Basic Server Set setup walkthrough
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Basic Server Set setup walkthrough
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You can configure a Server Set by using normal dialog boxes. This section will guide you through a Server Set creation using dialog boxes.
 Select New Server Set... from the File menu or press the keyboard shortcut CTRL+N
 This opens the Server Set Properties dialog.
You need to provide information for all the fields in this dialog box. Plan and collect the necessary information in advance. This will make the configuration easier and allows you to reduce errors.  Define which type of web service you want to poll in this Server Set. You select the type from the Server Type drop-down field.
It is possible to select between the following web services: HTTP (port 80), FTP (port 21), SMTP (port 25), POP3 (port 110), NNTP (port 119) or IMAP (port 143).  Type the DNS name of the service you want to poll. Here are some examples of different DNS names: ftp.testzone.sfo, www.testzone.sfo, or pop3.mail.sfo.
 Notice: The URL Path option is only available if the Server Type field is set to HTTP (port 80).
This feature gives you the options to poll web services that is running on a different hardware system than the system handling the main request at the domain level. Point to the desired URL Path. As an example, you have intranet-server1 responding to requests at http://intranet.testzone.sfo and all requests to archived documents at http://intranet.testzone.sfo/archive is redirected to intranet-server3. If you want to poll the availability of your intranet you then have to make two Server Sets - one that monitors intranet-server1 and another that polls the intranet-server3 with an URL Path /archive specified. This distinguish between the two physical servers handling the intranet.  Click the Add... button to define the IP address of a server you want to poll. Enter the IP address in the Server IP Address dialog box and press the Add button. You can monitor more than one server in a single Server Set. You just add all the Server IP addresses that you need to poll.
If you add more than one Server IP address, then you can order the IP addresses in priority. Use the arrows button to the right of the field.  The Polling interval defines how long time Simple Failover waits after a poll is performed before the next poll is initiated. Change the default value of 5:00 minutes if you like.
 If the field Failed Polls Accepted still has a value greater than 0, then Retry Polling Interval have an effect. It defines the time Simple Failover waits after a failed poll before it try to poll the server IP address again. If a retry is initiated, then it decrease the value in the Failed Polls Accepted by 1 until it reaches zero. Set the value to an integer higher than zero if you want to retry the connection poll.
 Response timeout is the time Simple Failover waits for a response from the servers in the list before it times out and either decrease the Failed Polls Accepted field or declare the connection to the server IP address for broken and change the availability of the server ip address.
 Failed polls accepted defines how many times the poll process is allowed to run before the connection is considered as unavailable.
 Please follow the instructions from the section: DNS update methods and select the update methods you prefer.
 Please follow the instructions from the section: Server Set Properties, Notifications tab and if applicable change the notification settings for this Server Set.
 Click OK when you have finished the configuration of the Server Set. Simple Failover begins the polls process right away.
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