Destination Diagnostic Utility
This utility serves to allow managers and administrators the ability to test destination connectivity and destination transfer rates without the need to invoke a publish.
Under Targets & Destinations in the administration area, once a Destination has been selected, a new option should appear on the left hand side, “Test Destination.”
To run the Destination Diagnostic Utility:
- Select the destination you wish to test.
- Click Test Destination
- On the resulting screen, you can specify the parameters of the test. A destination test includes two basic sub-tests:
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- The Destination Connectivity test is always tested, regardless of the above settings. For example, when testing a destination that uses an FTP transport, the Destination Connectivity test will ensure that the CMS can connect to the FTP server.
- The Transfer Rate test is controlled using the test settings above. The Number of Files setting specified how many test files will be sent to the destination. The Size of Files settings specified how large those files should be. If a non-zero value for Number of Files is specified, after Cascade successfully connects to the destination, a number of files will be transmitted and deleted from the destination, measuring the average speed of transfer.
Note that when testing destinations on a local network, the network transfer speeds sometimes will wildly fluctuate. When testing destinations over a WAN, the speeds are somewhat more constrained within a particular range.
- Click Submit to execute the connectivity test.
If there are no errors, the screen will indicate "Test Successful!" It will also show how many files were written, and what the Average, Minimum, and Maximum Speeds were.
If errors are found the screen will identify the problem that occurred.
Last modified on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:51:30 -0500
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