What's the difference between the commands "setup urlcategory test" and "setup urlcategory update"?

Products

• PacketShaper

Issue/Introduction

The article clarifies the difference between the commands "setup urlcategory test" and "setup urlcategory update.

Environment

PacketShaper

Resolution

The setup urlcategory test command is used to for find out if a URL is in the PacketShaper cache.

The setup urlcategory update command is used to find out the category for a URL that is not in the PacketShaper cache; the command retrieves the category from the WebPulse server.

# setup urlcategory update www.yahoo.com

<<Search Engines/Portals>>

If you use  setup urlcategory test command on a URL that is not in cache, the result will display no categorization found for <URL>. This is because the setup urlcategory test command only retrieves the URL categories that are cached. 

# setup urlcategory test www.yahoo.com

No categorization for www.yahoo.com found.

Note: The URL cache is stored in system memory, so the contents will be removed if the PacketShaper is reset or loses power.

If you believe that a URL ia not being categorized accurately, send your feedback to http://sitereview.bluecoat.com/sitereview.jsp.

For additional information, please refer to https://bto.bluecoat.com/webguides/packetguide/current/nav/overviews/url-categories-overview.htm