Enabling or disabling save operation for a Content Server in dormant state

You can perform the enable or disable save operation for a Content Server if you are a member of the dm_datacenter_managers, a privileged group whose membership is maintained by superusers. When you enable save operation for a Content Server which is in dormant state, you can perform create and update operations. By default, save operation is disabled. This feature is only applicable for 7.0 and later versions of Content Server.

Caution

To perform any of the view, create, update, or delete operations for a Content Server which is in dormant state, you as a member of the dm_datacenter_managers group should execute the action Enable Save Operation, else view, create, update, or delete operations will fail.

You can request to move a server to dormant state, as described in Moving a server to dormant and active states.

Use these instructions to perform the enable save operation:

To perform enable save operation:

  1. Navigate to Administration > Basic Configuration > Content Servers.

  2. Select the dormant server you want to enable save operation.

  3. On the Content Server Configuration page, do one of the following:

    • Select the server configuration object in the Name column, then select Tools > Enable Save Operation.

    • Select the server configuration object in the Name column and then right-click. From the available menu options, select Enable Save Operation.

    The Content Server Configuration page displays.

    The system displays the message Successfully enabled the save operation.

Use these instructions to perform the disable save operation:

To perform disable save operation:

  1. Navigate to Administration > Basic Configuration > Content Servers.

  2. Select the dormant server you want to disable save operation.

  3. On the Content Server Configuration page, do one of the following:

    • Select the server configuration object in the Name column, then select Tools > Disable Save Operation.

    • Select the server configuration object in the Name column and then right-click. From the available menu options, select Disable Save Operation.

    The Content Server Configuration page displays.

    The system displays the message Successfully disabled the save operation.