Bridge Management

You can manage a bridge using NCache Manager. It allows to you to perform different management operations, e.g., add, remove etc., on a bridge. The following section states how to perform different management operations on a bridge.

Add Bridge Node

• Right click on the bridge name under Bridges tree node of a bridge in the Cache Explorer.

• Click on the Add Bridge Node option in the right click menu.

  

• Specify the server IP address in text box or select a server from the Network Neighborhood listed under Available Nodes.

• Click Finish.

  

• Right click on the name of the bridge and select Apply Configuration.

Apply Configuration

• Right click on the bridge name under Bridges tree node of a bridge in the Cache Explorer.

• Click on the Apply Configuration option in the right click menu.

  

Reset Configuration

• Right click on the bridge name under Bridges tree node of a bridge in the Cache Explorer.

• Click on the Reset Configuration option in the right click menu.

  

Remove a Bridge Node

• Right click on the bridge node under Bridges tree node of a bridge in the Cache Explorer.

• Click on the Remove option in the right click menu.

  

• A message box appears asking to confirm the bridge node removal. If you are sure to remove this node, then click on the Yes button.

  

• This node will be removed from the current selected bridge if you click Yes.

Start Bridge

You can start a bridge using the following methods:

Using NCache Manager

• Right click on the bridge name under Bridges tree node of a bridge in the Cache Explorer.

• Click on the Start option.

  

• The color of the Bridge name’s icon and the bridge nodes’ icon changes when it is started successfully, like this:

  

Using Windows PowerShell

Start-Bridge cmdlet starts a specified bridge on the server.

This command starts bridge demoBridge existing on local server, using port 8260 by default.

Start-Bridge –BridgeId demoBridge

Stop Bridge

You can stop a bridge using the following tools:

Using NCache Manager

• Right click on the bridge name under Bridges tree node of a bridge in the Cache Explorer.

• Click on the Stop option.

  

• You will notice that the color of the Bridge name’s icon and bridge server nodes’ icon will change when bridge is stopped successfully.

  

Using Windows PowerShell

Stop-Bridge cmdlet stops a specified bridge on the server.

This command stops bridge demoBridge existing on local server, using port 8260 by default.

Stop-Bridge –BridgeId demoBridge

Remove Bridge

You can remove a bridge using the following steps:

• Right click on the bridge name under Bridges tree node of a bridge in the Cache Explorer.

• Click on the Remove Bridge option in the right click context menu.

  

• A dialogue box will appear. Click Yes to delete the bridge.

  

Start Bridge Service

You can start the bridge service on a bridge node using the following steps:

• Right click on the node under Bridge Nodes tree node of a bridge in the Cache Explorer.

• Click on the Start Bridge Service option in the right click menu.

  

Stop Bridge Service

You can stop the bridge service on a server node using the following steps:

• Right click on the node under Bridge Nodes tree node of a bridge in the Cache Explorer.

• Click on the Stop Bridge Service option in the right click menu.

  

Restart Bridge Service

Bridge service can be restarted (stop and then restart) a bridge node using the following steps:

• Right click on the bridge name under Bridges tree node of a bridge in the Cache Explorer.

• Click on the Restart Bridge Service option in the right click menu.

  

• This stops the bridge on the given server and then starts it automatically on the same server.