Prevent multiple users from changing configuration files at the same time

Products

• DX Unified Infrastructure Management (Nimsoft / UIM)
• CA Unified Infrastructure Management On-Premise (Nimsoft / UIM)
• CA Unified Infrastructure Management SaaS (Nimsoft / UIM)

Issue/Introduction

Need a way to prevent multiple DX UIM Administrators from making conflicting changes to the same probe configuration at the same time.

Environment

• DX UIM - Any Version

Resolution

In the robot/controller IM GUI under "Advanced" there is a checkbox called "Configuration file locking" which can be enabled.

If this is enabled, a warning will pop up when multiple administrators try to access the same probe configuration GUI informing you that another user has the configuration file locked (including the username, IP address, and time of lock):

Additional Information

This can be enabled directly in the .cfg file or Raw Configure with the following key/value combination in the robot.cfg:

   config_locking = <yes/no>

The default is no.