Using Cache Batch Updates

You can pre-load files in a specified web site or do an up-to-date check on documents already in the cache whenever the proxy server is not busy. You can create, edit, and delete batches of URLs and enable and disable batch updating.

Creating Batch Updates

You can actively cache files by specifying files to be updated in a batch. You can perform an up-to-date check on several files currently in the cache or pre-load multiple files in a particular web site.

To Create a Batch Update

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

2. Click the Set Cache Batch Updates link.

   The Set Cache Batch Updates page is displayed.

3. Select New and Create from the drop-down lists next to Create/Select a Batch Update Configuration.

4. Click OK. The Set Cache Batch Updates page is displayed.

5. In the Name section, type a name for the new batch update entry.

6. In the Source section of the page, select the type of batch update that you want to create.

   Click the first radio button if you want to perform an up-to-date check on all documents in the cache. Click the second radio button if you want to cache URLs recursively starting from the given source URL.

7. In the Source section fields, identify the documents that you want to use in the batch update.

8. In the Exceptions section, identify any files that you would like to exclude from the batch update.

9. In the Resources section, type the maximum number of simultaneous connections and the maximum number of documents to traverse.

10. Click OK.

    Select the newly added batch name and Schedule from the drop-down lists next to Create/Select a Batch Update Configuration.

11. Click OK.

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    Note –

    You can create, edit, and delete batch update configurations without having batch updates turned on. However, if you want your batch updates to be updated according to the times you set on the Set Cache Batch Updates page, you must turn updates on.

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12. The Schedule Batch Updates page is displayed.

13. Select either Update On or Update Off option.

14. Select a time in the drop-down list and select the days on which you want the update to be run.

15. Click OK.

16. Click Restart Required.

    The Apply Changes page is displayed.

17. Click the Restart Proxy Server button to apply the changes.

Editing or Deleting Batch Update Configurations

You can edit batch updates if you want to exclude certain files or want to update the batch more frequently. You might also want to delete a batch update configuration completely.

To edit or delete a batch update configuration

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

2. Click the Set Cache Batch Updates link.

   The Set Cache Batch Updates page is displayed.

3. To edit a batch, select the name of that batch and select Edit from the drop-down lists next to Create/Select a Batch Update Configuration.

4. Click OK.

   The Set Cache Batch Updates page is displayed.

5. Modify the information as you wish.

6. Click OK.

7. Click Restart Required.

   The Apply Changes page is displayed.

8. Click the Restart Proxy Server button to apply the changes.

To Delete a Batch Update Configuration

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

2. Click the Set Cache Batch Updates link.

3. To delete a batch, select the name of that batch and select Delete from the drop-down lists next to Create/Select a Batch Update Configuration.

4. Click OK.

5. Click Restart Required.

   The Apply Changes page is displayed.

6. Click the Restart Proxy Server button to apply the changes.