This topic describes the File Distribution Servers Manager window
in IBM Director.
Introduction
This
window enables you to do the following:
- View a history of activity between the Director server and the file distribution
servers.
- View the Director server cache, which stores information about software
packages on file distribution servers (FDS).
- Test the Director server's Read/Write access to configured file distribution
servers.
- Test the amount of physical free space on the configured file distribution
servers.
- Refresh the display of a software distribution package on a file distribution
server.
- Refresh or delete a software distribution package on a file distribution
server.
Menubar
- File >
- Maintenance Log
- Select this option to open the Maintenance Log and
view a history of activity between the Director server and the file distribution
servers.
- Close
- Select this option to close this window.
- Actions >
- Reload Data
- Select this option to reread cached data on the selected file distribution
server and update the information displayed for that server.
- Test Access to Selected File Distribution Servers
- Select this option to determine whether the Director server can access
the selected file distribution servers.
- Test Access to All File Distribution Servers
- Select this option to show all file distribution servers that the Director
server can access.
- Refresh Package on File Distribution Server
- Select this option only if you suspect that the selected software distribution
package on the file distribution server has been corrupted or that files have
been deleted. This action rewrites the entire contents of the software package
to the file distribution server share.
- Remove Package from File Distribution Server
- Select this option to remove a selected software distribution package
from the file distribution server and update the Director server cache. You
will be prompted to confirm that you want to perform this action.
Fields
- File Distribution Server Information
- File Distribution Servers
- This pane displays the server shares that have been defined to Director
using the selection in
the Director Console.
Select a server share in this
pane to view its corresponding settings. If software packages exist on the
selected server share, the packages are displayed in the Software
Packages pane in the lower left portion of the window.
- File Distribution Server Details
- This section displays the settings for the file distribution server (server
share) selected in the File Distribution Servers pane.
- Maximum Disk Space (MB)
- Displays the maximum amount of disk space available on the file distribution
server for software distribution. The default is 500 megabytes.
- Maximum Systems
- Displays the maximum number of concurrent client connections that can
be dedicated to software distribution. The default is 10 connections.
- Limit Bandwidth between Server and Share (kbps)
- Displays the maximum bandwidth, in kilobits per second, that can be used
by Director for redirecting the package to the file distribution server. The
default is no bandwidth limit.
- User ID on FTP Server
- Displays the user ID configured for access to the selected FTP server.
- Server Can Access
- Shows whether the Director server can access the server share. This field
is set to Unknown until an attempt is made to distribute a software package
to the server share.
- Physical Free Space
- Shows the amount of disk space available on the server share. This field
is set to Unknown until an attempt is made to distribute a software package
to the server share.
註: If a file distribution server is configured
to use FTP (that is, you must include "FTP" as part of the UNC notation when
specifying the server share), you cannot determine its available free space.
- Software Package Information
- Software Packages
- This pane displays the software distribution packages that have been installed
on the file distribution server selected in the File Distribution
Servers pane.
Select a package name to view its associated information.
- Software Package Details
- Package Type
- Displays the format of the selected package (for example, a PDF or InstallShield-formatted
package).
- Package Size (MB)
- Displays the size, in megabytes, of the selected package.
- Last Used
- Indicates the last date the package was accessed by a software distribution
agent (system) for an installation.