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MarekR

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Registered: 21-02-2019

Posts: 19

XPress Alternate Destinations

In this example we will be using 3 computers.

The IP Address for the computers are as follows:

• Computer A : 10.0.0.1

• Computer B : 10.0.0.2

• Computer C : 10.0.0.3

We want to send "Computer B" a file from "Computer A", but if "Computer B" is down we will send the file to "Computer C".

The Destination in the file we want to send should contain both possible destinations separated by a ";" with the preferred destination first.

similar to this:

    <XPress>
      <Destination>10.0.0.2;10.0.0.3</Destination>
    </XPress>

Our Dispatch routing table for "Computer A" should look as follows:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?> 
<RoutingTable xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns="http://www.sxi.co.za/XMLSchema/XPress/Dispatch"
    xmlns:sxi="http://www.sxi.co.za/XMLSchema"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sxi.co.za/XMLSchema/XPress/Dispatch ../schema/RoutingTable.xsd">
    <route ValidDest="localhost" NextHop="localhost"/>
    <route ValidDest="10.0.0.2" NextHop="10.0.0.2"/>
    <route ValidDest="10.0.0.3" NextHop="10.0.0.3"/>
</RoutingTable>

With this if "Computer B" is down the file will be sent to "Computer C".