Administration
System maintenance
Daily procedures
- Ensure that Wireless Data Server is running.
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UNIX
- Grep the output of a ps command for the string "wds".
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NT
- From the Start menu, select Settings | Control Panel | Services, and verify that the WDS service is flagged as "Started".
- Check the WDS log files for errors.
Weekly procedures
- Archive all log files (optional).
- Stop and restart the WDS service (optional).
System monitoring
To view a Wireless Data Server log file, go to the appropriate directory and open the file using a text editor. Wireless Data Server creates log files on its local host in the /wds/log directory, and on the calendar server's host in the /users/unison/log/ directory.
Table 3.1 · Wireless Data Server log files created on WDS host
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| wds.log |
Any error Wireless Data Server encounters. Also any information output by the [WDS] debug, stats and tracking parameters. |
| <logfile>.log |
For information concerning the connection between Wireless Data Server and DCE modem. See the [<DCE>] logfile, debug, errlog, stats and trace parameters in wds.ini. |
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Table 3.2 · Wireless Data Server log files created on calendar server host
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| smsnotify.log |
Created by smsnotify. Logs any errors encountered when passing wireless notification messages from the calendar server to Wireless Data Server. |
| cws.log |
Log file for Corporate-Wide Services. As the CWS daemon is responsible for sending SMS messages to the smsnotify program, it will create an entry within /users/unison/log/cws.log for each SMS message processed. CWS supports more verbose logging, according to the configuration of unison.ini. Refer to the calendar server administration guide for more details. |
Interpreting log files
Much of the content of the Wireless Data Server log files is self-explanatory. Interpreting other sections may require the knowledge and resources of a qualified support representative. If you are uncertain about the content of a log file, contact your technical support representative for further assistance.
