Using Connector Configurator with ICS as the broker

To use Connector Configurator to configure a connector that will be used with ICS, first select ICS as the broker mode in which you are running Connector Configurator, as described underChoosing your broker.

In a typical ICS implementation, the configuration file that you create with Connector Configurator is not put into use until after you have deployed it to the ICS server. You will perform that deployment (described in the Implementation Guide for WebSphere InterChange Server) after you have finished using Connector Configurator to complete the connector configuration file.

Completing a configuration file

This topic assumes that you already have a starting point for your connector configuration, either from an existing file (a connector definitions file, a repository file, or a *.cfg file) or from an existing project in System Manager. If you do not, see Creating a template of connector-specific properties.

When you open a configuration file or a connector from a project, the Connector Configurator window displays the configuration screen, with the attributes and values that Connector Configurator finds in the connector definition file.

The title of the configuration screen displays the type of the broker and the name of the connector as specified in the file. Make sure the title indicates the appropriate type for your broker--either ICS or WebSphere MQ Integrator Broker (for WMQI). If it does not, change the broker value before you configure the connector. To do so:

  1. Under the Standard Properties tab, select the value field for the BrokerType property. In the drop-down menu, select the value WMQI or ICS.
  2. The Standard Properties tab refreshes to display properties associated with the selected broker. When you save the file, you retain this broker selection. You can save the file now or proceed to complete the remaining configuration fields, as described in Setting the configuration file properties (WebSphere MQ Integrator Broker).
  3. When you have finished making entries in the configuration fields, choose File>Save>To Project or File>Save>To File.

    If you are saving to file, choose *.cfg as the extension, choose the correct location for the file and choose Save.

    If multiple connector configurations are open, choose Save All to File to save all of the configurations to file, or choose Save All to Project to save all ICS connector configurations to a System Manager project.

    Before it saves the file, Connector Configurator validates that values have been set for all required Standard properties. If a required Standard property is missing a value, Connector Configurator displays a message that the validation failed. You must supply a value for the property in order to save the configuration file.

Using an existing file

You may have an existing file available in one or more of the following formats:

Although any of these file sources may contain most or all of the connector-specific properties for your connector, the connector configuration file will not be complete until you have opened the file and set properties, as described later in this chapter.

To use an existing file to configure a connector, you must open the file in Connector Configurator, revise the configuration, and then save the file as a configuration file (*.cfg file).

Follow these steps to open a *.txt, *.cfg, or *.in file from a directory:

  1. In Connector Configurator, choose File > Open > From File.
  2. In the Open File Connector dialog, choose one of the following file types to see the available files:
  3. In the directory display, navigate to the appropriate connector definition file, select it, and choose Open.

Using an existing System Manager project

Follow these steps to open a connector configuration from a System Manager project:

  1. Start System Manager. A configuration can be opened from or saved to System Manager only if System Manager has been started.
  2. Start Connector Configurator.
  3. Choose File > Open > From Project.

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