10.1 Adjusting the Gateway’s Send/Receive Cycle

The Exchange Gateway’s send/receive cycle determines how much time the gateway spends sending messages as opposed to receiving them. The send process refers to messages sent from GroupWise to Exchange; the receive process refers to messages sent from Exchange to GroupWise.

The default send/receive cycle is 120 seconds, which causes the gateway to send messages for a maximum of 60 seconds and then receive messages for 60 seconds. You can adjust the send/receive cycle to better suit your environment and needs. You can also adjust some additional time-related settings for the gateway.

  1. In ConsoleOne, browse to and right-click the Exchange Gateway object, then click Properties.

  2. Click GroupWise > Gateway Time Settings to display the Gateway Time Settings page.

    Time Settings page

  3. Fill in the following fields:

    Send/Receive Cycle: Specify the maximum amount of time you want the gateway to spend sending and receiving messages during one cycle. The default cycle is 120 seconds, which causes the gateway to send messages for a maximum of 60 seconds and to receive messages for 60 seconds. The cycle is then repeated.

    If the time limit is reached and a message is being processed, the gateway finishes processing the message.

    Minimum Run: This field does not apply to the Exchange Gateway.

    Idle Sleep Duration: Specify the number of seconds the gateway is to remain idle if it has no commands or messages to process. The default value is 30 seconds.

    The gateway constantly polls its directory for messages to process. The purpose of idle time is to save CPU cycles and to keep network traffic manageable.

    Snap Shot Interval: The Exchange Gateway server console shows the gateway statistics for the last x minutes (an interval you specify). The default interval is 10 seconds. Gateway activity is updated every minute.

  4. Click OK to save the updated time settings.

    ConsoleOne then notifies the Exchange Gateway to restart so the new settings can be put into effect.

Exchange Gateway Web Console You can adjust these settings for the current gateway session on the Time Settings page.