Configuring standard connector properties
Adapter connectors have two types of configuration properties:
- Standard configuration properties
- Connector-specific configuration properties
This section describes the standard configuration properties.
For information on configuration properties specific to a connector,
see its adapter user guide.
Using Connector Configurator
You configure connector properties from
Connector Configurator, which you access from System Manager. For
more information on using Connector Configurator, refer to the Connector
Configurator appendix.
Note:
Connector Configurator and System Manager run only
on the Windows system. If you are running the connector on a UNIX
system, you must have a Windows machine with these tools installed.
To set connector properties for a connector that runs on UNIX, you
must start up System Manager on the Windows machine, connect to
the UNIX integration broker, and bring up Connector Configurator
for the connector.
Setting and updating property values
The default length of a property field is 255 characters.
The connector uses the following order to determine a property's
value (where the highest number overrides other values):
- Default
- Repository (only if WebSphere InterChange Server is the integration
broker)
- Local configuration file
- Command line
A connector obtains its configuration values at startup. If you
change the value of one or more connector properties during a run-time
session, the property's Update Method determines
how the change takes effect. There are four different update methods
for standard connector properties:
- Dynamic
The change takes effect immediately after it is saved
in System Manager. If the connector is working in stand-alone mode
(independently of System Manager), for example with one of the WebSphere
message brokers, you can only change properties through the configuration
file. In this case, a dynamic update is not possible.
- Agent restart (ICS only)
The change takes effect only after you stop and restart
the application-specific component.
- Component restart
The change takes effect only after the connector is
stopped and then restarted in System Manager. You do not need to
stop and restart the application-specific component or the integration
broker.
- Server restart
The change takes effect only after you stop and restart
the application-specific component and the integration broker.
To determine how a specific property is updated, refer to the Update Method column in
the Connector Configurator window, or see the Update Method column
in Table 142 below.
