Tuning Redwood Platform · Redwood Documentation

When you install Redwood Platform, the installer creates a Redwood Platform service named Scheduler that controls Redwood Server. You can stop and start the service from the Windows Services Manager. Redwood Platform runs in a JVM, which gets configured with the tomcat9w.exe in the <install_directory>/j2ee/global/tomcat/bin folder. However, since the default service name for Redwood Platform 8 is Scheduler you need to provide the service name Scheduler on the command line:

<install_directory>/j2ee/global/tomcat/bin>tomcat9w.exe //ES//Scheduler

The tomcat9w.exe executable accepts the following switches:

//ES//<service_name> - gui for the configuration of the service
//MS//<service_name> - system-tray application which allows you to stop and start the service as well as configure the service.

tip

Create a shortcut to "<install_directory>/j2ee/global/tomcat/bin/tomcat9w.exe //ES//Scheduler" in the startup folder of your startup menu. That way, you can easily control and configure the service.

Great care needs to be taken when you change settings, please consult Redwood Platform documentation online prior to making any changes not described in this document. Redwood does not recommend you change settings on the Startup and Shutdown tabs on the configuration gui unless Redwood Support staff request you to do so.

Increasing the memory allocated to the JVM

By default, the amount of memory allocated to the JVM is 512 MB, this can be changed in the configuration gui in the Maximum memory pool field on the Java tab. Redwood recommends you set it to at least 1024MB if you experience performance issues.

Changing the log level

When you encounter issues and logging of the scheduler web application does not suffice, you might want to try and enable logging in Redwood Platform, this is recommended if the main issue has been identified as Redwood Platform-related.

By default, the verbosity level of Redwood Platform service is set to Error and should suffice; if you need to troubleshoot a problem in Redwood Platform, however, you might want to change that to Warning. Redwood recommends you gradually increase the verbosity level, as you might run out of disk-space, besides, it is easier to find information when the log files are smaller.