VISTA Plus for MPE Administrator's Guide

Server Administration for Windows Clients
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Modifying the SERVER.CFG File
You can configure several options in the server.cfg file which will affect the operation of VISTA
Plus. Instructions for using the options are provided below. For information on configuring
parameters in the VISTAINI and VISTACFG files, see Chapter 10.
Item Description and Use
socket This number represents the Port Number for the VISTA Plus server. The
default Port Number is 3105. If the Port Number is changed from its default,
the new number must be entered in the Login dialog box Advanced
Settings’ Port Number field for each client. This number should not be
changed.
cache_refresh This value instructs VISTA Plus to refresh the spool cache every n specified
seconds. A value of 0 indicates a cache refresh should occur on demand only.
pak_data This option is used to compress the report data before sending the
information to the client. This option can be used to secure data as it is
transferred across the network. The possible values are 0 for do not compress
and 1 for compress. The default is 0.
enc_data This option is used to encrypt the report data before sending the information
to the client. This option can be used to secure data as it is transferred across
the network. The possible values are 0 for do not encrypt and 1 for encrypt.
The default is 0.
keep_days This number will be set as a default for the Days to retain generations
setting for all new documents, including auto-generated documents. This
setting is used for archiving and deleting document generations. If this option
is used, the keep_gens option must be set to 0. See Chapters 5 and 8 for more
information.
keep_gens This number will be set as a default for the Number of generations to retain
setting for all new documents, including auto-generated documents. This
setting is used for archiving and deleting document generations. If this option
is used, the keep_days option must be set to 0. See Chapters 5 and 8 for
more information.
time_out This number represents the time interval (minutes) that the VISTA Plus
client will ping the VISTA Plus server. If there is a lot of network traffic, this
number should be set to several minutes to reduce the amount of ping
requests crossing the network. When this number is 0, the client will ping the
server on command only.