Using System Manager

This section provides an overview of System Manager, and describes some basic administrative tasks, such as starting up, shutting down, refreshing, and setting system-wide flow control. For detailed information about using System Manager for configuration and deployment tasks, refer to the System Implementation Guide. This section covers the following topics:

Steps for starting System Manager

Steps for shutting down System Manager

Steps for refreshing System Manager and updating components

Steps for configuring system-wide flow control

Steps for starting System Manager

Perform the following step to start System Manager:

The System Manager perspective of the IBM WebSphere Studio Workbench appears (see Figure 23).

Figure 23. System Manager


Steps for shutting down System Manager

Perform the following step to shut down System Manager:

Note:
Be sure to shut down any InterChange Server Express instances before shutting down System Manager. For instructions on shutting down InterChange Server Express, see Shutting down InterChange Server Express.

Steps for refreshing System Manager and updating components

Refreshing System Manager reloads objects from the local repository into System Manager, but does not update InterChange Server Express. For example, if you refresh System Manager after adding a newly created business object definition, you can add the new business object to the connector's supported business object list and bind the connector to a collaboration port. But InterChange Server Express is not aware of the business object unless you reboot the server, causing the business object's specifications to be loaded from the repository into the server's cache.

Perform the following steps to refresh System Manager:

  1. In System Manager, right-click the server instance.
  2. Click Refresh.

The following describes which components can be updated during system run time:

Business objects
Not updated during run time. The repository is read only once when InterChange Server Express starts up.

Collaboration object properties
Updated during run time. For example, collaboration object trace levels take effect as soon as they are set.

Collaboration object code changes
Updated during system run time.

Map code changes
Updated during system run time. If mapping code is updated and recompiled, connectors must be rebound to the altered maps.

Steps for configuring system-wide flow control

Flow control is a configurable service that allows you to manage the flow of connector and collaboration object queues. The parameters for configuring flow control can be configured system-wide or on individual components, or both. If you configure both, the individual component configuration supersedes the system-wide configuration. For instructions on configuring flow control for individual components, see Steps for configuring flow control for connectors or Steps for configuring flow control for collaboration objects.

Note:
Configuration changes for individual connectors or collaboration objects are dynamic, meaning they do not require InterChange Server Express to be rebooted. System-wide configuration changes for flow control require InterChange Server Express to be rebooted.

To monitor how flow control is working in the system, you can view the Flow Control monitor and view provided as part of System Monitor or you can view the Statistics for collaboration objects or connectors from System Manager in the InterChange Server Component Management view. For more information on using the Flow Control monitor and view in System Monitor, see Steps for reviewing default monitors and Steps for using default views. For more information on viewing the flow control from the InterChange Server Component Management view, see Steps for viewing collaboration object statistics or Steps for viewing connector statistics.

Perform the following steps to configure system-wide flow control:

  1. In the InterChange Server Component Management view, right-click the InterChange Server Express instance for which you want to configure flow control, and click Edit Configuration. The upper-right quadrant of System Manager changes to an editing tool in which many system properties can be changed.
  2. Click the Misc tab. A dialog box appears with a Flow Control section (see Figure 24).

    Figure 24. Edit configuration tool, Misc tab


  3. Under FlowControl, type information in the following fields:

  4. Save the changes you made to the InterChange Server Express configuration by clicking File > Save <ServerName>.
  5. Restart InterChange Server Express.

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