To efficiently manage InterChange Server Express, you must register it with
and connect to it through System Manager. The following sections
describe how to perform these tasks:
System Manager is the GUI to InterChange Server Express and the
repository. It runs only on Windows 2000 and Windows XP
platforms.
To start System Manager, on the remote Windows machine, select Start
> Programs > IBM WebSphere Business Integration Express > Toolset
Express > Administrative > System Manager.
- Note:
- The System Manager perspective should appear by default. If it does
not, select Window > Open Perspective > Other in the
WebSphere WorkBench menu bar, and then double-click System Manager
to start System Manager.
System Manager can manage instances of InterChange Server Express.
You must register any instance you want to manage with System Manager.
After you register the server, its name always appears in System Manager,
unless you remove it.
To register an InterChange Server Express instance, follow these
steps:
- Ensure that the Windows client hosting the System Manager can access the
Name Server correctly by checking that the ORB_HOST property in the
ProductDir\bin\CWSharedEnv.bat file is set to the
IP address of the machine running the InterChange Server Express. If it
is not, set this value by entering the following on a command line on the
Windows client:
set ORB_HOST=IP_address
- Note:
- Alternatively, you can set ORB_HOST=machine_name and
then add the line IP_address machine_name to
the %windir%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file. In this
example, IP_address is the IP address of the machine
hosting the InterChange Server Express;
machine_name is the name of the machine hosting the
InterChange Server Express.
- Ensure that the Name Server can correctly retrieve by name the InterChange
Server Express on the Linux machine by checking the /etc/hosts file
on the Linux machine for entries similar to
ip_address localhost.localdomain localhost
- In System Manager, right-click InterChange Server Instances in
the left pane, then select Register Server.
- In the Register new server dialog box, browse for or enter the
name of the InterChange Server Express.
- Note:
- Select the Test Server check box if you intend to use the server
in an integrated test environment. An integrated test environment
communicates only with servers that are registered as local test
servers.
- Type the User Name and password and select the Save User ID and
Password check box. The default User Name is admin and
the password is null.
- Select OK.
The server name appears in the left pane of the System Manager
window. If it does not, expand the InterChange Server Instances
folder.
Verify that the registered InterChange Server Express is running by
connecting to it. To connect to InterChange Server Express using System
Manager, follow these steps:
- In the System Manager, right-click the name of the InterChange Server
Express in the left pane and select Connect.
- Select OK on the Server User ID and Password confirmation
screen.
- Tip:
- If the icon beside the name of the InterChange Server Express in the left
pane of System Manager is green in color, the InterChange Server Express is
already connected to System Manager.
InterChange Server Express is protected by a password that only the
InterChange Server Express administrator knows. The server is shipped
with the default password null, but if you want to change the
password for security reasons, you can do so after setting up the
system.
To change an InterChange Server Express password, follow these steps:
- In System Manager, right-click the InterChange Server Express name in the
left pane, then select Change Password.
- In the dialog that opens, type the old password, the new password, reenter
the new password to confirm it, and then select OK.
For password changes to take effect, you must shut down InterChange Server
Express, then restart it by doing the following:
- In System Manager, right-click the running InterChange Server Express name
in the left pane and select Shut Down.
- On the Shut Down Server dialog box, either shut down the server
gracefully, after allowing it to finish current work, or shut it down
immediately, without performing cleanup.
Select Gracefully, then select OK.
- Note:
- Select Immediately only when you must shut down the server without
waiting.
- Restart InterChange Server Express by entering the following
command:
ProductDir/bin/ics_manager -start
- Connect to InterChange Server Express by right-clicking the InterChange
Server Express name in System Manager. In the dialog that opens, enter
the user name and password for the server and select OK.
