Condividi tramite


Rebuild the client cache

You can force a rebuild of the cache on each client computer the next time it connects to a team project collection by using the witadminrebuildcache command.

To prevent workspace errors from occurring during version control or build operations in Team Foundation, the data cache on client computers must be updated after certain maintenance operations. After you move, restore, rename, or fail over a data-tier or application-tier server, you must refresh the cache for tracking work items and users must refresh the version control cache on client computers.

Important

To avoid server performance issues, you should not run this command during normal operating hours.

To run the witadmin command-line tool, open a Command Prompt window where either Visual Studio or Team Explorer is installed and enter:

cd %programfiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE

On a 32-bit edition of Windows, replace %programfiles(x86)% with %programfiles%.

Requirements

  • To use the witadminrebuildcache command, you must be a member of the Team Foundation Administrators security group or the Project Administrators security group for the project collection that you want to manage. Permission reference for Team Foundation Server.

Note

Even if you log on with administrative permissions, you must open an elevated Command Prompt window to perform this function on a server that is running Windows Server 2008. To open an elevated Command Prompt window, choose Start, open the shortcut menu for Command Prompt, and choose Run as Administrator. For more information, see the Microsoft Web site.

witadmin rebuildcache /collection:CollectionURL [/noprompt]

Parameters

Parameter

Description

/collection:CollectionURL

Specifies the URI of the team project collection. The format for the URI is the following: http://ServerName:Port/VirtualDirectoryName/CollectionName

If a virtual directory is not used, then the format for the URI is the following:

http://ServerName:Port/CollectionName.

/noprompt

Disables the prompt for confirmation.

/? or help

Displays help about the command in the Command Prompt window.

Remarks

The witadminrebuildcache command invalidates cached data on all clients for a specified team project collection. This causes the cache for each client to be refreshed the next time the client connects to the project collection.

Examples

The following command invalidates the metadata cache for all clients that connect to DefaultCollection that is defined on the server that is named AdventureWorksServer. The client caches are updated the next time they connect to the project collection.

witadmin rebuildcache /collection:http://AdventureWorksServer:8080/tfs/DefaultCollection

See Also

Tasks

Refresh your Team Foundation client

Concepts

Choose the Team Foundation client to support your tasks

Other Resources

witAdmin: Customize and manage objects for tracking work