Viewing the Distribution Server Status

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The Server Status tab in the ReportCaster Administration Interface enables you to view the status of the Distribution Server. When you configure ReportCaster with a failover Distribution Server or Workload Distribution, then the status of all servers is provided and you can perform basic tasks, such as switching the primary and failover server roles.

The following image shows the Server Status interface when ReportCaster is configured with a single Distribution Server.

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The Server Status interface provides details about the Distribution Server, such as the host name and port number, the status, and the number of jobs that are running and in the queue. The Distribution Server information includes:

From the Server Status interface, you can perform the following tasks:


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Stopping and Restarting the Distribution Server

The Server Status interface enables you to stop and restart the Distribution Server, as follows:

To obtain the most current information about the Distribution Server, click Refresh.


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Failover Distribution Server Status and Tasks

When you configure a failover Distribution Server for ReportCaster, the Server Status window lists the status of both the primary and failover servers, as shown in the following image.

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The primary Distribution Server is in Full Function mode. The Console service is listening for communication from ReportCaster, the Reader service is polling the ReportCaster repository, and the Dispatcher service is ready to trigger the execution of ReportCaster jobs. The Failover Monitor service is on stand by, since this is the primary server. The Suspend option, which puts the primary server services on hold, is available.

The failover Distribution Server is in Failover mode. The Failover Monitor service is monitoring the primary server to verify that it remains active and, if it is not active, to signal the failover server to take over the role of the primary server. The Console service is listening for communication from ReportCaster. The Stand By option, which puts the failover server services on stand by, is available.

From the Server Status interface, you can perform the following failover tasks:


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Distribution Workload Status

When ReportCaster is configured for Workload Distribution, the Server Status window lists and identifies which Distribution Server is the Manager and which are the Workers in the Distribution Server and Mode columns. As mentioned in Distribution Server Failover and Workload Distribution, you can have Failover configured with Workload Distribution. Failover only applies to the Distribution Server that is acting as the Workload Manager. If an interruption in the service of the Manager is detected, then the Failover Distribution Server will assume the activities of the Manager.

The Server Status displays all Distribution Servers that are currently configured. The following image shows the Server Status window when you configure ReportCaster for Failover and Workload Distribution. Note that the Primary Distribution Server is the workload Manager.

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In this example, there are six jobs that the Manager has dispatched to its Worker servers, three of which are on demand schedules. The Worker Distribution Server status shows how those jobs have been distributed among them.

From the Server Status interface, you can perform the following tasks on the Manager and Worker servers:

Note: If you have the ReportCaster Server Configuration Recovery option set to On, then if there is a service interruption, the Distribution Server recovers scheduled jobs that were processed but not completed.


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