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.
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.
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.
- 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.
- Agent restart (ICS only)
The change takes effect only after you stop and restart the
application-specific component.
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 the Property Summary table
below.
