Where to find files for Harvest?

Products

• CA Harvest Software Change Manager
• CA Harvest Software Change Manager - OpenMake Meister

Issue/Introduction

Before upgrading it is recommended to backup certain key files and folders related to Harvest:

• %CA_SCM_HOME% folder
• %RTHOME% folder (pec)
• All custom scripts used by UDPs
• All custom form definition files
• All configuration files (%CA_SCM_HOME%\*.arg, %RTHOME%\standard\*.cm)
• All encrypted password files (*.dfo)

Where can these files be found?

Environment

Harvest Software Change Manager all versions

Resolution

• %CA_SCM_HOME% folder on the SCM v12.1 server
  From a command prompt, execute “echo %CA_SCM_HOME%”
  
  
• %RTHOME% folder (pec) on the SCM v12.1 server
  From a command prompt, execute “echo %RTHOME%”
  
  
• All custom scripts used by UDPs
  For this you will need to examine your UDPs to determine the names and locations of the scripts they call.  Here is a KB article that can help with that: How to locate all UDP scripts
  
  
• All custom form definition files
  These will normally be located in your %CA_SCM_HOME%\Forms folder, but could be found in other folders on the computer as well.  If you can search the computer for these file extensions they can lead you to locations of files that may be related to forms:  *.hfd, *.sql, *.xml
  
  
• All configuration files (%CA_SCM_HOME%\*.arg, %RTHOME%\standard\*.cm)
  Look in the %CA_SCM_HOME% folder for any files with a “.arg” file extension, and look in the %RTHOME%\standard folder for any files with a “.cm” file extension
  
  
• All encrypted password files (*.dfo)
  These will normally be found in your %CA_SCM_HOME% folder but could possibly be found other places on the computer as well.  Be aware that Harvest marks these as “hidden” files on the file system so if you are searching with Windows Explorer, be sure to check the checkbox that includes hidden files.