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How SS Handles Messages—Bulk Update Enabled, Stage Check Disabled

To optimize database updates, you must run the scalability server in the bulk update mode. When you configure the scalability server to run only in the bulk update mode, the scalability server handles the messages in the following manner:

Note: In this scenario, where the bulk update mode is enabled and the stage check mode is disabled, the stage check functionality checks only for the unregistered units; it does not send the cached messages. The cached messages (if any) for the registered units are sent during the bulk update.

1. Scalability server caches the messages that it receives from the agent for a specified period (bulk update interval).
2. Scalability server sends the cached messages in bulk to the Installation Manager when one of the following conditions is met:
   • When the scheduled time to perform the bulk update has come, that is, at the completion of the bulk update interval
   • When you manually force the bulk update to take place by running the bulkupdate command (sd_sscmd bulkupdate)

     Note: For more information on the sd_sscmd bulkupdate command, see the bulkupdate section in the Software Delivery CLI Reference Guide.

More information:

Behavior of SS Based on Stage Check and Bulk Update Configurations

Configure Bulk Update Configuration Policies for SS