Reply To: Migrating NetConfig from test to live

Kathy,

If you want to move the entire contents of a site into another site then you’d want to include the views directory in the copy.  Otherwise you get that annoying single stack of thread icons in the monitor.

If you want to move only a particular thread from test to production then it’s a little more complicated.  You’ll want to reach into the view file and copy and paste the view entry for that thread.

The view files:

config_dflt.view – the view for the netconfig.

driver_dflt.view – anybody remember blaster and catcher?  This is a legacy view that isn’t used by the current version of Cloverleaf.

monitor _dflt.view – The view used by the Network Monitor.

monitor_dflt.mvw – The monitor views were changed a few versions back and when you save the view in the monitor, this file is used instead of monitor_dflt.view.

So, if you want to move a thread into the NetConfig you have to move the view entry from the source config_dflt.view file to the destination config_dflt.view AND you have to move the entry from the source monitor_dflt.mvw file to the destination monitor_dflt.mvw.

One more tip:  If you have saved the monitor view then you’ll notice that the NetConfig view isn’t used in the monitor anymore.  If you want the monitor to use the NetConfig view again then just delete the monitor_dflt.mvw file and start the monitor GUI.  It’ll create a new mvw file from the config_dflt.view file.