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Basic Fax Server Administration

Basic Fax Server Administration

This section describes the basic tools, techniques, and procedures used to administer a VSI-FAX server.

Tools and techniques

This section describes the tools and techniques you can use to administer your VSI-FAX server. Many fax

administration tasks can be accomplished more than one way (e.g., from the command or via a graphical

administration environment such as the Microsoft Management Console).

Microsoft Management Console (MMC)

VSI-FAX Server Administration is a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in that allows you to manage your

fax server from a common Windows-based Graphical User Interface (GUI).

Before you can use VSI-FAX Server Administration, you must install the software from your VSI-FAX CD-ROM and

load the snap-in from a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) session.

See also

Installing VSI-FAX Server Administration MMC snap-in

Refer to the VSI-FAX Server Administration help for additional information about loading the snap-in from an MMC

session.

Command line

VSI-FAX administration commands can be entered from any Unix/Linux or Windows command shell. Help for these

commands is available by entering the command followed by a question mark argument. For example, to get help for

the vfxadmin license command, enter:

vfxadmin license -? or vfxadmin license -help

See also

Refer to Command Reference in the Reference Addendum

documentation for additional information about VSI-FAX

commands.

Modifying configuration files

Another way you can perform VSI-FAX administration is by directly modifying one of the various configuration files

with a text editor.

See also

Refer to Configuration Files in the Reference Addendum

documentation for additional information about specific

entries in VSI-FAX configuration files.

Starting and stopping the scheduler

Before a fax request can be submitted, the scheduler must be running. Additionally, you must stop the scheduler to

perform certain maintenance activities, then restart it to resume normal operation.