Migrating to new server; but some xlinks were not relative: problems

[dperham]

Some partial xlinks were set up on a repo early on.   We are now migrating to a new server.  I have replicated the repo to the new server and shut down the old server.

I am now unable to checkout the repo from the new server; as I receive the following error

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cm mkwk Repo1 Repo1
Error: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it <old-server>:8087

No directory is made nor are any files retrieved.  This receives the same error when using the client gui

How can I fix this issue.  Is there a way of just changing the xlink to be relative?  

 

[manu]

Hi!

you can create a global serveralias.conf file in order to redirect all the <old-server> requests to the new server name.

Check more info here: https://www.plasticscm.com/documentation/administration/plastic-scm-version-control-administrator-guide.shtml#Globalfileconfiguration

Hope it helps!

[dperham]

Thanks, manu, that worked!   

Now I would like to change the erroneous xlink to be a relative one.  To  do that, it looks like I will need to remove the existing xlink and then add it back in with the relative attribute checked.  Will  I need to do this on all of the numerous derivative branches and development?  What I want to do is to go back and surgically change the initial xlink to be a relative xlink.  Do you have any advise regarding this?

[manu]

Great! One question, are you suing the User&Password authentication mode?

Yep, I'm afraid the xlink type can't be changed, you'll need to remove the current one and create a new one.