Premounting projects and baselines

You use the Pre-Mount Settings dialog to specify the projects that you want to mount each time the Enterprise server(s) start. The dialog lists all projects that are currently premounted.

To access the Pre-Mount Settings dialog, select the Pre-Mount Settings command from the Server menu.

A project is normally mounted when it is opened, and dismounted when all users have finished working with it. It can take some time to mount projects. If particular projects will be opened and closed frequently, you can speed up access times by premounting them each time the Enterprise server(s) start. Premounting a project also prevents it from being dismounted automatically when all users have finished working with it.

For each project that you premount, you can specify whether its baselines are premounted at the same time. This speeds up access times for the baselines, which is useful if they will be opened and closed frequently. If a project's baselines are premounted at the same time as the project itself, the Pre-Mount Type column displays Project and Baselines; if only the project is premounted, it displays Project Only.

Baselines that are not marked as "active" in the Baseline/What If Manager dialog in Asta Powerproject are excluded from being premounted. If you have a large number of baselines, you can improve the performance of the system by specifying that old baselines are not active, which reduces the number of baselines that are premounted.

If you want to premount two projects in different data sources that share the same project ID, you must not enter their details into the Pre-Mount Settings dialog during the same dialog session; if you do this, only one of the projects that shares the project ID will be premounted. In this situation, you must access the Pre-Mount Settings dialog, specify one of the projects and close the dialog, then re-enter the dialog and specify the second project.

  1. Click Add. The Add Pre-Mount Project dialog appears.
  2. Specify whether you want to premount the project only, or the project and its baselines, in the Pre-Mount type field.
  3. Select the data source in which the project is located in the Datasource field.
  4. Enter the ID of the project you want to premount in the Project ID field. If you do not know the ID of the project you want to premount, enter projects at the Enterprise server command prompt. A list of projects, together with their IDs, is displayed.
  5. Click OK to return to the Pre-Mount Settings dialog. The project is added to the list.
  6. Click OK to confirm your changes and close the Pre-Mount Settings dialog.
  1. Select the project that is currently premounted and click Edit. The Add Pre-Mount Project dialog appears.
  2. Specify whether you want to premount the project only, or the project and its baselines, in the Pre-Mount type field.
  3. Select the data source in which the project is located in the Datasource field.
  4. Enter the ID of the project you want to premount in the Project ID field.
  5. Click OK to return to the Pre-Mount Settings dialog.
  6. Click OK to confirm your changes and close the Pre-Mount Settings dialog.
  1. Select the project that is currently premounted.
  2. Click Delete.
  3. Click OK to confirm your changes and close the Pre-Mount Settings dialog.

You can also premount projects and baselines manually.

Related Topics:

Specifying the projects you want to premount

Premounting projects and baselines manually

Optimising performance