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etermining QuarkXPress Server instance availability
Q
uarkXPress Server Manager uses two methods to determine the availability of a
QuarkXPress Server instance: ping and ping document.
Ping
QuarkXPress Server Manager periodically sends a ping request to all of its
QuarkXPress Server instances to determine whether they are available. Ping requests
u
se the following format:
http://[Server]:[Port]/getprocessid
Ping document
QuarkXPress Server Manager periodically sends a render request to all of its
QuarkXPress Server instances to determine whether they can render a document.
Ping document requests use the following format:
http://[Server]:[Port]/[PingDocumentName.qxp]
You can specify the document to be used for this render request. To avoid long ping
document rendering times, use a simple document.
You can specify the interval between pings and ping documents in the Other
Settings pane in the Global Settings pane of the QuarkXPress Server Manager
window (see “
Using other global settings“).
Logging with QXP Server Manager
QuarkXPress Server Manager logs all interactions with QuarkXPress Server instances.
QuarkXPress Server Manager log files contain the following information:
Render requests
QuarkXPress Server responses
Information about events (such as alerts) that occur during the render-request
process
Details about requests that were sent to a different QuarkXPress Server instance
after the first assigned QuarkXPress Server instance was unable to process the
request
Within the logs, each QuarkXPress Server instance is identified by its IP address and
port number.
You can export log files in XML (Extensible Markup Language) or comma-separated
values (CSV) format. For more information, see “
Exporting log files.
Caching
To increase speed and efficiency, QuarkXPress Server Manager caches information in
memory. If the response to a render request, URL request, or file request is included
in the QuarkXPress Server Manager memory cache, QuarkXPress Server Manager