Full Resynchronization of An Admin Server
Full Resynchronization of An Admin Server
Full Resynchronization of An Admin Server
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Resynchronization of an Admin
Server
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Summary
With Content Server, OpenText Customer Support may request that you perform a full
resynchronization of an Admin server in your Content Server environment.
Resynchronizing your Admin server ensures that its configuration files on disk
accurately represent the configuration stored in the Content Server database.
This article outlines the correct procedure for performing a full resynchronization.
Resolution
To perform a full resynchronization of an Admin server, complete the following steps:
1. Stop the Content Server services (llserver and admserv) for the Admin server that you
want to resynchronize.
2.
3. Browse to the Content Server installation folder (<OTHOME>).
4.
5. Make backup copies of the following <OTHOME>/config files:
otadmin.cfg
otadmin.cfg.old
otadmin.pid
otadmin.pid.old
search.ini
otadmin.cfg
otadmin.cfg.old
otadmin.pid
otadmin.pid.old
search.ini
14.
15. On the Admin server's Functions menu, click Resynchronize.
16.
17. Click OK on the following page to initiate resynchronization, and wait until it completes.
Once the resynchronization has completed, note any errors mentioned in the
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20.
21. If you have made manual customizations to your original otadmin.cfg and search.ini files
and Customer Support advises you to continue with these customizations, reintroduce
them now.
Stop the Content Server services (llserver and admserv).
Make the changes to the otadmin.cfg and search.ini files.
Restart the Content Server services.
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KB460848
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