Using the 'upgradeif' setting for CoreSettings.config

Products

• IT Management Suite

Issue/Introduction

 In the CoreSettings.config file (under c:\programdata\symantec\smp\settings) you may notice some settings that uses "upgradeif" setting. For example:

<customSetting key="MaxConcurrentSlowMsgsThreadPoolSize" type="local" value="4" upgradeIf="gt" />

Environment

ITMS 8.x

Resolution

The upgradeif setting indicates if a core setting will be updated during upgrade (by default settings are not upgraded, only new ones will be inserted).

There are 3 options now:

gt – the setting will be updated to new value if old value is greater than new

lt – the setting will be updated to new value if old value is less than new

ne – the setting will be updated to new value if old value does not equal to new

Example:

The “gt” setting means that our value will take over the administrator’s if its greater than it, i.e. if there was a value of “2” previously, but our new one is “4” in a newer release with this option – we will override. But if the administrator set it to 10 before, and ours only 4 – we will not change it.