Manually Refreshing the Configuration Cache of a Server

Manually refreshing the configuration cache of a server is an advanced procedure. Perform this procedure only under the direction of an authorized support representative.

Manually refreshing the cache replaces all the configuration settings that currently exist on the managed server Server that is managed by the Enterprise Manager application.. The settings are replaced with the configuration settings that are specified for the server in Enterprise Manager. All the cached configuration settings currently existing on the managed server are refreshed (replaced) with those settings specified in Enterprise Manager.

Under typical operating conditions, the managed servers automatically pull the configuration changes from Enterprise Manager at regular intervals. You do not need to refresh the cache of a server manually to ensure that the configuration settings are current. (For more information on this process, see Handling of Configuration Changes by the Enterprise Manager.)

To refresh the configuration cache of a server manually, you must be logged on using an account that allows access to all user privileges. Also, you must turn on Advanced Mode in Enterprise Manager, as discussed in Using Advanced Mode.

This option exists primarily to enable you to reset the configuration settings on a managed server after some kind of problem has occurred. For example, you can use this option in the following situations:

  • A problem occurs on the managed server that corrupts the cached configuration files

  • A problem occurs that creates uncertainty whether a managed server has received all the latest configuration changes

  • A problem occurs that prevents managed servers from automatically pulling changes from Enterprise Manager

If the server is blocked, you cannot refresh the cache of the server. For details on blocking or unblocking servers, see Blocking and unblocking configuration distribution to servers.

 

To refresh Server cache files manually:

  1. Log on using an account that has access to all user privileges.

  2. Go to System Management Module that allows performing suite-wide system management activities from a single, Web-based application, the Enterprise Manager.. Under Enterprise, select Settings.

  3. In the Installations tree (left pane), select the managed server on which you want to refresh the cache.

  4. Click More Actions and then select Refresh Cache.

    Note: The Refresh Cache button displays only if you are logged in using an account that has access to all user privileges and the for-internal-use-only mode is turned on.