Configure volume failover during file import

You can provide volume failover during file import by defining a failover volume for importing files. If this behavior is configured, the system checks the target volume before import. If the target volume is filled to a specified capacity, the file is directed to a specified failover volume. The same behavior applies to default local volumes if store and forward functionality is configured. Volume failover during file import proceeds as follows: Procedure A user initiates a file import. The targeted volume is determined by the default volume specified for the user’s group. If store and forward functionality is configured, the importing volume is the specified default local volume. Note Default volumes and default local volumes are defined using the Organization application. These settings are typically defined when the user account is created. Generally, default volumes are defined at the group level, not the user level. Siemens Digital Industries Software recommends that you do not define a default volume for each user; such granular assignments are time-consuming to maintain. When the user’s default volume is not specified, the group's default volume information is used. The system searches for the cached value of the percent full of the targeted volume. If a cached value is found, the value’s age is checked. If it exceeds the time specified by the TC_Volume_Status_Resync_Interval preference, a fresh value is requested by an FSC admin call. A new percent full value is retrieved and cached. The percent full values are cached to prevent excessive FSC requests. The TC_Volume_Status_Resync_Interval preference specifies the minimum amount of time that can pass before the percent-full value of a volume is retrieved from an FSC. If a cached value is not found, the value is requested by an FSC admin call. The percent-full value is retrieved and cached. The system compares the percent-full value with the percent full specified by the TC_Volume_Failover_Trigger preference. If the trigger point is not met, the system imports the file to the original target volume. If the trigger point is met, the system imports the file to the failover volume defined by the TC_Volume_Failover_Name preference.