Error retrieving name from element dbid

A possible reason why attempts to perform a IBM® Rational® ClearCase® UCM deliver or rebase results in the error Error retrieving name from element dbid and provides instructions to resolve the issue.

Symptom

Cause

Attempts to perform a UCM deliver results in the following error: Deliver from Stream Error retrieving name from element dbid. Clicking the OK button may result in the following messages: MESSAGE 1 Deliver from Stream Operation Warning Operation "view_gpath" failed: unknown error in view_server. Error merging files. Unable to perform merge." Unable to do integration. MESSAGE 2 Deliver from Stream Operation Warning Some files could not be checked out in the target view. Unable to perform merge. Unable to do integration. MESSAGE 3 Deliver from Stream An error occurred during the Deliver operation. Some files could not be checked out in the target view. Note: Similar errors can appear for rebase operations as well; the cause of which is the same. In this scenario it was determined that there was a View-Private file or directory in the Integration View with the same name as an element in the change set that you are delivering.

Resolving the problem

Set to your integration view (in the scenario of a deliver failure) or your development view (in the scenario of a rebase failure) and see if you have any View-Private files or directories with the same name as a file or directory you just added to source control. If you locate the view-private file or directory with the same name, either delete or rename the file it in the view and resume the UCM deliver or rebase operation. Solution 2: If no view privates are found in the target stream's view: Back out of the deliver Create a new view on that target stream Deliver using the new view as the target