BuildForge Help

Pausing the Engine

If you want to act directly on your Build Forge® database, to back it up, restore it, or change the schema in some way, you should pause the engine before you make any changes.

To pause the engine, select Administration > System and locate the Pause Build Forge Engine property (use the Filter box). The system displays a form for editing the Pause Build Forge Engine setting. Change the property to Y and click the Save Config button.

The system pauses the engine, but any currently-running projects continue. You must wait for any currently active jobs to complete to ensure that no data is being written to the database.

To reactivate the engine, change the value of the property back to N, and click the Save Config button again.

Note: When the engine is paused, your database can still be updated from the console and the services layer. To prevent this, you must also shut down all Build Forge services, including Apache and Tomcat. For instance, before performing a database backup, you must pause the engine and shut down all Build Forge services.