How can I shut off design refresh on the server?
My supervisor is terrified of accidential design refreshes.
Help!
Marcus
Subject: Shutting down Design refresh on server
Hello Marcus,
My supervisor is terrified of accidential design refreshes
If so then you really need to educate your supervisor.
The design task should be removed out of the ini file… (I know its there by default… doesn’t mean it should be) and added to the server as a program. This gives much more flexibility in scheduling.
However, you should still run Design IMHO at least once a week. This will cut down on design element corruption in your databases.
I like to do this on Sunday night around 11pm.
As for accidentally refreshing a database… I have to ask, How many errant templates you have on your server and how many databases affected. Design updates should not be done on a production machine ever… but if they are atleast enforce template naming schemes that will ensure you don’t ever update the wrong db.
Really though, you should control who can create templates and have some minimal QA process before putting changes on a production machine.
Good Luck
Mark
Subject: RE: Shutting down Design refresh on server
How do i shut down the design refresh for a particular database?
PWM
Subject: Shutting down Design refresh on server
identify the task in the ini file and remove it from the ini file
it is typically run around 1 AM or 2 AM
I forget what the task is.
Subject: Shutting down Design refresh on server
Remove the Design task from the Notes.ini file on the server, or remove any program documents that may be used for the task.
Subject: RE: Shutting down Design refresh on server
Thank you. I’ll check it out.
Marcus