problem with reverse deployment

hi

i'm attempting to configure a reverse deployment to get data from our web server back onto our teamsite/opendeploy server but have not had any success - attached is a copy of the deployment config file (test_reverse.xml), odnodes.xml and odbase.xml from our TeamSite server as well as odrcvr.xml from our web server.

when trying to execute the deployment from the commandline, i get the following response:
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$ iwodstart test_reverse

Locating OpenDeploy service.
OpenDeploy server host: localhost, RMI registry port: 9173
Got OpenDeploy service.
>>>>>-- Start deployment test_reverse.
iwodstart running in default synchronous mode.
Need to wait for deployment to complete.
** ERROR : Starting deployment.
Reason from server: DEPLOY_CONFIG_FILE
Details : Area = /web/nrm/htdocs not found.
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The directory /web/nrm/htdocs DOES exist on our web server.

Is there a configuration option that i've missed? The manual is not terribly helpful and the only tech note i can find is #49719.

We are running OpenDeploy 5.5.1 under Solaris.

ta
mick :-)

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james1

Just wondering: Are you fully aware of the dangers of mixing forward deployments with reverse deployments?

-- James

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James H Koh
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mick

yes, i would imagine that things could get very mixed up if we were deploying from teamsite to the same area that we are getting stuff from using a reverse deployment. or is there something else you are refering to?

we want to use the reverse deployment to get certain files form our intranet (which is not currently being managed in teamsite) and put these files on our Internet site (which is in teamsite) - this is an interim measure, only until such time as our intranet is migrated into teamsite (which may not happen for another 6 months).

for my test reverse deployment, i was using the same area on our development web server (not our production server) as we use for our Internet - but this was just for testing.

can you help me sort the error out?

Migrateduser

Not sure if this is the cause of your error, but I don't think the reverse target is supposed to have a path spec.

OD 5.5.1 comes with several sample configs. One is called Sample_Reverse.xml. You may want to start with that as a template to work from.

Todd Scallan
Group Product Manager
Interwoven
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Migrateduser

You have two problems in your config file. First the targetFileSystem should be empty, and second "VERBOSE" should be lower case. Can you try the deployment after fixing the two problems especially the first one.

mick

i have tried again with empty targetFileSystem as suggested but am still getting the same error. i have attached the updated deployment config.

woops, typo in my original post - we're using OD version 5.0.1 (not 5.5.1).

Migrateduser

Can you upgrade to OD5.6? Reverse deployment is not officially supported in 5.0.1 and could have some glitches.

Adam Stoller

If we're talking 5.0.1 Base and Receiver then reverse deployments *are* supported - however there was a bug (#24700) in the initial release of 5.0.1 (recorded as fixed in 5.0.1 SP2) in which the reverse deployment required the source directory (which is on the Receiver) to exist on the Base Server.

Work-around: Create the source directory path on your Base Server (I *think* this will work)
Fix: Make sure you have 5.0.1 SP2 on both your Base Server and Receivers
Better Fix: Upgrade to 5.6 on both your Base Server and Receivers

--fish
(Interwoven Senior Technical Consultant)

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