# Deployment

**URL:** https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/c/deployment/8.md

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## [About Deployment Category](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/about-deployment-category/782)

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**Author:** [@Leonor\_Marques](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/Leonor_Marques)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/about-deployment-category/782 "2026-08-26T15:29:58Z")

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Purpose Installation, upgrades, environment configuration, and infrastructure topics. Post here if… You are planning, executing, or troubleshooting a CM deployment. Your question is about sizing, migrations, environm…

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## [About the Deployment Category](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/about-the-deployment-category/18)

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**Author:** [@Leonor\_Marques](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/Leonor_Marques)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/about-the-deployment-category/18 "2026-07-10T17:39:50Z")

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Installation, upgrades, infrastructure, troubleshooting, and runtime operations.

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## [Automation Manager Automatic Deployment Issue](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/automation-manager-automatic-deployment-issue/933)

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**Author:** [@Domingos\_Sousa](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/Domingos_Sousa)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2026, 8:29am UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/automation-manager-automatic-deployment-issue/933 "2026-10-19T08:29:08Z")

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Good afternoon, My customer is experiencing issues with the automatic deployment feature of an Automation Manager. The MES does not report any errors. However, the Automation Manager pod, while attempting to create the…

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## [Access ENVIRONMENT\_TYPE value](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/access-environment-type-value/876)

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**Author:** [@Joao\_Querido](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/Joao_Querido)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/access-environment-type-value/876 "2026-09-25T18:33:53Z")

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Hi All, We were checking whether there was any possibility of having access to your UI or BIZ solution for the type of environment in which we are currently running our solution. This means accessing this value: Aft…

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## [Dev Containers: stack-up-iot-manager Command](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/dev-containers-stack-up-iot-manager-command/527)

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**Author:** [@Ben\_Hines](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/Ben_Hines)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2026, 8:53am UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/dev-containers-stack-up-iot-manager-command/527 "2026-09-15T08:53:06Z")

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I am up and running with the CM-provided image for my dev container. I noticed that VS Code has some command buttons along that bottom that are unique to CM customization development. These include: cmf login stack-up s…

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## [Troubleshooting Manual or Documentation](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/troubleshooting-manual-or-documentation/825)

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**Author:** [@Dama\_Wei](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/Dama_Wei)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2026, 9:23am UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/troubleshooting-manual-or-documentation/825 "2026-09-07T09:23:17Z")

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Hi, Sorry for the silly question, but do we have any documentation for troubleshooting known issues? Or has it already been written up somewhere? Example IoT manager when startup in local get error in below, fix by …

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## [Deployment issue for IOT packages on V10.2.11](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/deployment-issue-for-iot-packages-on-v10-2-11/596)

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**Author:** [@rohith\_vijay](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/rohith_vijay)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 7:44am UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/deployment-issue-for-iot-packages-on-v10-2-11/596 "2026-08-21T07:44:44Z")

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When running the cmf pack command, error occurred as below even the packConfig.json is present in the root folder where it is required: After packing the packages, I tried to execute the iso and below error occurred: A…

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## [Docker Engine Version Compatibility and Licensing Update](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/docker-engine-version-compatibility-and-licensing-update/533)

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**Author:** [@Joao\_Moreira](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/Joao_Moreira)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2026, 11:10pm UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/docker-engine-version-compatibility-and-licensing-update/533 "2026-07-30T23:10:02Z")

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Hi CM MES Developers, I want to alert all developers about a critical compatibility break related to Docker Engine versions and our Critical Manufacturing MES releases, particularly concerning the Traefik component. A …

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## [CM version migration - Local environment setup after re-scaffolding the project](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/cm-version-migration-local-environment-setup-after-re-scaffolding-the-project/592)

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**Author:** [@Ben\_Hines](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/Ben_Hines)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2026, 11:48pm UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/cm-version-migration-local-environment-setup-after-re-scaffolding-the-project/592 "2026-07-28T23:48:17Z")

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I’m working on migrating our MES from CM 11.1.5 to CM 11.2.7 and am a bit confused about the instructions. I think, perhaps, the source of my confusion is what the definitions of these two database snapshots are: Post-…

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## [DevContainer + WSL Storage Issue (VHDX Growing to 370GB+) — Looking for Recommendations](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/devcontainer-wsl-storage-issue-vhdx-growing-to-370gb-looking-for-recommendations/599)

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**Author:** [@irina\_gorlik](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/irina_gorlik)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2026, 7:56am UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/devcontainer-wsl-storage-issue-vhdx-growing-to-370gb-looking-for-recommendations/599 "2026-06-12T07:56:25Z")

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We are using Dev Containers as our local development environment and are encountering significant storage issues with WSL. The associated VHDX file is growing beyond 370GB and continues to expand during usage. As a temp…

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## [Unable to access CMES application UI](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/unable-to-access-cmes-application-ui/602)

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**Author:** [@Rishabh\_Jain](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/Rishabh_Jain)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2026, 10:35am UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/unable-to-access-cmes-application-ui/602 "2026-05-12T10:35:01Z")

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Hello, We have completed a clean installation of the CMES v10.2.11 container, we are using the Traefik image version 2.10.3, for CMES v10. The application URL is accessible, and the login page loads successfully. Howev…

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## [CM V11 Deplyment Issue](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/cm-v11-deplyment-issue/600)

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**Author:** [@vicente](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/vicente)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2026, 10:30am UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/cm-v11-deplyment-issue/600 "2026-05-12T10:30:53Z")

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Hello everyone, I’m currently configuring a deployment pipeline through the CMF\*\* \*\*Customer Portal DevOps to automate the deployment of a v11.0.0 environment. For this environment, our CMF services are running on Kube…

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## [The memory of MES application servers grow up quickly](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/the-memory-of-mes-application-servers-grow-up-quickly/548)

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**Author:** [@zoufu4](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/zoufu4)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/the-memory-of-mes-application-servers-grow-up-quickly/548 "2026-04-23T12:12:00Z")

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Hello, We have been catching an issue that memory of app servers increase rapidly. and we have tried to increase the quantity of pods from 4 to 8, but it not works, memory still increase from about 30% to 80%. so now …

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## [Upgrade Path from CM MES v10.x (Windows) to v11.x (Container)](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/upgrade-path-from-cm-mes-v10-x-windows-to-v11-x-container/609)

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**Author:** [@Rishabh\_Jain](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/Rishabh_Jain)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/upgrade-path-from-cm-mes-v10-x-windows-to-v11-x-container/609 "2026-04-16T14:23:59Z")

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Hi Team, we are currently running Critical Manufacturing MES v10.x using the traditional Windows-based deployment (Application Server + DB Server). We are now planning to upgrade to CM MES v11.x, which is delivered as a…

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## [Dev Containers : Dows it support DEE debugging?](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/dev-containers-dows-it-support-dee-debugging/613)

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**Author:** [@Cornalious\_Simon](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/Cornalious_Simon)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/dev-containers-dows-it-support-dee-debugging/613 "2026-04-07T15:49:31Z")

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Dev Containers : Dows it support DEE debugging?

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## [How to introduce new assembly dependencies](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/how-to-introduce-new-assembly-dependencies/614)

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**Author:** [@Ben\_Hines](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/Ben_Hines)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2026, 10:17pm UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/how-to-introduce-new-assembly-dependencies/614 "2026-04-06T22:17:21Z")

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I’m considering adding statsd into my customizations and am looking at the datadog statsdclient.dll. I can add this as a dependency in my C# project(s) and am able to build successfully, but am wondering how this will wo…

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## [Build cmf.custom.help error - mismatching cytoscape/mermaid dependencies](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/build-cmf-custom-help-error-mismatching-cytoscape-mermaid-dependencies/542)

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**Author:** [@Joao\_Roque](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/Joao_Roque)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2026, 7:49am UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/build-cmf-custom-help-error-mismatching-cytoscape-mermaid-dependencies/542 "2026-03-20T07:49:52Z")

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When building an cmf.custom.help package the following errors might be experienced:

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## [Does the "cmf" command take a long time for you?](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/does-the-cmf-command-take-a-long-time-for-you/611)

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**Author:** [@Ben\_Hines](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/Ben_Hines)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2026, 10:07am UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/does-the-cmf-command-take-a-long-time-for-you/611 "2026-03-08T10:07:06Z")

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I’ve noticed that the “cmf” command seems to have about 20 seconds of overhead before it starts doing anything. Below, I simply timed “cmd --help”. I’d expect this to execute instantaneously, but even this takes 20 secon…

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## [CM 10 - The hostname could not be parsed](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/cm-10-the-hostname-could-not-be-parsed/543)

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**Author:** [@Ana\_Silva](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/Ana_Silva)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2026, 2:23am UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/cm-10-the-hostname-could-not-be-parsed/543 "2026-02-05T02:23:09Z")

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I have this error after an upgrade from 8 to v10.2.9 and there’s this error “The hostname could not be parsed”, does anyone know why? MES is working and I use the same .json configuration from V8 so I really don’t know …

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## [How to set oath2 page default to login the system](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/how-to-set-oath2-page-default-to-login-the-system/532)

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**Author:** [@zoufu4](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/zoufu4)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2025, 10:36am UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/how-to-set-oath2-page-default-to-login-the-system/532 "2025-12-19T10:36:39Z")

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Hi we have integrated the SSO configuration via OAuth2, and now can we set OAuth2 login page default to login the MES? is there possible that we can set some proxy in treafik to redirect our login url to oauth2 ur or s…

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## [Issue with credentials during docker login](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/issue-with-credentials-during-docker-login/531)

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**Author:** [@dhawkins](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/dhawkins)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2025, 10:28am UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/issue-with-credentials-during-docker-login/531 "2025-12-19T10:28:03Z")

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Hello, I’ve been following the DevContainer instructions here: https://developer.criticalmanufacturing.com/learn/getting-started/ And am getting stuck on step 8: when running the following in a WSL prompt docker login…

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## [Error during DevContainer setup](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/error-during-devcontainer-setup/530)

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**Author:** [@Ben\_Hines](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/Ben_Hines)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2025, 10:21am UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/error-during-devcontainer-setup/530 "2025-12-19T10:21:38Z")

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Hi, I am going through the steps for setting up DevContainers for CM development and am hitting an issue when re-opening the scaffold project in the DevContainer. A “task” prompt is eventually opened and it tries to exe…

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## [Licenses for Chaska and TJ](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/licenses-for-chaska-and-tj/528)

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**Author:** [@kiranmayi\_chinchined](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/kiranmayi_chinchined)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2025, 10:08am UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/licenses-for-chaska-and-tj/528 "2025-12-19T10:08:31Z")

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Hi, Currently, I only have access to New Ross. I need licenses for Chaska and TJ sites as well. Please add the licenses to my portal. Thanks!

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## [Issue with UI when using DevContaner](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/issue-with-ui-when-using-devcontaner/529)

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**Author:** [@Ben\_Hines](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/Ben_Hines)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/issue-with-ui-when-using-devcontaner/529 "2025-12-05T21:07:57Z")

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I’ve set up my local dev environment to use a DevContainer in VSCode for development of customizations that target CM 11.1.5. I’ve followed the DevContainer setup instructions and have brought my container stack up with …

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## [Questions about DevContainers](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/questions-about-devcontainers/534)

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**Author:** [@Ben\_Hines](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/Ben_Hines)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2025, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/questions-about-devcontainers/534 "2025-12-01T15:54:19Z")

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I have a customization project that we developed before Critical Manufacturing recommended using DevContainers in VSCode. As an experiment, I regenerated the scaffold for the project and noticed that it produced a .devco…

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## [Request change set approval - an unexpected problem occurred](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/request-change-set-approval-an-unexpected-problem-occurred/566)

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**Author:** [@khairul\_basar](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/khairul_basar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/request-change-set-approval-an-unexpected-problem-occurred/566 "2025-10-15T14:33:00Z")

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step1-\> I opened a flow and request approval. Then I got this error. How to diagnose this error. What can be the reason?

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## [Cmf BackupRestore Tools](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/cmf-backuprestore-tools/538)

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**Author:** [@suman\_manivannan](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/suman_manivannan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/cmf-backuprestore-tools/538 "2025-10-04T14:29:13Z")

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Hi Team, We used Cmf.BackupRestore.Tools.9.0.0 to do backup and restore the APP server and DB server. Where i can download similar kind of tool for version 10.2.7? Thanks in advance. Regards, Suman

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## [Movement of database to different server](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/movement-of-database-to-different-server/540)

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**Author:** [@suman\_manivannan](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/suman_manivannan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/movement-of-database-to-different-server/540 "2025-09-20T14:41:01Z")

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Hi Team, One of the customers would like to move their online database to different server to increase the performance, we would like to understand how to move the existing online database from server A to server B, wha…

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## [HardWare Requirement for CM11](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/hardware-requirement-for-cm11/551)

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**Author:** [@sandeep\_gautam](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/sandeep_gautam)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/hardware-requirement-for-cm11/551 "2025-07-17T02:44:14Z")

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Hi , We are gathering hardware and software requirement to host CM11. while doing this ,we found the "Node storage + Cloud storage details are not available anywhere on cm Help. any recommendation? Regards -Sandeep

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## [Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package is needed for v10?](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/microsoft-visual-c-2008-redistributable-package-is-needed-for-v10/565)

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**Author:** [@waldemar\_schmik](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/u/waldemar_schmik)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2025, 9:00am UTC](https://community.criticalmanufacturing.com/t/microsoft-visual-c-2008-redistributable-package-is-needed-for-v10/565 "2025-04-16T09:00:23Z")

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Hi together, i found this software “Redistributable Package for VS 2013” in the requirements for version v11, but none is listed for the Version v10. Is the Redistributable Package required, and if so, which one? bes…

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