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Refresh the Cache

Administration Console caches certain data, which serves frequently-accessed Console pages and UDS data faster. Typically, organizations and roles are cached. CA AuthMinder maintains cached data at the system level and at the organization level.

Data Cached at the System Level

The following data is cached at the system level:

• All system-level configurations
  • UDS configuration and UDS connectivity
  • LDAP connection pool details
  • Global Key label
  • Account type details
  • Custom roles
• Global data
  • Encryption sets
  • Localization configuration
  • Email and Telephone types
  • Authentication and Authorization configuration
• Resources applicable to all organizations
  • Global account types that are applicable to all organizations

Data Cached at the Organization Level

The following data is cached at the organization level:

• Data that is applicable to individual organizations
  • Configurations not referring to global data such as encryption set, localization configuration, and email and telephone types
• Resources applicable to a set of organizations
  • Organization-specific account types

Important! When you make data configuration changes that involve both system level and organization level changes, the system cache is refreshed first, followed by the organization cache. Any change in this order of cache refresh may result in inconsistent behavior.

Cache Refresh Order Example

Account type details and global account types are cached at the system level. Whenever you create an account type, irrespective of whether it is global or organization-specific, refresh the system cache. In addition, if the account type is organization-specific, refresh the cache of all the organizations that are in the scope. For more information about account types, see Configuring the Account Type.

Permissions Required

The MA and GA can refresh the cache of the Administration Console and all instances of the CA AuthMinder Server. The MA, GA, and OA can refresh the cache of the organizations within their scope.

Refresh the Cache

Refresh the cache of the affected server instances for the changes to take effect. CA AuthMinder provides an Integrated Cache Refresh feature that enables administrators to refresh the cache of all server instances from the Administration Console.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the Services and Server Configurations tab.
2. Click the Administration Console option on the submenu of the tab.

   Under the System Configuration section on the side-bar menu, click the Refresh Cache link to display the page.

3. Select one or both of the following:
   • Select Refresh System Configuration to refresh the cache configuration of the Administration Console, User Data Service (if deployed), and all CA AuthMinder Server instances.
   • Select Refresh Organization Configuration to refresh the cache configuration of all organizations in your purview.
4. Click OK.