Modify site configuration

Using the Configure Site tool, you can modify site configuration by moving product options between servers, deleting servers that are not hosting product options, and, beginning with Workflow 2.1, designating whether servers or the product options that run on them are essential and/or disabling product options.

Procedure

  1. On the server computer, click Start > All Programs > General Electric > Workflow > Configuration > Configure Site.
    The Configure Site tool appears.
  2. Modify the server configuration, as required.
    If you want to...Then do this:
    Designate a server or a product option as essentialSelect the Essential check box beside the server or product option listing.
    Note: Essential servers must remain running in order for users to access the program. If you designate a server as essential, all associated product options are automatically designated as essential. If you designate any product option as essential, the server that is hosting that option is automatically designated as essential, as indicated by the color filling in the Essential check box, but the essential status of other product options hosted by the server remains unchanged.
    Designate a server or a product option as nonessentialClear the Essential check box beside the server or product option listing.
    Note: If one or more product options assigned to a server is designated as essential, you cannot designate the server as nonessential. Nonessential servers must remain running in order for the program to be fully operational; however, if a nonessential server stops running, users can still access the program.
    Move a product option between serversIn the Application Server Instances and Enabled Product Options pane, click the product option listing, and then do one of the following:
    • Click the Move Up or Move Down button until the listing is located below the server that you want to host the option.
    • Drag and drop it below the server that you want to host the option.
    Disable a product optionIn the Application Server Instances and Enabled Product Options pane, click the product option listing, and then do one of the following:
    • Click Disable.
    • Drag and drop the listing to the Disabled Product Options pane.
    Note: Disabled product options remain installed but are deactivated. Essential product options cannot be disabled.
    Enable a disabled product optionIn the Application Server Instances and Enabled Product Options pane, select the server that you want to host the product option, and then in the Disabled Product Options pane, click the listing for the product option and do one of the following:
    • Click Enable.
    • Drag and drop the listing to the Application Server Instances and Enabled Product Options pane.
    Remove a serverSelect Delete on save beside the server listing.
    Note: Only servers that are not hosting product options can be removed. To subsequently add a server, use the Configure Server tool.
  3. Click Save, and then click Exit.

What to do next

The designation of servers and production options as either essential or nonessential and the state and accessibility of servers has implications for the health of the site and, therefore, the ability to log in and use the Workflow program. For more information, see System Health and Program Use.