Enable/Disable CDN Communication

Using PowerShell or the Rps Gui you can enable or disable Bits and Dfsr communication between nodes.

Dfsr

When DFSR is disabled, all replication groups, memberships, and connections will be created but the connections will be configured as disabled, so no DFSR replication will occur.

Bits

  • When Bits is disabled at the parent node, then then parent will not send its catalog to its children and the child nodes will not get the data to investigate what changes have occurred.
  • When Bits is disabled on the local node, then the parent will send its catalog to the local node (if the parent is still enabled). The local node will not process any request coming in related to CDN.
  • Any existing jobs that are still in process will resume like normal.

Enable/Disable CDN from PowerShell

Disable Bits

Enable-RpsCdn -Bits $false

Disable Dfsr

Enable-RpsCdn -Dfsr $false

Disable Bits and Dfsr

Enable-RpsCdn -Bits $false -Dfsr $false

Enable Bits

Enable-RpsCdn -Bits $true

Enable Dfsr

Enable-RpsCdn -Dfsr $true

Enable Bits and Dfsr

Enable-RpsCdn -Bits $true -Dfsr $true

Enable Bits and Disable Dfsr

Enable-RpsCdn -Bits $true -Dfsr $false

Disable Bits and Enable Dfsr

Enable-RpsCdn -Bits $false -Dfsr $true

Enable/Disable CDN from Rps UI

  • Access website: https://<server hosting Rps UI>:8080
  • Go to Your local node.
  • Under Data Replication click 'Edit'
  • Check/UnCheck each component of CDN. From the UI

Notes

  • When configuring the CDN the Bits' and 'Dfsr' properties are internal properties. To disable the Cdn for the entire node you will have to configure the local node. On each local node we will need to add two properties
    • ParentInternal
      • Boolean value that lets Rps know if its parent is internal to the unit.
    • ChildrenInternal
      • Boolean value that lets Rps know if all of its children are internal to the unit.