Defining application and remote secondary servers

After you configure NFS, Samba, or your preferred protocol, you must create the application or secondary server in RICOH ProcessDirector.

To define the application or secondary server:

  1. Open a web browser and enter http://hostname:15080/pd in the address bar replacing, hostname with the host name of the primary computer.
  2. Log in to RICOH ProcessDirector.
  3. Click the Administration tab.
  4. In the left pane, click Objects ⇒ Servers.
  5. On the Servers page, click Add and choose the type of server you are creating.
  6. Specify a server name and the IP address or host name for the application/secondary computer. As an option, specify a description and values for the other properties of the server.
  7. Choose an option for the In general server pool field.
    Servers in the general server pool can run any step defined in any workflow.

    For a secondary server, you can specify either Yes or No. If you want the secondary server to run only specific steps, specify No in this field and then tune each step template that you want to run on the secondary server.

    For an application server, specify No for In general server pool.

      Note:
    • If any external steps send jobs to the application server, you must tune the step template appropriately. For information about how to tune the step template, click Help from the top task bar of the RICOH ProcessDirector user interface to see the information center.
  8. Click OK.
  9. In the left pane, click Objects ⇒ Servers.
  10. Select the server and then click Enable.

Related information:

Defining secondary servers on the primary computer
Parent topic: Preparing the primary computer