Viewing the URL Database

You can view the names and attributes of all recorded cached URLs grouped by access protocol and site name. By accessing this information, you can perform various cache management functions such as expiring and removing documents from the cache.

To View the URLs in the Database

1. Access the Server Manager, and click the Caching tab.

2. Click the View URL Database link.

   The View URL Database page is displayed.

3. Click the Regenerate button to generate a current list of cached URLs.

4. (Optional) To view the information for a specific URL, type a URL or regular expression in the Search field and click the Search button.

5. To view cache database information grouped by domain name and host:

   1. Select a domain name from the list.

      A list of hosts in that domain appears. Click the name of a host and a list of URLs appears.

   2. Click on the name of a URL.

      Detailed information about that URL appears.

   3. Click the name of a URL to see detailed information about that URL.

To Cause Cached URLs to Expire or Remove the Cached URLs

1. Access the Server Manager, and click the Caching tab.

2. Click the View URL Database link.

   The View URL Database page is displayed.

3. Click the Regenerate button to generate a snapshot of the cache database.

   This snapshot forms the basis for the remaining steps.

4. If you know of a specific URL that you would like to cause the expiry of or remove, type that URL or a regular expression that matches that URL in the Search field and click the Search button.

5. If you would like to work with URLs grouped by domain name and host:

   1. select a domain name from the list.

      A list of hosts in that domain appears.

   2. Click the name of a host and a list of URLs appears.

6. To cause the expiry of individual files:

   1. Select the Ex option next to the URLs for those files.

   2. Click the Exp/Rem Marked button.

7. To expire all of the files in the list, click the Exp All button on the bottom of the form.

8. To remove individual files from the cache:

   1. Select the Rm option next to the URLs for these files you want to remove.

   2. Click the Exp/Rem Marked button.

9. To remove all of the files in the list, click the Rem All button.

10. Click the Regenerate button to regenerate the snapshot.

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    Note –

    When you use the Ex or Rm option, the associated file is processed but the changes are not reflected in the snapshot. The snapshot needs to be regenerated for the changes to be visible.

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