Many connection problems can be easily fixed by verifying
some configuration parameters. There are some steps that you must
complete to enable a successful connection.
About this task
If your connection is still
not successful after completing these steps and reviewing the applicable
information, check the SystemOut.log for warning or exception messages.
Then use the technical support search function to find known problems.
See the IBM® Suggests section of this article for a link
to the IBM support and downloads page, which contains
the search function.
Procedure
- Create the authentication data alias. See the
topic, Managing Java™ 2 Connector Architecture authentication
data entries.
- Create the JDBC provider. See the topic, Configuring
JDBC providers using the administrative console.
- Create a data source. See the topic, Configuring
a data source using the administrative console
- Save the data source.
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Verify the connectivity if you created a
new authentication alias. To verify connectivity, restart
the server for which you need to verify connectivity. If you are
using scripting or Java Management Extensions (JMX) to create the
authentication alias, you can use the updateAuthDataCfg MBean. You
can use this MBean method to refresh the authentication data in each
server where it is needed. When you create a new data source and the
data source has not been used, you can use the updateAuthDataCfg MBean
method. After a data source is used, its contents are instantiated
in the server memory and generally cannot be changed.
For more
information on the updateAuthDataCfg MBean method, see the SecurityAdmin
MBean documentation under Reference > Programming interfaces > Mbean
interfaces.
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- Test the connection.
You can test your
connection from the data source collection view or the data source
details view. Access either view in the administrative console, and
then select a connection from the list. Click the Test Connection button
on the connection.
See the topic, Test the connection service.