Main dialog - Toolbar
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The main dialog toolbar:



You can select to display the Tool bar or not using the View menu Toolbar function.



New Server Set

Use to create a New Server Set. Opens the Server Set Properties dialog.
This function is also available via File menu, the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+N, and from a pop-up menu when you right-click anywhere in the Explorer pane of the Server Sets tab.





Pause


Resume

Use to pause or resume polling of the currently selected Server Set.
This will not influence the polling of any other Server Sets in the Server Set list.
This function is also available via the Server Set menu, the keyboard shortcut PAUSE, and from a pop-up menu when you right-click on a Server Set in the Explorer pane of the Server Sets tab.
Only available when the Server Sets tab is selected, and a Server Set is currently selected.



Test now

Use to immediately poIl the currently selected Server Set.
This function is also available via the Server Set menu, the keyboard shortcut F5, and from a pop-up menu when you right-click on a Server Set in the Explorer pane of the Server Sets tab.
Only available when the Server Sets tab is selected, and a Server Set is currently selected.




Make Copy

Use to make a copy of the currently selected Server Set. This opens the Server Set Properties dialog with almost all values from the source already filled into the fields in the new server set..
This function is also available via the Server Set menu, the keyboard shortcut CTRL+INS, and from a pop-up menu when you right-click on a Server Set in the Explorer pane of the Server Sets tab.
Only available when the Server Sets tab is selected, and a Server Set is currently selected.




Delete

Use to delete the currently selected Server Set.
This function is also available via the Server Set menu, the keyboard shortcut DELETE, and from a pop-up menu when you right-click on a Server Set in the Explorer pane of the Server Sets tab.
Only available when the Server Sets tab is selected, and a Server Set is currently selected.



Properties

Use to edit the properties of the currently selected Server Set. Opens the Server Set Properties dialog.
This function is also available via the Server Set menu, the keyboard shortcut F4, and from a pop-up menu when you right-click on a Server Set in the Explorer pane of the Server Sets tab.
Only available when the Server Sets tab is selected, and a Server Set is currently selected.



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 ping an individual server listed in Simple Failover simply by clicking Ping from the Toolbar. The resulting Ping dialog gives you instant ping statistics, and continues pinging the server IP address until you close the dialog.




Problem KB

The menu item is only available when a problem has occured and the problem is selected in the Problems tab in the main dialog. You can either right-click on a specific problem on the tab or select this menu item. If you have an Internet connection open it will bring you to our Problem Knowledge database on our web-site.



Help

Opens this help file. You can receive help information by entering either F1 for this help file or to receive context-sensitive help when in a dialog - as an example Options dialog.