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2/20/2009

A Sign the Farm is Quiescent

In Central Admin, in Operations, you have an option to quiesce the farm.  This stops all new connections, and is a good idea before, for example, restoring a content database.  it's the next to last operation under Global Configuration.

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When the farm is quiescent, you will get certain errors, such as the following.

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"The server is currently being taken down for maintenance" is InfoPath Forms Services' way of saying the farm is being quiesced, and we can't do any new connections - although the fact that the web pages leading up to this screen didn't object seems  a little inconsistent.

To fix this, go to the Quiesce Farm option in Central admin and click on Reset Farm.

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--Michael

Posted at 10:41 PM by Michael Blumenthal | Category: MOSS 2007 | Permalink | Email this Post | Comments (1)

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Re: A Sign the Farm is Quiescent

Just as a side note, when you quiesce the farm, it stops all "long running operations" from happening.  So, short connections like loading the web pages leading up to the InfoPath form will continued to be rendered.  It's one step short of what you would have thought it was suppose to do but better than nothing :)
at 2/23/2009 4:34 AM

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