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Workflow performance, timeouts and load reduction. Recommendations.

Cameron_McConnell — Fri, 18 May 2012 06:24:18 GMT

Nintex Workflow utilizes the SharePoint workflow engine, which in turn is built on the Windows Workflow Foundation. Like with many aspects of SharePoint, there are certain performance limitations and common errors that can be encountered, not all of which are documented. This document has been compiled to address common issues that we have discovered over time such as workflows taking a long time to process, publish and start, as well as errors such as “Failing to start (retrying)”.

There are a number of different factors which can affect the performance and success of workflows, which are fully outlined. This document provides guidance on identifying, responding to and avoiding these issues.

Nintex Workflow Backup and Restore overview

Cameron_McConnell — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 06:27:38 GMT

This document details the standard, supported administrative methods for restoring SharePoint data that utilises Nintex Workflow.

Updated 4 April 2011.

Updated 18 April 2011 (grammar and language fine-tuning).

Updated 27 June 2011.

Configuring and troubleshooting LazyApproval

Cameron_McConnell — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 06:36:10 GMT

Configuring and troubleshooting LazyApproval.

UPDATED: 19 Aug 2011

Activation error: Unable to add application pool account to the Nintex Workflow database

Cameron_McConnell — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:11:47 GMT

Use this document when getting the error "Activation error: Unable to add application pool account to the Nintex Workflow database". It details what to do to overcome it.

STSADM solution package commands – adding, deploying and upgrading

Cameron_McConnell — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:44 GMT

The STSADM commands outlined in this document can be used to deploy the Nintex Workflow solutions when the default process does not work. The default process is:

Running the Nintex Workflow MSI to add the Nintex Workflow solution packages to SharePoint so they are available in the Solution Management store;
Using SharePoint Central Administration to deploy a solution package for a new deployment;
Allowing the MSI to automatically upgrade and reset IIS for an upgrade.

Nintex Workflow 2007 - NWAdmin.exe operations

Cameron_McConnell — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:48:11 GMT

NWAdmin is a command line tool that ships with Nintex Workflow 2007. It is used to perform various administration operations. The NWAdmin.exe tool is found in the directory where Nintex Workflow 2007 was installed on the server where the MSI was run. This document describes its use.

Updated 18 May 2012 for build 11300.