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• shut-down

  Code Block
  language bash title shutdown
  ecflow_client --shutdown

  
  

• suspend all suites

  Code Block
  language bash title suspend
  CL="ecflow_client --port 3142 --host machineX" for s in $($CL --suites); do $CL --suspend /$s; done

  
  

• wait for active/submitted tasks to complete

• halt the server:

  Code Block
  language bash title halt
  ecflow_client --halt

  
  

• Use --migrate to dump state and structure to a file:

  Code Block
  language bash title migrate
  ecflow_client --migrate > all_suites.def

  
  

• terminate server *or* leave server running but start new server on different machine to avoid port number clash.
• remove checkpt and backup checkpt files, to prevent new server from loading them

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• module load latest release

  Code Block
  title Load latest ecflow
  > module load ecflow/5new > module load python3

  
  

• start

  server

  server 

  Code Block
  ecflow_start.sh

  
  

• load the migration file:

  Code Block
  language bash title Load
  ecflow_client --load=all_suites.def

  
  

• set server running:

  Code Block
  language bash title restart
  ecflow_client --restart

  
  

• resume suspended suites:

  Code Block
  language bash title Resume
  CL="ecflow_client --port 3142 --host machineX" for s in $($CL --suites); do $CL --resume=/$s; done

 If you are using earlier versions, then :

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However the client/server/GUI between ecflow 4.x.x and ecflow 5.X.Y are not compatible.

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