SystemUser Interface: Facilities

If your Loftware Enterprise SP license and your permissions permit, you can create a facilityClosed An object in Loftware that represents the location of a Loftware Application Server and Loftware Database Server that are associated with a headquarters (HQ). These servers must be associated with a Loftware license for which Usage is set to Facility and Multi-Site is set to true. Each facility can communicate with only one headquarters. By synchronizing, an HQ can replicate objects to facilities and replicate transactional data generated at facilities back to the HQ. object in Loftware Enterprise SP to manage a facility site.

Note: Facilities and other functionality related to multi-site deployment are available only if your Loftware Enterprise SP license has the Multi-Site property enabled. Some options are displayed only if you are signed in to the headquarters site.

When you select a facility from the Facilities page in System System Management, the following options are available.

General

Property Description

Facility Location

Required. A description of the physical location of the facility. The Facility Location is a comment intended to assist administrators and is not used by Loftware Enterprise SP to identify or connect to the facility.

Facility URL

Required. The URL of the Loftware Application Server at the facility. The URL should include an http:// or https:// prefix, either an IP address or a DNS name, and a port, but not the path to Loftware Enterprise SP within the Loftware Application Server.

Examples

The following example includes a typical non-secured access port.

http://www.example.com:8080

The following example includes a typical secured access port.

https://www.example.com:8443

Facility Response URL

The URL to connect to the load balancer that manages the facility. If the facility is not managed by a load balancer, leave this box blank. The URL should include an http:// or https:// prefix, either an IP address or a DNS name, and a port, but not the path to Loftware Enterprise SP within the Loftware Application Server.

Examples

The following example includes a typical non-secured access port.

http://www.example.com:8080

The following example includes a typical secured access port.

https://www.example.com:8443

Print From HQ

Whether print jobs originating from the facility should be processed by a Loftware Application Server at the headquarters or at the facility.

This property can have the following values:

: Print jobs from the facility are processed at the facility site.

: Print jobs from the facility are normally processed at the headquarters associated with this facility. If the facility is unable to connect to the headquarters, then device queues at the headquarters are stopped and the corresponding device queues at the facility are started so that print jobs can be processed at the facility site. After connectivity is restored and any print jobs already in device queues at the facility finish printing, device queues at the facility are stopped and those at the headquarters are started.

Configuration Sync

Area

Description

Frequency

When to replicate synchronized objects from headquarters to the facility.

The following options are available for scheduling synchronization:

  • Manual Only
  • Every day at <time>
  • Every <hours> hours
  • Cron Expression

Folders

Which folders and types of objects to replicate from headquarters to the facility. For each folder that you select, you can specify which types of objects in that folder to synchronize and whether to recursively synchronize all subfolders within the folder.

The following controls allow you to specify folders and types of objects to be synchronized:

  • Add Folder
  • Remove Folder
  • Edit Synced Object Types

Transaction Sync

Area

Description

Frequency

When to replicate transactional data used for auditing from the facility to headquarters.

The following options are available for scheduling synchronization:

  • Disabled
  • Manual Only

  • Every day at <time>

  • Every <hours> hours
  • Cron Expression

Dialog Boxes

Dialog Description

Properties
  • Facility Name: The path to the facility in Loftware Enterprise SP followed by the unique ID of the facility.
  • Description: The purpose of the facility.
  • Created and Modified: Lists the date the facility was created or modified and the user who created or modified the facility. These properties are displayed only after the facility has been created.

View > Configuration Sync

Controls for initiating and canceling the replication of synchronized objects from headquarters to the facility, and information reported about recent synchronizations.

Note: A synchronization takes effect on each object individually. You can cancel a synchronization that is in progress, preventing any more objects from being synchronized. However, canceling a synchronization does not undo the effects on objects already processed during that synchronization.

The following commands are available:

  • Sync Now
  • Abort Sync
  • Refresh

The following information is displayed about each synchronization:

  • Sync ID
  • Sync Date
  • Status
  • Trigger

View > Transaction Sync

Controls for initiating and halting the replication of transactional dataClosed In a multi-site deployment of Loftware, information about recent synchronizations that can be used for auditing. During a transaction sync, this data can be replicated from a facility to headquarters. from the facility to headquarters.

The following commands are available:

  • Sync Now
  • Abort Sync
  • Refresh

The following information is displayed about each synchronization:

  • Sync ID
  • Sync Date
  • Status
  • Trigger