Viewing and Customizing Hive Properties

Sometimes you may want to view the properties for a specific hive or change its settings. For example, you may want to move its Archives or Cache folders to an alternate location. In that situation, you must use the Hive Manager dialog to display the properties for the hive, and then change them.

If accessing a remote server configuration or if a local server configuration has been added as a remote server, you can view and update hive properties while that server configuration is running. If accessing a local server configuration locally, you must first shut down the server configuration before viewing or updating hive properties.

Open the Server Administration tool and select the server configuration from the Server Pane.
If you are not logged on, the Server Administration tool requires you to do so before continuing.

Note: If accessing a local server configuration locally, you must shut down the server configuration before proceeding to the next step.
Do one of the following:
- Click the Hive Manager shortcut button in the shortcut pane.
- Select Tools > Administration > Hive Manager from the main menu.
The Hive Manager dialog opens.
Select the applicable hive in the Hive Manager dialog, and click Properties. The Hive Properties dialog opens.
Review and, if desired, change the information in this dialog.
Tip: With the exception of the Name field, you can edit all of the fields in the Hive Properties dialog. For the default and possible settings for these fields, refer to the link “Creating New Hives” at the bottom of this topic.
Click OK to confirm your choices when satisfied with your changes.
This action returns you to the Hive Manager dialog box.
Click OK to return to the main window of the Server Administration tool.
Note: If accessing a local server configuration locally, you can now restart the server configuration.