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Pause simulations during server restarts

Please could we have an ability to auto-pause simulations whilst an InfoWorks ICM server is restarted? As part of the wider drive to reduce CSO spills there is an increasing need to run long time series through sewer models. This can require models to simulate for multiple weeks; this isn't compatible with automatic updating on servers, which restarts them to apply updates, which causes any active simulation to fail. Microsoft Azure for example has a monthly patching cycle and sometimes more frequent for ad-hoc critical security updates. With simulations running for multiple weeks and more InfoWorks users moving to cloud systems, this is becoming an increasing problem. Please could you help.

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    • Mofazzal Syed
      Jun 10, 2025

      It would be so helpful! ICM already allows 'hot start'. Its a matter of taking the snapshot of last time step and record the date and time. Don't know why it is not done.

    • Katie Loakes
      Mar 27, 2023
      As stated above, this is very important to stop results being lost and work repeated.