Synchronizing inter-site routing

The public thread can have reference to it or not, even though the properties (for example, port) of the destination thread may be out-of-date.

Inter-site synchronization is a way to synchronize between the source and destination sites. Inter-site synchronization ensures that the destination site knows which public thread has reference from the source site. The source site updates the destination thread’s properties to ensure it is current.

Note: During inter-site synchronization, the host server in which the destination site is located must be running.

To synchronize between the source and destination sites, select File > Inter-Site Synchronize.

  • The inter-site synchronization action is based on the saved NetConfig file. If any changes are made to the current file, then you must save it before you can do an inter-site synchronization.
  • If the destination site’s host server has security enabled, then a log-in dialog box opens to let you log in.
Note: The IDE instance that is configuring the source site and doing the synchronization must have the user certificate for the connecting destination host server.

After the inter-site synchronization starts, a dialog box opens to indicate the progress and successful completion.

Errors/exceptions during synchronization prompt an error dialog box, stating which host server failed.

Host list

The Network Configurator maintains the host list that contains all of the destination thread’s hosts, including the deleted destination thread’s host. During synchronization, the source IDE attempts to connect to the target host.

  • The source IDE, which is the current IDE doing the synchronization, uploads the referenced public thread list to the target host. For the host, there is no destination to it in the current site, so the list can be empty. The entry is still uploaded.
  • The destination host server updates the referenced list. It drops files for any added destination and removes threads that no longer exist.
  • The destination host server notifies the connected IDE to update the dialog box for the referenced public threads. This is based on the updated referenced list that shows referenced public threads.

    The host server notifies the registered IDE to update reference indicators in the dialog box after any reference information is changed through the host server. For example, after deleting the reference information file during synchronization.

  • The current IDE then knows which host has been successfully synchronized. For the successful host, if there is no longer any destination reference to it, it is removed from the maintained host list.

The host list is maintained in a separate data file from the NetConfig file in the source site. The reference information is maintained with a file in the destination site.

The NetConfig on the source site can be changed during inter-site synchronization if any destination port is updated.

After the NetConfig file is changed, a modification mark displays on the NetConfig file name.