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CONFIGURING AND ADMINISTERING COLDFUSION 9
Working with Server Manager
Last updated 2/21/2012
View diff of two server settings
You can find out the differences in configuration of two server instances or clusters using the Diff With option
available with Server Manager. This option allows you to check for differences in the configuration settings of two
server instances. You can run Diff With on any two servers with the Logged In status.
To run Diff With:
1 Right-click any one of the servers that you need to run Diff With on.
2 Click Diff With and select the other server to compare your selected server instance.
3 In the Diff of Setting between <server A> and <server B> dialog box, select the settings that you need to compare.
4 Click Next.
5 Expand the settings by clicking the (+) sign. Any settings that are different for the two server instances, are
highlighted.
Create Groups
Using the Server Manager, you can create groups and associate a registered or new server to one or more groups. To
create groups and associate servers to groups:
1 Click Groups > Add from the Groups menu.
2 In the Add Group dialog box, enter the name of the new group and click Apply.
A new tab for the group is created in the right-pane of Server Manager.
To associate a server instance to a group:
1 Select the server instances and click Edit.
2 In the Edit Server dialog box, select the group to which you need to add the server instance.
3 Click Apply.
To verify that the selected server has been added to the group, click the group tab.
To edit or remove existing groups from Server Manager, click the group tab. From the Groups menu select Edit or
Remove to modify or remove a group from Server Manager.
Manage multiple servers
You can perform batch operations on multiple ColdFusion Server instances from Server Manager.
When you drag and drop any setting, if that setting exists on the server where the settings are being dropped, the
settings get overridden with the new settings. For example, if data source named XXX is being dropped on a server and
if that data source already exists on the other server, then the data source gets overridden with the new setting, without
any warning.
In a batch operation, you can perform the following tasks: