The Explorer pane (left) shows all the configured Server Sets and associated server IP addresses, giving you an instant status overview. The Server Sets and the individual servers are each represented by an icon reflecting the current state of the item.
You can sort the Server Sets by domain name or by server type using the View menu / Sort Server Sets function (also available from a pop-up menu by right-clicking anywhere in this pane).
You can right-click on an individual server and perform a PING test.
The Status pane (right) displays detailed status information for the Server Set or individual server IP currently selected in the Explorer pane.
You can click on the hyperlinks in the Status pane to jump to the corresponding selections. Figure 1: When a Server Set or an individual server IP is selected in the Explorer pane, associated status information is displayed in the Status pane.
Right-click on server to ping When a server appears to be down, for many, the first trouble shooting step is to open a command prompt and ping the server IP address.
You can now ping an individual server listed in Simple Failover simply by right-clicking on it, and selecting Ping… from a popup menu. The resulting ping dialog gives you instant ping statistics, and continues pinging the server IP address until you close the dialog.
Figure 2: If you have selected an individual server in a Server Set, the right click menu enables a Ping dialog box.
Select Ping… from the popup menu. Simple Failover begins to ping the selected server.
Figure 3: The resulting Ping dialog box of the selected server in a Server Set.
Icon
Description
Server Sets
FTP
The Server Set is checking a FTP-connection.
IMAP
The Server Set is checking an IMAP-connection.
NNTP
The Server Set is checking a NNTP-connection.
POP3
The Server Set is checking a POP3-connection.
SMTP
The Server Set is checking a SMTP-connection.
HTTP
The Server Set is checking a HTTP-connection.
TCP
The Server Set is checking a generic TCP server-connection.
PING
The Server Set is checking a PING-connection.
Paused Server Set
IMAP Paused (example)
Each Server Set icon has two red vertical lines added to indicate a paused state, when the Server Set is paused.
Server Sets status
OK
The IP address or the Server Set is resolved and no changes are made to the DNS database by Simple Failover.
Warning
Simple Failover indicates a server IP address is failing, but have not yet reached the limit value in Failed polls accepted on General tab in the Server Set Properties.
Problem
Simple Failover indicates an IP address is failing and the failover solutions provided in the Server Set is triggered. Depending on the configuration you provided in the Server Set a notification is also sent to the e-mail recipients.
Not tested
Simple Failover have not yet tested the Server Set to find out if the configured IP address(es) is resolvable.
Main dialog - Server Sets tab
The Explorer pane (left) shows all the configured Server Sets and associated server IP addresses, giving you an instant status overview. The Server Sets and the individual servers are each represented by an icon reflecting the current state of the item.
The Status pane (right) displays detailed status information for the Server Set or individual server IP currently selected in the Explorer pane.
