Sometimes my packages get corrupted due to failover cluster crashing where my Site Server is being hosted and I want to know if there is a way to export packages?

Thanks

I would fix the underlying problem first instead of creating a workaround ... It's not supported to install the site server on a cluster btw. I don't have access to a console right now, but isn't there the 'export' option when you right click a software update package?

I was thinking the same thing Torsten, but sadly, no there isn't.

How did you even install on a cluster? Do you mean the DB is installed on a cluster?

No I believe it's just the Failover Cluster feature that is installed on the servers running SCVMM, but I am not the admin for this. It is not an SQL cluster. My Site Server is running on a VM that installed on a host server running FCM and SCVMM, I believe. Sometimes this cluster crashes and I think when this happens the .vhdx file that the Content Library is stored on may get thrown a bit out of whack and the packages become corrupted. So I am just wondering if there is any way to export the packages in case the FCM crashes again.

• Edited by I AM Sir Ask Alot 4 hours 29 minutes ago

OK, that makes sense.

As mentioned though, there's nothing built in to export the packages. Best thing that I can think of if to create many smaller packages so that if one gets corrupted it's easier to repair.

How do you repair a package? What I do is just highlight all of the software updates in a package and click download and then I create a new package and then I deletethe old one. This works pretty well for me. Is this how you repair, or is there another method? Thanks Jason

No I believe it's just the Failover Cluster feature that is installed on the servers running SCVMM, but I am not the admin for this. It is not an SQL cluster. My Site Server is running on a VM that installed on a host server running FCM and SCVMM, I believe. Sometimes this cluster crashes and I think when this happens the .vhdx file that the Content Library is stored on may get thrown a bit out of whack and the packages become corrupted. So I am just wondering if there is any way to export the packages in case the FCM crashes again.

• Edited by I AM Sir Ask Alot Friday, July 31, 2015 3:22 AM

It depends upon what you think is broken (which isn't usually apparent) but yes, that would be one thing to try. Smaller packages would thus make that process a lot quicker.

yeah the download process would be much quicker with smaller ones. 

Okay thanks Jason.