You can automatically configure a server, either by loading the configuration from a saved configuration, or by copying the configuration directly from another server.
Loading or copying the server options provides the following benefits:
- Saves work by applying settings that were entered once to multiple targets.
- Provides administrators with a set of standard settings for all servers, with an efficient tool to duplicate settings.
- Allows you to copy settings from a development server to a production server.
- Allows you to move settings from one PPM server to another server.
- Allows you to backup the settings of a server.
- Load settings from a previous version of PPM by loading from an XML file.
For information on saving a configuration to a file, refer to Saving PM Server Settings.
To load options to a server, select one or more servers and click Load from the Bridge Console.
Note: You can load settings to multiple servers at once by selecting more than one server and then clicking Load.
- To copy a configuration from another server, select Copy options from server and select the server from the dropdown list.
- To load the configuration from a saved configuration file, select Load options from file and enter the path to the XML file in the text box. You can also enter the path to the file by browsing for the file using the Browse button.
Note:
- Server options can be loaded only from a file that was saved in the Bridge Console, using the Save As button or from a Bridge Package file that was saved using the Bridge Packager in previous versions.
- It is not possible to load to a P6 server settings file used in MSP project servers and vice versa.
- When loading options to the server, all of the server's existing options are, by default, replaced with the new options. If you want to exclude an option set from being loaded, uncheck that option on the Load Server Options dialog box. The sets you can exclude are:
- Sync
- Defaults
- Publish
- Update
Each checkbox correlates to a step in the Bridge wizard. By unchecking the box of a set, you prevent the system from replacing the options that are stored in that set. For example, if you want to copy the Publish and Update category-field mappings from one server to another, but want to preserve the Sync times of the target server, uncheck the Sync checkbox before loading the options.
- Click OK to finish. If you are loading new settings to a single server, a confirmation dialog box appears, warning you that the current settings for this server will be overwritten if you continue.
- Click OK in the confirmation dialog box. The selected options are loaded to the server.