Post-deployment activities
After you deploy a package, you might need to activate some types of records, update database statistics, update user IDs, edit user queries, and deactivate administration mode.
Activating records
After you deploy a package that contains organizations, sites, workflow processes, or communication templates that were active in the source environment, you must activate them in the target environment before you deploy any other packages to the same environment.
Use the related application to activate the specific records. For example, use the Organizations application to activate organizations and sites.
Updating database statistics
After you deploy a package that applies table or index changes to a target environment with administration mode turned on, you must update the database statistics so that the query optimizer can determine the most efficient way to run SQL statements.
The update is required because when you use the Migration Manager application to change database objects, the statistics typically become incorrect. For example, when a migration adds an index, no statistics exist for the index. Therefore, statistics must be generated for the index to be used effectively. Similarly, when a migration modifies a table so that it is renamed and rebuilt, the indexes for the table are also rebuilt. Therefore, the statistics must be regenerated
Use the Database Configuration application to update the statistics.
Updating user IDs
When you migrate product user IDs, the user data for associated database user IDs is not migrated. Therefore, if some users require their database user IDs, you must re-create the properties for those database user IDs in the target environment.
Editing user queries
When you migrate the Start Center template, the associated queries that are configured for each user are not migrated. After you migrate the Start Center template, you must open the template and edit the queries so that they correctly match the target environment.
Deactivating administration mode
If administration mode is enabled during package deployment, only users with administrative privileges can access the product. All escalations and cron tasks stop, except for Bulletin Board cron tasks.
When the deployment finishes, you must turn off administration mode. You perform this step so that the cron tasks and escalations restart and users without administrative privileges can access the product.