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Schedule FileChannel On/Off

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Kyle Jorgensen
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10/21/2016 1:05 PM

    Can I Schedule a FileChannel in IPA to be deactivated/activated on a particular schedule?

    Our LSF and Landmark servers are on different machines.  We'd like to schedule our FileChannel that scans for trigger files on the LSF server to be deactivated on the same schedule as when LSF is down for back-ups (at a certain time each evening).

    If a trigger file from a system other than Lawson shows up (accounting interfaces) when LSF is down, IPA still starts a flow and then immediately bombs because LSF is down.

    Perhaps there is a command line option for deactivating/activating a FileChannel that our Windows admins can schedule on our Landmark server.

    David Williams
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    10/21/2016 1:11 PM
      If you take down LSF, you also need to take down Landmark
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      10/21/2016 2:38 PM
        Kyle - There isn't a "schedule" for file channels within the application, but you could certainly create scheduled flows that will Deactivate and Activate the file channel (PfiChannel) or file channel receiver (PfiReceiver) when needed. Just use a Landmark node to trigger the Deactivate or Activate action for that channel or receiver. Depending on the scan schedule on the channel, you may want to do a "Scan Now" action on the File Channel after you activate the receiver so it picks up anything that dropped during the downtime.

        Regarding David's comment - Our federation has Landmark as primary, so we don't have to take down Landmark if we take down LSF, but we do have to take down LSF if we take down Landmark. It just depends how your particular setup is configured.

        Good Luck!
        Kelly Meade
        J. R. Simplot Company
        Boise, ID
        Kyle Jorgensen
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        10/21/2016 5:47 PM
          I don't ever recall hearing that if LSF is taken down then you must also take down Landmark (IPA is our only Landmark app).
          How do we 'automagically' coordinate taking down Landmark when LSF is taken down?

          We have never done this coordination and not sure how to coordinate the two servers.

          I like your idea Woozy about scheduling flows to stop/start FileChannels.