Scheduling scope synchronization

We can schedule scope synchronization to be performed at specific times by defining the schedule with the XML configuration interface.

1. Verify whether any scheduled synchronizations have already been defined for the portal.

   1. Create an export file that use with the xmlaccess command. Here is an example of a request use to query the current configuration:
      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <request type="export" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="PortalConfig_8.5.0.xsd" > <portal action="locate"> <task action="export" name="com.ibm.portal.cp.SynchronizationTask"/> </portal> </request>

   2. Run the xmlaccess command, specifying the export file. The resulting output file contains any scheduled synchronization times defined in the portal.

2. Set the synchronization schedule.

   1. To set a time for a scheduled synchronization, create an XML request document. For example, to schedule a synchronization to occur at 15:36 hours every day, we would use a request like this:

      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>  
      <request type="update" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="PortalConfig_8.5.0.xsd">    
          <portal action="locate">      
              <task action="create" name="com.ibm.portal.cp.SynchronizationTask">        
                  <startTime>15:36
                  </startTime>      
              </task>    
          </portal>  
      </request>
      

      For each scheduled synchronization, create a separate task element and specify the time with a startTime element.

   2. Run the xmlaccess command, specifying the file containing the scheduling request. Scope information for the web content system will then be synchronized automatically according to the schedule we defined.

3. Optional: To set a minimum time before subsequent synchronizations are performed, specify the tagging.syndication.minimumTagSynchronizationTimeInterval property in the WCM configuration service.

   1. Log in to the WAS console and click...
      Resources | Resource Environment | Resource Environment Providers | WP ConfigService | Additional Properties | Custom Properties | New

   2. Enter the property name...
      tagging.syndication.minimumTagSynchronizationTimeInterval

   3. Set the string value to the number of seconds between synchronizations.

   4. Click OK, and save the changes to the master configuration.

   5. Restart the portal.

Parent Synchronize scopes for web content

Related tasks:

Set service configuration properties

Related reference:

XML configuration reference

Related information

Work with xmlaccess.sh