IBM Optim Proxy is
a constantly running process that receives service requests from the
management server and forwards the service requests for processing. Optim Proxy monitors
the running service requests until the service requests are complete. Optim Proxy is also
known as the proxy.
The component to which the proxy forwards a service request depends
upon the type of service.
- For some types of services, the proxy might start an instance
of the component on the proxy computer. (For example, when the proxy
receives an executor service request, the proxy starts an executor
instance on the proxy computer.) For faster processing of these services,
install the proxy on a computer that has fast connections to the data
sources that you are processing.
- For other types of services, the proxy forwards the service request
to a service execution component on another computer. When the service
request is complete, the proxy returns the status of the service request
to the manager and the management server.