Server Options dialog box - Restart Control tab
The forces the server (or backup server) to restart in the same state it was in prior to the failure, without any loss of journal data or recipe content. Selecting
Restart Control
tab allows you to specify a restart method to initiate in the event of a server computer failure. Selecting Cold Restart
will restart the FactoryTalk Batch
Server in an uninitialized state and all recipe content is erased. Selecting Warm Restart
(the default)Warm All Restart
allows the server to restart only if it is able to restore all of the batches to the batch list. Warm All Restart is the default setting used by the automatic restart function.The
Restart Control
tab also allows you to specify primary and secondary path names for the storage of files containing restart information. (See Specify the startup type for more information.)
IMPORTANT:
You must define a valid
Primary Restart
path or the FactoryTalk Batch
Server will not start, and the following error message is logged in the Windows Server event log file: Unable to start because RestartDirectoryPath key not specified in Batchsvr.ini
.In addition, if the
Primary Restart
or Secondary Restart
path is invalid, the server will not start.Provide Feedback