Problem creating/exporting Partition

Not able to create .par file. Was able to create the Partition definition with out any problem with desired attributes/views with Read access but unable to export the partition to create a .par file...appreciate any thoughts/ work arounds
lgudipati - Mon Jan 16 16:38:41 EST 2012

Re: Problem creating/exporting Partition
SystemAdmin - Mon Jan 16 17:16:44 EST 2012

Can you describe the error message that you receive when you can't create the .par file?

A possible cause of not being able to create a .par file is because there is a lock on one or more of the link and formal modules defined in the Partition Definition. That is, another user has one of these modules open, or your current login session may have some modules that are open but not displayed (hidden mode) and these need to be closed (Go to the DOORS Explorer, select Tools > Manage Open Modules - The "Manage Open Modules" dialogue box will show you the status of all hidden and displayed opened modules just for your user session).

There are other possible reasons - just need to know what error message is being presented.

Paul Miller
Melbourne, Australia

Re: Problem creating/exporting Partition
lgudipati - Fri Jan 27 09:42:25 EST 2012

SystemAdmin - Mon Jan 16 17:16:44 EST 2012
Can you describe the error message that you receive when you can't create the .par file?

A possible cause of not being able to create a .par file is because there is a lock on one or more of the link and formal modules defined in the Partition Definition. That is, another user has one of these modules open, or your current login session may have some modules that are open but not displayed (hidden mode) and these need to be closed (Go to the DOORS Explorer, select Tools > Manage Open Modules - The "Manage Open Modules" dialogue box will show you the status of all hidden and displayed opened modules just for your user session).

There are other possible reasons - just need to know what error message is being presented.

Paul Miller
Melbourne, Australia

No error message was displayed. DOORS says "Not Responding", and I had to kill it in the task manager. No stale locks were observed. But when I had another user test it for me who is located in the same geographical location as the DOORS server, using the partition definition I had created,it took them less than 5 minutes to create the .par file. When I pinged the server, the response time averaged at 64ms. Do you think it's due to latency? I tried a few times on different days with no luck yet.

Re: Problem creating/exporting Partition
llandale - Fri Jan 27 11:02:43 EST 2012

lgudipati - Fri Jan 27 09:42:25 EST 2012
No error message was displayed. DOORS says "Not Responding", and I had to kill it in the task manager. No stale locks were observed. But when I had another user test it for me who is located in the same geographical location as the DOORS server, using the partition definition I had created,it took them less than 5 minutes to create the .par file. When I pinged the server, the response time averaged at 64ms. Do you think it's due to latency? I tried a few times on different days with no luck yet.

Ping times correlate directly to response times since DOORS uses small packets to communicate with the server. 25ms ping IMO is the threshold between "OK" and "tolerable". 64ms ping is "hopelessly slow".

Put some time checks in your DXL, start it and go home, and in the morning see how long it took.
  • int TimeStart = intOf(today)
  • ...
  • print "Total time = " (intOf(today)-TimeStart) " seconds\n"
-Louie

Re: Problem creating/exporting Partition
lgudipati - Fri Jan 27 11:21:55 EST 2012

llandale - Fri Jan 27 11:02:43 EST 2012
Ping times correlate directly to response times since DOORS uses small packets to communicate with the server. 25ms ping IMO is the threshold between "OK" and "tolerable". 64ms ping is "hopelessly slow".

Put some time checks in your DXL, start it and go home, and in the morning see how long it took.

  • int TimeStart = intOf(today)
  • ...
  • print "Total time = " (intOf(today)-TimeStart) " seconds\n"
-Louie

Thank you, Louie. Looks like i am not going to have much of a luck with this issue based on where I am located at. The server is going to be located in the west coast for the foreseeable future and I have no plans to move from midwest. Is there anything I can do to improve the response times? I have to start bugging our IT folks to move the server where the DOORS Admin is located :)

Re: Problem creating/exporting Partition
SystemAdmin - Fri Jan 27 16:56:20 EST 2012

lgudipati - Fri Jan 27 11:21:55 EST 2012
Thank you, Louie. Looks like i am not going to have much of a luck with this issue based on where I am located at. The server is going to be located in the west coast for the foreseeable future and I have no plans to move from midwest. Is there anything I can do to improve the response times? I have to start bugging our IT folks to move the server where the DOORS Admin is located :)

I'm assuming that your company doesn't have any CITRIX services, so perhaps ask your IT people to investigate if they can set up Remote Desktop access (Terminal Services) to a PC\Server that has an installed DOORS client on your West coast site. I know they probably won't like you remotely logging into a production level server but maybe they have a development server lying around where a DOORS client can be installed and is OK for you to use.

Paul Miller
Melbourne, Australia