Revision 7.10
2/28/2012
Appendix K: How to Use Glider Terminal's Dock Server
Perspective
Starting with Dock Server release 6.37, the Dock Server application can send notifications to
Glider Terminals. These notifications describe the health and status of the Dock Server machine.
For example, when disk utilization exceeds its threshold (initially 70%), Dock Server will send a
notification to all connected Glider terminals specifying current disk utilization. Another
example, when a Glider Terminal user requests a backup of glider files or removal of a glider,
Dock Server responds with a notification indicating the request's outcome.
To view a Dock Server notifications within Glider Terminal, switch to Dock Server Perspective
by clicking the button show in figure K1. Each time the Dock Server application sends a
notification, the Dock Server Perspective button is outlined in red. Viewing the notification by
clicking this button removes the red outline.
Figure K1. Dock Server Perspective button.
To view a specific Dock Server's notifications, open its tree view node and click on
'Notifications'. Figure K2 shows the notifications view for the 'localhost' Dock Server in the
Dock Server Perspective.
Figure K2. Notifications view in Dock Server Perspective.
Starting with Dock Server release 7.6, Glider Terminal users can direct a Dock Server to backup
a specific glider's files or to remove that glider from the Dock Server machine. To backup or
remove a glider's files, click on 'Gliders' node under the desired Dock Server node. Firgure K3
shows the gliders view for 'localhost'.
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Dock Server
Perspective