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

When you configure the scalability server to run in both the modes, the stage check interval takes precedence over the bulk update interval, but the messages are sent in bulk. For example, if you configure the scalability server to perform stage check after every 60 minutes and bulk update after every 10 minutes, the scalability server sends the messages to the Installation Manager in bulk after every 60 minutes. The scalability server ignores the bulk update interval.

In this scenario, the scalability server handles the messages in the following manner:

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

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

   • 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.

3. Scalability server sends the messages in bulk in the form of a single message, containing various submessages, to the Installation Manager.

As the scalability server sends the messages to the Installation Manager in bulk, this scenario optimizes the database updates.

More information:

Behavior of SS Based on Stage Check and Bulk Update Configurations