Thanks for the information, Brien. It seems to be only certain types of changes that are not carried over. In this case, apparently a table definition change did not take.
David > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brien Dieterle > Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 4:27 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Effects of flushing midtier cache > > I'm pretty sure it was invalid session errors. I agree with the sentiment > that > changes should be done after-hours. However, that doesn't solve the puzzle > of why the default definition check interval of > 60 minutes can (usually) successfully implement any changes *without* > negatively affecting anyone. That is, can we get a button that just does the > same thing that is happening every hour anyway? > > Brien > > On 3/26/2012 1:06 PM, David Durling wrote: > > Thanks, Brien. What problems do your users report when this happens? > > > > David > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Brien Dieterle [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 3:54 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Cc: David Durling > >> Subject: Re: Effects of flushing midtier cache > >> > >> In my experience flushing the cache IS intrusive. Every once in a > >> long while I can't resist it any long and I start enthusiastically > >> pressing that big, red, SHINY button. Then the phone calls start trickling > in. > >> I wish I knew why. It didn't always seem to be this way, but I can't > >> be sure. It seemed to start happening sometime after 7.5 upgrade, > >> but that is just a gut feeling. We're on 7.6 SP2 now. > >> > >> Brien > >> > >> On 3/26/2012 12:48 PM, David Durling wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I'm one of those that has found it necessary to use the "flush cache" > >> button in the mid tier config when sometimes certain changes aren't > >> picked up at the regular cache check interval. > >>> Do you all consider a flush of the mid tier cache to be unintrusive > >>> - > >> something that can be done during production hours? Or is it > >> something that should be done off-hours? > >>> On our server I don't notice performance issues in using it, and in > >>> what little testing I've done, user sessions seem to be uninterrupted. > >>> (I'm not sure about floating users on the web, though - if there's > >>> anything to consider there.) > >>> > >>> I'm on ARS 7.5 patch 007 with mid tier 7.5 patch 007 with apache/tomcat. > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> > >>> David > >>> > >>> --- > >>> David Durling [email protected] > >>> Enterprise IT Services > >>> University of Georgia > >>> > >>> > >> > __________________________________________________________ > >> ____________ > >>> _________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > >>> attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are" > >>> > > > > __________________________________________________________ > _____________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug12 > www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"

