To unlock a publication locked as the result of an archiving failure, you need to publish a Component called UnlockDeployment (in each locked Publication). When you publish the Component successfully, the Publication is unlocked. This section describes how to create an UnlockDeployment Component and publish it successfully.
About this task
Note: Before unlocking a publication, you need fix the error causing the archiving failure. Check your log files (and the event log) for details about publication and archiving failures.
Procedure
- To create and publish a Component for unlocking a Publication, open the Content Manager Explorer.
- Create a dummy Schema called, for example, ArchiveManagerUnlockSchema with a text field called Unlock.
- Create a Component based on ArchiveManagerUnlockSchema and Name it UnlockDeployment (the name of the Component must be UnlockDeployment for the unlocking to succeed).
- Click Save and Close.
- Associate the ArchiveManagerUnlockSchema with a Dynamic Component Template:
- Open a dynamic Component Template (in which the field Component Presentations based on this Component Template will be is set to Published as a dynamic Component).
- Add the ArchiveManagerUnlockSchema to the Linked Schemas field.
- Click Save and Close.
Important: Publishing a Component based on a Schema that has no associated (Dynamic) Component Template will not actually publish anything. To publish the UnlockDeployment Component successfully, you must therefore associate the Schema on which the Component is based with a Dynamic Component Template (or add it to the Component Presentations of a Page).
- Select the UnlockComponent Component and choose from the pop-up menu.