Setting a site as master
Any site can be set as the master site from the IDE client.
The IDE client initializes the site list with the master site setting in rootInfo as the current selection. If the setting is NULL, or is empty, then an empty value is selected. After the new selection is applied, the IDE client prompts a message. This states the new master site setting is not effective until the open GUIs are restarted.
This message is only prompted when the change is within the current IDE client instance.
Other IDE instances can be connected to the same host. They check if the master site is changed when they retrieve the configurations from the master site.
These include Tcl procs list, Xlate list, variant list, and so on. When this happens, a message prompts you to re-open all tools for this to take effect.
The master site setting is stored in the %HCIROOT%/rootInfo file. In this file, an entry is appended under
platform
. For example:
platform=0012
mastersite=master_site_name
This setting defaults to NULL. After you select one site as the master, the entry value is updated to the corresponding site name.
The restarting delay period is the time waiting period between stop and start when restarting MonitorD, Lock Manager, a process, or a thread. To customize this delay time, in the Root Preferences dialog box, specify a time in seconds in Restarting Delay.