Change the workspaces locking policy

Before deciding on the locking policy to use on your authoring server, review the Considerations when selecting a locking policy topic carefully to understand the implications of each locking policy.

Do not change the workspaces locking policy if you have uncommitted data in any of your workspaces. This can cause undefined behavior with the uncommitted data.

If you are changing the workspaces locking policy in WebSphere Commerce Developer, follow the instructions in Changing the workspaces locking policy in WebSphere Commerce Developer.

To change the workspaces locking policy:

1. Copy the following file to a temporary location:

   • WC_eardir/xml/content-management/wc-resource-containers.xml

   This file should never be directly modified. For more information, refer to XML configuration directory.

2. Open the temporary copy of the file in a text editor.

3. Find the following text

   <wc:DefaultConfiguration
      lockingPolicy="Workspaces_locking_policy"
      enableDynamicWorkspaceCreation="false"
      readPrefixName="WCR"
      writePrefixName="WCW"
     />
   

4. For the locking policy you want to enable, replace Workspaces_locking_policy with the policy class shown below the locking policy name:

   Workspaces locking

   com.ibm.commerce.context.content.locking.WorkspaceLockingPolicy

   Task group locking

   com.ibm.commerce.context.content.locking.TaskGroupLockingPolicy

   Task locking

   com.ibm.commerce.context.content.locking.TaskLockingPolicy

   No locking

   com.ibm.commerce.context.content.locking.NoLockingPolicy

5. Save your changes.

6. Update WebSphere Commerce with the updated file. See the Updating applications topic in the WebSphere Application Server Information Center for instructions. Ensure that you follow the instructions for updating a single file.

   You will need the following information:

   Enterprise application name

   WC_enterprise_application

   Relative path to file

   xml/content-management/wc-resource-containers.xml

7. Stop and restart WebSphere Commerce.

Related concepts

Workspaces
Workspaces locking policies

Related tasks

Create an authoring server
Start and stopping WebSphere Commerce
Change the workspaces locking policy

Related Reference

Considerations when selecting a locking policy