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
- 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 runtime 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), 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.
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.
