoping this nexus of programmers might know of a hidden jewel out there. :)

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Perforce with dynamic ip

Hi everyone

I've set up a perforce server on an old always-on laptop which is always assigned a reserved address by the router. I have have an account at no-ip.com, which sends to my router, which in turn redirects port 1666 requests to this laptop.

when i try to set p4port to this no-ip.org address, that part is fine, but when i run p4d i get:

Perforce server error: Listen USERNAME.no-ip.org:1666 failed. TCP listen on USERNAME.no-ip.org:1666 failed. bind: USERNAME.no-ip.org:1666: WSAEADDRNOTAVAIL

Whereas if i just set the p4port to 192.168.0.6 i can access the server from behind the network using this one.. but i'd rather be able to access it externally as well..

I've read one other post on here in which someone had the same setup working (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2397642/online-perforce-repositories , user was gaminghorror) but s/he hadn't gone into as much depth as I obviously needed..

have tried with router and windows xp firewalls off, and xp and router firewalls forward 1666 to this local ip

cheers!

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How can I clear the list of recent connections from Perforce P4V?

Are you in Linux/Unix? If so, in your home directory is a .p4qt/ directory. If Windows, I'm sure you have something similar.

You should have a file called appsettings.xml. It should have something like this.

server:1666, bob, bob_workspace server:1666, steve, steve_ws server:1666, joe, joe_workspace

Please note, I do not know XML, but you should be able to clear this out of your file. Or, you can delete this file and have it be recreated if you don't mind some preferences being reset.

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Perforce Windows Service Fails to Start: Invalid Server IP

On a Windows machine with more than one network interface card (NIC), I see the Perforce service failing to start. When I check the Perforce log, I see a message like this:

Perforce server error:Licensing error -- invalid server IP address.bind: 10.1.1.218:1666: WSAEADDRNOTAVAIL

The Host IP Address Does Not Match the License

Confirm that the IP address in the license file matches at least one of the IP address on the server.

The license file is located in the Perforce server root directory. On 32-bit and 64-bit Windows systems the default location is:

C:\Program Files\Perforce\license

If running 32-bit versions of Perforce on 64-bit systems, then the default location is:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Perforce\license

If none of the server interfaces has an IP address matching the address in the file, then you need to obtain a new license file. Contact sales@perforce.com for more information on updating your Perforce license file.

Note: Changing the IP address by editing the license file will not work, as the license file uses a checksum digest to prevent tampering.

The Host IP Address Matches the License

If the Network Interface Card (NIC) is assigned an IP address by way of DHCP, or the Windows system is on a domain, the NIC initialization might be delayed. Windows will verify a single network interface has started before declaring the network to be in a running state. Because the NIC initialization is delayed, the local loopback network interface can trigger a network active signal. The NIC can have a self-assigned IP address which is unlikely to match the IP address located in the Perforce license file.

To confirm the problem, look in the Windows system event log for entries like this:

Source=DHCP, Type=Warning, EventID=1003: Your computer was not able to renew its address from the network (from the DHCP Server) for the Network Card with network address 001143D97C73. The following error occurred: The semaphore timeout period has expired. . Your computer will continue to try and obtain an address on its own from the network address (DHCP) server.Source=NETLOGON, Type=Error, EventID=5719: This computer was not able to set up a secure session with a domain controller in domain INTERNAL due to the following: There are currently no logon servers available to service the logon request. This may lead to authentication problems. Make sure that this computer is connected to the network. If the problem persists, please contact your domain administrator. Source=DHCP, Type=Warning, EventID=1007: Your computer has automatically configured the IP address for the Network Card with network address 001143D87C73. The IP address being used is 169.254.209.1.Source=Service Control Manager, Type=Error, EventID 7022: The Perforce service hung on starting.Source=Service Control Manager, Type=Error, EventID 7034: The Perforce service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 1 time(s).

For more information on how to access the Windows system event log:

How to view and manage event logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP

Windows 7 - Open Event Viewer

Right now the only known workaround is to configure the Perforce Windows Service to restart if startup fails:

Select the Windows "Start" menu. Right-click on "My Computer" and select the "Manage" menu item. The Computer Management utility is started. Double-click on "Services and Applications". Double-click on "Services". You will now see a list of available Windows services. Scroll down until you see the "Perforce" service. Right-click on the Perforce service and select the "Properties" menu item. This will display the dialog for the Perforce service. Click on the the "Recovery" tab to display the Perforce service recovery options. Next to the "First failure" label there is a drop-down menu. Select "Restart the Service". Click the "OK" button to save the recovery option. Close the "Computer Management" window.

The Perforce service will now attempt to restart if the initial startup fails.

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Get files from perforce other than workspace

how to get files from perforce. I dont want to get it into workspace.

eg. I have made changes in 2 files. file1.cs file2.cs Now I want to build the project using updated file1.cs

So I want to get latest files except file1.cs I thought i will get another local copy of project and build it.

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The Perforce Plug-in for Microsoft Office

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Article #:849Created:12/15/05Modified:11/29/10Sorry, I could not read the content fromt this page.

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Upgrading a Perforce Server

How do I upgrade to a new version of the Perforce Server?

To run a newer version of the Perforce Server, your Perforce license must be current. You will not be able to upgrade to a Perforce Server version that is dated beyond your license expiry. This is not a problem if you are running an unlicensed installation, which is limited to two users and two (2004.2 and earlier) or five (2005.1 and later) client workspaces. An unlicensed installation is sometimes used for evaluating Perforce.

Please be sure to read the P4D Release Notes before proceeding with your upgrade to be aware of the latest changes to the current Perforce Server version.

In general, you cannot downgrade a Perforce Server. It is therefore imperative that you create a checkpoint prior to upgrading to a new version.

In general, you can upgrade from any previous version of the Perforce Server. For example, you can upgrade directly from a 2007.2 version to 2009.2. There is no need to perform any incremental upgrade; the built-in upgrade process automatically performs the incremental Perforce database updates and reports them.

Assuming you have a good license (or are running an unlicensed two user/two or five client workspace installation), and you are upgrading from a recent release, Perforce Server upgrading can be as simple as performing the following steps:

Stop the current p4d.Make a checkpoint of the database by issuing the following command, where "root" is the directory in which your db.* files are located:p4d -r root -jcBack up the versioned files.Download the new p4d executable. Note: On Windows, download the perforce.exe or perforce64.exe installer.
Install the new p4d in the desired location. Note: On Windows, run the perforce.exe or perforce64.exe installer.Run the following command:p4d -r root -xuRestart p4d with your usual parameters.

There is an optional task to consider after completing the upgrade. It would be an opportune time to make a checkpoint of your newly upgraded database, in case there is a subsequent need to recover the db.* files. To make a new checkpoint, repeat steps 1 and 2 from the preceding list.

See Supporting Perforce: Backup and Recovery in the Perforce System Administrator's Guide for information on making a checkpoint of the database and backing up the versioned files.

If you are upgrading the Perforce server from a release prior to 2001.1, there may be additional considerations. To ensure a successful upgrade from releases prior to 2001.1, please send an email to support@perforce.com.

For upgrades to release 2005.1 and later, p4 verify -u must be run at least once following the upgrade to generate file length data for any files in your depot before the upgrade. For more information, see: Important Notes for 2005.1 and later.

Older Perforce client programs (p4, P4Win, and P4SCC) work with newer server versions with no trouble. Some features in a new server release require a client upgrade as well; users with older client programs cannot use the new server features.

Perforce's remote depot support requires all your Perforce Servers to be at or above Release 98.2. 2005.1 and later servers can be used as remote depots from only 99.2 and later servers.

Significant metadata database schema upgrades are performed by the p4d -xu command. The p4d -xu command is generally required when upgrading a server with 1000 or more changelists. If a server has fewer than 1000 changelists, it is automatically upgraded when the new server is started. Attempting to start a new server using a metadata database containing 1000 or more changelists, and for which significant schema upgrades are needed, results in the following server error:

Database is at old upgrade level x. Use 'p4d -xu' to upgrade to level y

where x and y are server internal upgrade levels.

After writing the error, the server terminates. On Windows, error messages are written to the server log but are not displayed.

The p4d -xu command is not required for all server upgrades. For example, p4d -xu is not required when upgrading a 2005.2 server to 2006.1, regardless of the number of changelists. But this does not imply that a 2006.1 server can be downgraded to 2005.2 by simply starting a 2005.2 server using a metadata database previously used by a 2006.1 server. New servers make additional schema modifications in the metadata database as the new server executes.

For most upgrades, additional space is required for both the db.* files and the journal. The maximum additional space required for each of these during the p4d -xu is listed in the following tables. For most upgrades, the actual additional space used is less than what is listed in the tables, since what is listed is based upon a worst-case scenario.

Upgrading from
releaseMaximum additional space
required for db.* filesMaximum additional space
required for journalPlease see 2008.1 -xu for upgrade requirements from earlier versions
Upgrading from
releaseMaximum additional space
required for db.* filesMaximum additional space
required for journal
Upgrading from
releaseMaximum additional space
required for db.* filesMaximum additional space
required for journal
Upgrading from
releaseMaximum additional space
required for db.* filesMaximum additional space
required for journal
Upgrading from
releaseMaximum additional space
required for db.* filesMaximum additional space
required for journal
Upgrading from
releaseMaximum additional space
required for db.* filesMaximum additional space
required for journal
Upgrading from
releaseMaximum additional space
required for db.* filesMaximum additional space
required for journal

If you are upgrading the Perforce server from a release prior to 2002.1, and you use jobs, you must run p4 jobs -R to reindex the jobs. The maximum additional space required for the db.* files during the p4 jobs -R is equal to the size of db.ixtext. The maximum additional space required for the journal during the p4 jobs -R is the sum of three times the size of db.ixtext, twice the size of db.boddate, twice the size of db.bodtext, and twice the size of db.ixdate, or (3x size of db.ixtext) + (2x size of db.boddate) + (2x size of db.bodtext) + (2x size of db.ixdate).

To minimize the additional space required for the journal, disable journaling during the upgrade. Be sure to re-enable journaling and make a checkpoint immediately following the successful upgrade. For information on enabling and disabling journaling, see the "Journal files" section of Supporting Perforce: Backup and Recovery in the Perforce System Administrator's Guide.

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Does perforce track deltas unique to a changeset or does it just store the whole file?

I tried to merge some work that a developer did in a working branch to a stable branch. The files a, b, and c had been changed by at least a dozen changesets since the common ancestor of STABLE and HEAD branches were separated.

I expected that since this developer changed five lines in each of file a, b, and c, that when I integrated from the HEAD to the STABLE branch, I would get his changes in my pending changset, which I could then review and commit.

Instead, it seems that it has taken every change that happened to file A, since the two were branched, and applied all of those changes that also existed in my colleague's working copy.

In other words, there seems to be no record in a perforce changeset, of what my colleague actually changed, versus what the file before contained.

If I browse the submitted changesets, I can see the difference between my colleague's version of the file, and the immediately preceding version. But then, that does not, it seems, determine what goes into the merge.

Doesn't a changeset mean, "a set of changes made between rev X and revision X+1 of a file"? Can anybody help me understand what it means to "integrate a changeset" when in fact, what it seems is that Perforce doesn't track changes, it tracks files.

It is entirely possible that I am doing everything wrong, and would appreciate any pointer as to how it is that you can can merge accurately and safely between Perforce working branches and stable branches, without stuff that you don't want to get integrated to the stable branch getting integrated. It seems that no matter how simple the changes that actually get made in the product, the merge does not actually work for me.

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How can I work with multiple perforce client specs in TextMate?

I am using perfoce TextMate bundle to work with perforce from my TextMate editor. As far as I understood, you can only work with one client spec at a time. So I was wondering if anybody figured out a way to work with multiple client specs, without changing the P4CLIENT environment variable in TextMate.

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After installing perforce and eclipse plugin, team->share option doesn't appear

Hello,
I have eclipse installed in my Mac Pro (OS X). I installed Perforce server on my own machine and then installed Eclipse Plugin for perforce. All seems to be working fine except for the face that I don't have the option: "team->share"! Under team i just have patch. I have even added my perforce server in Perforce perspective! could someone please help?
cheers
Ali

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codeswarm help: Anyone have experience setting up codeswarm for use with perforce activity log?

Hi,

I've been trying to setup codeswarm for kicks at work using the activity log generated by our perforce depot. I am however running into some troubles following the guide/wiki on the google-code site and was wondering if maybe anyone had experiences with setting it up for a perforce server they could share?

I am running into UTF-8 encoding issues as well as it's taking a bloody long time I believe. My activity log generated by the python script is 65k. I have seen videos of other seemingly large projects so I cannot tell if this is the cause.

Any help appreciated. Thanks

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