To quickly create an archive definition for backing up a complete ColdFusion Server go to the Archive Definition page, provide a name, and click the Global Select All button. This will check and options and include all files, allowing you to create a complete archive when needed. (Applies to:...
In order to maintain a complete record of archive activity, make sure ColdFusion logs archive create and restore operations. These options are not available in the Logging Settings screen, but on the Archive Settings page. (Applies to: ColdFusion 5 Enterprise)
ColdFusion archives may contain your own tags, but only CFX tags are listed for explicit inclusion in archive definitions. To include CFM Custom Tags you'll need to select the Files and Directories option and include the appropriate directories manually. (Applies to: ColdFusion 5 Enterprise)
When deploying archive files avoid hard coding any paths, instead, create variables in the Archive Settings page. Variables may be included in archive definitions allowing you to create portable and flexible archives. To use variables prefix them with car.variable and enclose them within curly...
You may create any number of probes in ColdFusion Enterprise (both Default Probes and Custom Probes), and when a probe fails you can execute a script – allowing you to send e-mail notification of the failure. But there is a simpler (and safer) way to do this. Simply go to the ColdFusion...
Make sure ColdFusion notifies you if your site in inaccessible. Embed a hidden comment in your Application.cfm (or OnRequestEnd.cfm) and then create a probe to retrieve your home page (or any other page) checking for the presence of that comment. If failure occurs for any reason the probe can...
Using CF Enterprise's System Probes feature you can easily monitor the health of your application's data sources - all at once. Simple create a page that does a simple query against every defined data source, one after the other (so as to not impact performance, make it a query that returns no...
The ColdFusion Administrator's Server Configuration page displays all servers in a cluster and their status (the probe indicator). Red indicates probe failure, yellow indicates a suspended probe (temporarily inactive), green indicates available, and gray indicates that a probe is disabled (or not...
ColdFusion can be used in clustered environments - both software only clusters and hardware/software clusters. When using the latter you may need a mechanism by which to instruct the hardware to temporarily suspend sending requests to a particular server. Using the ColdFusion Administrator's Server...
ColdFusion creates and writes to log files - lots of them. Looking for a quick way to check which if any have been updated recently? Look no further than the ColdFusion Administrator's Log Files page. Click on the top of the Last Modified column to sort the list of files chronologically by the...